2nd Internal Seminar in Kathmandu

The 2nd HiPeC-CNAS Internal Research Seminar
February 3, 2011
UNRCPD, Kathmandu

Introducing the Seminar
--This seminar is part of ongoing HiPeC-CNAS joint research program. The researchers of HiPeC and CNAS will have discussion about their research proposals and will report about the progress of their research works. On the basis of the suggestions and comments received from the discussant and from the participants the researchers of both HiPeC and CNAS will taken into consideration further inputs for advancing their research works in accordance with the HiPeC peacebuilding research project's theme in Nepal.

Theme: Peace and Security in Nepal
Venue: UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament for Asia and the Pacific, Pulchowk, Kathmandu (finalizing the venue is under process)

Time: 14:00-16:30

Speakers:
Introductory Speech: 14:00-14:10
Prof. Osamu Yoshida, Chair, HiPeC Executive Committee, Hiroshima University

Speaker 1: 14:10-14:40
Prof. Pancha Narayan Maharjan, Head, CNAS-HiPeC Nepal Office, Tribhuwan University.
Topic: Federalism and Newa Autonomy: From Outsider Newars’ Eye (tentative)

Speaker 2: 14:40-15:10
Narendra Mangal Joshi, Research Consultant, HiPeC-CNAS Nepal Office, Tribhuwan University.
Topic: Social Exclusion and Conflict: Analyzing Participation and Leadership in Community Based Forest Resource Management in Context of Peace Process in Nepal

Speaker 3: 15:10-15:40
Humayun Kabir, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, HiPeC, Hiroshima University
Topic:  Building ‘Naya’ (New) Nepal: Negotiating Muslim Minority in State and Peacebuilding Process in Nepal