Nepal's endangered languages on Radio 4

Dr Mark Turin will present a three-part series on BBC Radio 4 on themes of language diversity, endangerment and policy that starts next week. The first episode, recorded in Nepal over the summer, airs from 11:00-11:30am GMT on Monday, 3 December, 2012.

Alongside analogue and digital radio transmission in the UK, the programme will be streamed live online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/

The series has its own set of web pages on the BBC site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p6zpl

Episodes two and three will cover the linguistic landscape of South Africa and New York City, and will be aired 11:00-11:30am on Monday 10 and Monday 17 December respectively. The programmes will be archived as podcasts by BBC Radio 4.

For more information on Dr Mark Turin, see:  http://markturin.commons.yale.edu/

Lumbini: preserving and protecting a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal

Professor Robin Coningham (University of Durham) will be giving a lecture at the Ancient India and Iran Trust, 23 Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge on Tuesday 19th April 2011 at 5.30 pm.  Admission is free and the lecture will be followed by a reception.

The lecture is being held in association with the Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC), the Centre of South Asian Studies (CSAS) and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) Nepal Study Day http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1580/

Nepal Study Day 2011

 

With support from the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) and the Centre of South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge, the Britain-Nepal Academic Council (BNAC) will hold its 9th Nepal Study Day at the University of Cambridge from Wednesday, 20 April 2011 to Thursday, 21 April 2011.  It will be an opportunity to share research findings and discuss ongoing projects that focus on Nepal or the Nepali cultural world.

Location: CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX

To register, please email Dr Mark Turin.

For further details, see: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/1580/

Public Knowledge Project

Free access to scholarly journals published in Bangladesh, Nepal and Vietnam is now possible via the Public Knowledge Project.
Bangladesh Journals Online
Nepal Journals Online
Vietnam Journals Online