Third
International Conference on Himalayan Studies, Będlewo
(Poland), 27-30 April 2016
IALS member Rafaɫ Beszterda has issued a
call for papers for a conference on Current Himalayan Research:
Challenges, Problems or Failures
to be held at Będlewo (Poland)
from 27-30 April 2016. The conference title is broad, designed to appeal to
researchers from a variety of different disciplines and backgrounds.
This is the third of a
series of small residential conferences that Rafaɫ has
organised. I took part in the first of these in 2011. There were some 15
papers, so we had plenty of time to discuss them, and the presenters’ research
interests stretched across the Himalayas from Ladakh to Sikkim and even as far
as Amdo.
Będlewo is a former
country house that once belonged to a Polish aristocrat, and particularly
pleasant during the spring. It’s near Poznań, which itself is less than three
hours’ by train from Berlin. The 2011 conference provided a relaxed opportunity
to meet new people in convivial surroundings. I understand that the 2015
conference lived up to the same tradition, and I am sure that the 2016 one will
as well.
Rafaɫ is keen to confirm numbers, so please hurry
to register your interest by writing an e-mail to him now! His address is: rbeszterda@gmail.com.
John Bray
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