20 Jan 2016

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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