International Seminar on Unpacking the Concepts of Stability, Democracy & Rights : Conceptual Investigations Kathmandu 11-13 April, 2012 Summit Hotel, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal Programme Day One 08:00-09:00 Registration and Breakfast 09:00-10: 30 Inaugural Session 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-11:30 Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Ganga Thapa Tribhuvan, Nepal Session 1: Media and Democratization Pratush Onta 11: 30-12:00 Media Role in Stabilizing Post-Conflict Democracy; Perusal of Unfolding Democratic Process in Nepal Prakash Upadhyay, PN Campus, Tribhuvan 12:00-12:30 Changing media in a changing society Poul Erik Nielsen, Department of Aesthetics and Communication, Aarhus 12:30-12:35 Chair's remarks 12:35-13:35 Lunch 1
Session 2: Education, Democracy and Social change Prof. Dr. Vidhyanath Koirala 13:40-14:10 Innovative Pedagogy and Social Transformation Dhruba Karki, PN Campus, Tribhuvan 14:10-14:40 Social Exclusion and Education: A Case Study of Surkhet Uddhab Pyakurel 14:40-15:10 Innovative Mentoring for Democratization in Pedagogy: A Practical Proposition Saroj Koirala 15:10-16:10 PBL in the Context of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Anti- Hegemonic Educational Models, Development and Social Progress Ben Dorfman. Intellectual and Cultural History, Aalborg & Kirsten Jæger, Intercultural Studies, Aalborg 16:10-16:25 Plenary 16:25-16:30 Chair's Remarks Day Two 08:30-09:00 Breakfast 09:00-09:45 Keynote Speech by Prof. Dr. Anjoo Sharan Upadhayaya Professor of Political Science, BHU, India Session 3: Gender and social in/exclusion Prof. Dr. Om Gurung 09:50-10:20 Nepalese Women in Politics and Political Decision Making from Gender Perspective Meena Gurung, PN Campus, Tribhuvan 2
10:20-10:50 Gender Disparity in Attainment of Higher Secondary School Education among Adolescents and Youths in Nepal Bikash Kumar K.C, Department of Statistics, Tribhuvan 10:50-11:20 Women's autonomy and health-seeking behaviour: a study in Western Nepal Vijay Aryal, Department of Geography and Population, Tribhuvan 11:20-11:50 Determinants of Intimate Partner Violence against Women among Women in Pokhara, Nepal Dhruba Bahadur Khatri, PN Campus, Tribhuvan 11:50-12:05 Plenary 12:05-12:10 Chair's remarks 12:10-13:10 Lunch Session 4: Consolidating Democracy Dr. Arju Deuba 13:15-13:45 Consolidating Nepalese Democracy: Issues to Overcome Prem P. Paudel, PN Campus, Tribhuvan 13:45-14:15 Developing and Maintaining Democracy in Nepal Kedar Basnet and Than B. Chetri, PN Campus, Tribhuvan 14:15 14:45 Monism and Pluralism a Discourse on Constitution Drafting of Nepal Mrigendra Karki, 14:45-15:00 Plenary 15:00-15:05 Chair's Remarks Session 5: Actors and Activism in the New Nepal Dr. Hikmat Bista 15:10-15:40 Between Citizenship and Activism: Maoist Political Youth in the Transition to Democracy Dan Hirslund, Institute of Anthropology, of Copenhagen 3
15:40-15:55 Plenary 15:55-16:00 Chair's Remarks Special Session on E-learning 16:15-17:30 The Virtual : Opportunities and Challenges Jørgen B. Bang, Department of Aesthetics and Communication, Aarhus Galla Dinner 19:00 - Dinner for all participants Day Three 08:30-09:00 Breakfast 09:00-09:45 Keynote Speech by Prof. Krishna Khanal Session 6 Nepal vis-à-vis Large Global Actors Prof. Dr. Dilli Ram Dahal 09:45-10:15 The European Union s promotion of gender equality, democracy and human and citizenship rights with a particular focus upon Nepal - A legal approach Morten Broberg, Faculty of Law, of Copenhagen 10:15-10:45 The Great Himalayan Game: India and China Rivalry in Nepal Johannes D. Schmidt, Institute of History and International Studies, Aalborg & Manish Thapa, Department of Conflict and Peace, Tribhuvan Universtiy 10:45-11:15 Nepal Networking: How Two Nepali Sisters have Built and Used Their Personal Networks by Participating in Technical Assistance Courses in Denmark and Japan Annette Skovsted Hansen, Institute of Culture and Society, Aarhus 4