Himalayan Histories

HIMALAYAN HISTORIES

Panel A
Session #6 | 1:30pm - 3pm | Sunday, Sept 3 | HUMN 180

Queeny Pradhan, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Imperial Hygiene and Popular Culture in the Colonial Hill Stations in India

Stefan Lüder, Humboldt University
Exploring a Forgotten Archive: Himalayan Prisoners of War in WWI, Germany

Geoff Childs, Washington University in St. Louis
Why is Nubri a Perpetual Realm of Darkness? A Longitudinal Perspective on the Moral Depiction of Borderland Communities

Panel B
Session #7 | 3:30pm - 5pm | Sunday, Sept 3 | HUMN 180

Ugyan Choedup, Jawaharlal Nehru University
The Early History and Politics of Exile: Case Study of ‘Chol Gsum Chig Bsgril Tshogs Pa’

Ruth Gamble, La Trobe University
“On the other side of the River”: The Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan History, three historical snapshots

Nadine Plachta, Heidelberg University
State Control at Nepal's Himalayan Border: Administrative Documents on Tsum during the Rana Period

Organizer: Stefan Lüder, Humboldt University