Nadine Plachta, Ph.D.
Resident Representative:
Office: +977 1 553 72 04 Mobile: +977 98 18 765 225 E-mail: plachta@sai.uni-heidelberg.de Meetings by appointment |
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. Doctoral Program Global Studies Center for Global Studies, Walter Benjamin Kolleg, Dissertation:Himalayan Borderland Communities: |
2018 |
M.A. Social Anthropology South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University |
2009 |
B.A. Religious Studies Institute for the Science of Religion, Heidelberg University |
2007 |
Academic Employment
Resident Representative Kathmandu Office, South Asia Institute,
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since 2014 |
Local Administration Kathmandu Research Unit “Documents on the History of
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since 2014 |
Research Associate Center for Buddhist Studies, Kathmandu University
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2012 |
Teaching Associate Institute for the Science of Religion and
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2009-2014 |
Selected peer-reviewed publications
Peer reviewed book chapters and articles
2019 |
In press. Plachta, Nadine. An Open Road? Imaginaries of Modernity and Mobility in Tsum. The Highlander Journal 1(1) (with Konstantin Ikonomidis). |
2019 |
In review. Plachta, Nadine. Ruptures, 3 Years on. Narrating Territory, Sovereignty, and Disaster at the Nepal-China Border. SINHAS: Studies in Nepali History and Society, Special Issue: Nepal Geographies (expected fall 2019). |
2016 |
Plachta, Nadine 2016. Redefining Monastic Education. The Case of Khachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery in the Kathmandu Valley. In Jessica Birkenholtz and Megan Sijapati (eds), Religion and Modernity in the Himalaya. New York: Routledge, pp. 129-146. |
Opinion pieces
2018 |
Plachta, Nadine. Von alten und neuen Wegen in Tsum. In Titus Arnu (ed.), Tsum Glück. Ein entlegenes Tal im Himalaya. Munich: Sieveking Verlag, pp. 17-25. |
2015 |
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2015 |
Service
Roadsides Editorial team member A collaborative online publishing platform on infrastructure in Asia
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since 2018 |
SAI Help Nepal Co-founder, project coordinator Post-earthquake relief and recovery efforts in urban and rural areas of Nepal
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2015-2018 |
Goethe Zentrum Kathmandu Vice President German language, culture, and events
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2014-2018 |
Interests
Ethnicity and governance
Infrastructure, connectivity, and mobility
Architecture and build environment
South Asian borderlands