On May 7, 2018, the inaugural meeting for the newly established Nordic Himalaya Research Network was held at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen

Hirslund, Dan V.

Williams-Oerberg, Elizabeth

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HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Volume 38 Number 2 Article 19 December 2018 Nordic Himalaya Research Network (NHRN) First Inaugural Meeting Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg University of Copenhagen Dan V. Hirslund University of Copenhagen Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya Recommended Citation Williams-Oerberg, Elizabeth and Hirslund, Dan V.. 2018. Nordic Himalaya Research Network (NHRN) First Inaugural Meeting. HIMALAYA 38(2). Available at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol38/iss2/19 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Conference Report is brought to you for free and open access by the DigitalCommons@Macalester College at DigitalCommons@Macalester College. It has been accepted for inclusion in HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Macalester College. For more information, please contact scholarpub@macalester.edu. HIMALAYA Volume 38, Number 2 |  129Nordic Himalaya Research Network (NHRN) First Inaugural MeetingUniversity of Copenhagen7 May 2018On May 7, 2018, the inaugural meeting for the newly established Nordic Himalaya Research Network was held at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. With funds received from the Asian Dynamics Initiative (<asiandynamics.ku.dk>), based at the University of Copenhagen, the Nordic Himalaya Research Network (NHRN) is a network for scholars working across institutions, disciplines, and departments in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland. The NHRN seeks to strengthen multidisciplinary perspectives on the Himalayas as a region that bridges wider developments and academic debates in Southern and Central Asia. Its main aim is to provide a platform for increased collaboration among scholars of the Himalayas in Nordic countries and to increase collaboration with similar networks in other regions.Despite strong histories of engagement with Himalayan societies in all of the Nordic countries, changes in foreign policy priorities, in international development agendas, and in funding for area studies have resulted in a dispersal and reduced visibility of Himalayan-related research. These shifts have been accentuated by the simultaneous rise in the global significance of Chinese and Indian regional power that poses new questions about the integration of the Himalaya region in wider political, environmental, and economic dynamics. For these reasons, scholars who work in the Himalayan regions and are based at Nordic universities have shown wide interest in forming a network to strengthen Himalayan research.At the inaugural meeting on May 7, the aims and strategies for the upcoming NHRN activities were discussed and planned. The NHRN runs a simple website (<himalayanordic.wordpress.com>), which is still in development, along with a twitter account (@himalayanordic). In the coming year, it will focus on establishing a platform for PhD students to strengthen early career collaboration, as well as arrange a roundtable on collaborations between natural and social scientists in the region. One of the recognized key focus areas for strengthening the network is to integrate scholars who work in diverse departments and universities across the Nordic region. For its first anniversary, a conference is being planned to showcase the important work being done on the Himalayan region by researchers from various backgrounds. We hope to reach out and include an increasing number of scholars in Nordic countries.For more information, please contact network coordinators Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg (elizabeth.oerberg@hum.ku.dk) or Dan V. Hirslund (hirslund@hum.ku.dk), both postdocs at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.Elizabeth Williams-OerbergDan V. HirslundUniversity of Copenhagen

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HIMALAYA, the Journal of theAssociation for Nepal andHimalayan StudiesVolume 38 | Number 2 Article 19December 2018Nordic Himalaya Research Network (NHRN)First Inaugural MeetingElizabeth Williams-OerbergUniversity of CopenhagenDan V. HirslundUniversity of CopenhagenFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalayaThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.This Conference Report is brought to you for free and open access by theDigitalCommons@Macalester College at DigitalCommons@MacalesterCollege. It has been accepted for inclusion in HIMALAYA, the Journal ofthe Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies by an authorizedRecommended CitationWilliams-Oerberg, Elizabeth and Hirslund, Dan V. (2018) "Nordic Himalaya Research Network (NHRN) First Inaugural Meeting,"HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies: Vol. 38 : No. 2 , Article 19.Available at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol38/iss2/19HIMALAYA Volume 38, Number 2 |  129Nordic Himalaya Research Network (NHRN) First Inaugural MeetingUniversity of Copenhagen7 May 2018On May 7, 2018, the inaugural meeting for the newly established Nordic Himalaya Research Network was held at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. With funds received from the Asian Dynamics Initiative (<asiandynamics.ku.dk>), based at the University of Copenhagen, the Nordic Himalaya Research Network (NHRN) is a network for scholars working across institutions, disciplines, and departments in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland. The NHRN seeks to strengthen multidisciplinary perspectives on the Himalayas as a region that bridges wider developments and academic debates in Southern and Central Asia. Its main aim is to provide a platform for increased collaboration among scholars of the Himalayas in Nordic countries and to increase collaboration with similar networks in other regions.Despite strong histories of engagement with Himalayan societies in all of the Nordic countries, changes in foreign policy priorities, in international development agendas, and in funding for area studies have resulted in a dispersal and reduced visibility of Himalayan-related research. These shifts have been accentuated by the simultaneous rise in the global significance of Chinese and Indian regional power that poses new questions about the integration of the Himalaya region in wider political, environmental, and economic dynamics. For these reasons, scholars who work in the Himalayan regions and are based at Nordic universities have shown wide interest in forming a network to strengthen Himalayan research.At the inaugural meeting on May 7, the aims and strategies for the upcoming NHRN activities were discussed and planned. The NHRN runs a simple website (<himalayanordic.wordpress.com>), which is still in development, along with a twitter account (@himalayanordic). In the coming year, it will focus on establishing a platform for PhD students to strengthen early career collaboration, as well as arrange a roundtable on collaborations between natural and social scientists in the region. One of the recognized key focus areas for strengthening the network is to integrate scholars who work in diverse departments and universities across the Nordic region. For its first anniversary, a conference is being planned to showcase the important work being done on the Himalayan region by researchers from various backgrounds. We hope to reach out and include an increasing number of scholars in Nordic countries.For more information, please contact network coordinators Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg (elizabeth.oerberg@hum.ku.dk) or Dan V. Hirslund (hirslund@hum.ku.dk), both postdocs at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.Elizabeth Williams-OerbergDan V. HirslundUniversity of Copenhagen

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