THI members at HSC IV

THI members at HSC IV. From L-R: Alton Byers (Geography), Galen Murton, Geography, Rupak Shrestha (Geography), Sierra Gladfelter (Geography), Ariana Maki (Art History and Religious Studies), Carole McGranahan (Anthropology), Dawa Lokyitsang (Anthropology), Holly Gayley (Religious Studies), Sonam Nyenda (Religious Studies), Eben Yonnetti (Religious Studies).

Galen Murton presenting at HSC IV

Geography student听Galen Murton presenting at a roundtable session entitled: "Nepal Earthquake Conversations: Geopolitics, Humanitarianism, Ethics, and Representation." Photo by Austin Lord

Sierra Gladfelter presenting at HSC IV

Geography student Sierra Gladfelter presenting her paper "Training Rivers, Training People: Interrogating the making of resilient riparian communities in the face of global climate change." Photo by Phuspa Hamal.

Carole McGranahan at HSC IV

Anthropology professor Carole McGranahan, an organizer and respondent on the panel "Exile Tibetan Communities: Resistence, Sustenance, and Continuity." Photo by Phushpa Hamal.听听

Eben Yonnetti and Sonam Nyenda at HSC IV

Religious studies students听Eben Yonnetti and Sonam Nyenda at HSC IV. Photo by Phushpa Hamal.

Galen Murton at HSC IV

Geography student Galen Murton in conversation with colleagues at HSC IV. Photo by Phushpa Hamal.

Published: March 20, 2016

The CU Tibet Himalaya Initiative had a strong presence at the Himalayan Studies Conference (HSC)听IV, held every year and a half by the听Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS). The conference was held on February 25th-28th at the University of Texas Austin. With ten panelists, CU Boulder had the largest panelist participation of any institution represented at the conference. Panels, presentation titles, and THI presenters are listed below.

We are delighted听to announce that THI was successful in its bid to host the HSC V听conference, which will take place at CU in 2017. Congratulations to all participants and please stay tuned for more information regarding the conference in 2017.

The HSC 2017 website has now launched:

PANEL: EXILE TIBETAN COMMUNITIES: RESISTANCE, SUSTENANCE, AND CONTINUITY I

Dawa Lokyitsang, Precarious Life: Semi-Orphaned Tibetan Refugees
Rupak Shrestha,听Boudhanath: Tibetan Nationalism in a Transnational Public Space
Carole McGranahan,听Discussant

PANEL: STATE, NGO AND CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT

Galen Murton,听Negotiating new Himalayan landscapes: The intersection of community-based development, state-led programming, and NGO interventions in Mustang, Nepal

ROUNDTABLE: NEPAL EARTHQUAKE CONVERSATIONS: GEOPOLITICS, HUMANITARIANISM, ETHICS, AND REPRESENTATION I

Galen Murton,听笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤听

PANEL: EXILE TIBETAN COMMUNITIES: RESISTANCE, SUSTENANCE, AND听CONTINUITY II

Carole McGranahan,听Discussant

ROUNDTABLE: POLITICAL ASYLUM AND THE PROVISION OF EXPERTWITNESSES 鈥� REVISITED

Carole McGranahan,听笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤听

PANEL: STORIES OF RELIGION AND CHANGE

Holly Gayley,听Black Yak: Narrating the Economic Toll of Buddhist Ethical Reform on Tibetan Nomads

ROUNDTABLE: NEPALI EXPERIENCES IN THE US IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

Carole McGranahan, 笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤听

PANEL: PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE GREATER HIMALAYA 鈥� WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Sierra Gladfelter,听Training Rivers, Training People: Interrogating the making of resilient riparian communities in the face of global climate change

PANEL: BUDDHIST HISTORIES FROM ALTERNATIVE CENTERS: BHUTAN, SIKKIM, AND BEYOND

Eben Yonnetti,听鈥淭he Unified Ma峁囜笉ala of all the Siddhas, Dorje Drol枚 Karma Pakshi嗉�:鈥� An Analysis of the S膩dhana of Mah膩mudr膩 Thangka
Ariana Maki,听Historical Artists of Bhutan:听New Findings & Recent Research鈥�
Sonam Nyenda,听Re-evaluating the Legacy of Lhanangpa (1164-1224) in Bhutanese History and Buddhist Practice

ROUNDTABLE: ARE THE HIMALAYAS A REGION? ON SCHOLARSHIP ACROSS AND BEYOND THE NATION-STATE

Carole McGranahan,听Presenter

PANEL: TEXTS, TRADITIONS, AND TRANSITIONS: WOMEN鈥橲 JOURNEYS听ACROSS THE HIMALAYAS

Holly Gayley,听Discussant

PANEL: CLIMATE ADAPTATIONS, RISKS, AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE NEPAL HIMALAYA

Alton Byers,听Impacts of the 27 April, 2015 Nepal earthquake on three potentially dangerous glacial lakes in Nepal

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