09/20/2025
The UBC Himalaya Program is pleased to co-host an online panel discussion with the Himalayan Studies Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley, on the causes and consequences of Nepal’s current unrest. Speakers will discuss the political and social forces fueling widespread dissent, the challenges to governance and democracy, and the implications for Nepal’s future trajectory.
Sponsor(s): The Himalayan Studies Initiative at UC Berkeley, The Institute for South Asia Studies, UBC Himalaya Program at University of British Columbia, Vancouver
DATE: Tue, Sept 23, 2025
TIME: 8:30 am Berkeley and Vancouver
ZOOM: Register on Zoom here -- https://berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fzZf1S2CTmWLknaoQzEkJg #/registration
LIVESTREAM: On Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/ISASatUCBerkeley
Panelists:
Subin Mulmi, Executive Director, Nationality For All (NFA)
Sabin Ninglekhu, Principal Investigator of Heritage as Placemaking, Social Science Baha, Kathmandu
Shoumya Risal, Lawyer | Parliamentary Affairs and Reforms
Tashi Lhazom, Climate activist and youth engagement specialist
Discussant:
Phoenix Kenney Shrestha, Doctoral Scholar at University of Cambridge.
Moderators:
Alexander von Rospatt, Professor for Buddhist and South Asian Studies, UC Berkeley
Sara Shneiderman, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of British Columbia.
(Event information and picture credit: https://events.berkeley.edu/csas/event/307101-on-zoom-voices-of-dissent-from-nepal-causes-and-conse)
