CENTRE OF SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES SOAS, University of London The Bhutanese Refugee Re-settlement Experience 22 & 23 May 2013 www.soas.ac.uk/southasianstudies/events WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

Wednesday 22 May 2013, Room L67 09:00 Arrival and Registration 09:15 Introduction, Michael Hutt and Tanya Kaiser 09:30 PANEL 1

• Changing relations between refugees and local communities in Nepal, Gopal Guragain • Reflections on young Bhutanese refugees’ hopes for and experiences of post-resettlement life, Roz Evans • Transitioning into Nepali-Bhutanese-Americans? The unsettling resettlement process, Sreeja Balarajan

11:00 Refreshment Break 11:30 PANEL 2

• Resettled Bhutanese refugees’ self-sufficiency and wellbeing: a case study in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Eleanor M. Ott • Dimensions of difference: developing an anti-oppressive approach to resettlement services for Bhutanese refugees in the United States, Danielle J. Grigsby • “One nation, many people”: Nepali-Bhutanese civic engagement in the Rust Belt, Joe Stadler

13:00 Lunch 14:00 PANEL 3

• The pitfalls of Front End Loading in refugee resettlement policies: Bhutanese refugees’ struggles in Greater Manchester, UK, Nicole I.J. Hoellerer • Reflection on the resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in the UK: The voices of refugees,Lok Nath Bajgai; Ramesh Ghimirey; Til Sharma; Ajay Thapa and Mani Thapa

15:30 Refreshment Break 16:00 General discussion of the resettlement process and experiences in the US and UK

19.00 Conference Dinner at Local Restaurant for Contributors and Invited Guests

Thursday 23 May 2013, Room B111 09:30 PANEL 4

• When a Social Movement Moves: refugee activism in the context of resettlement, Susan Banki • “Making Peace in the Heart-Mind:” Towards an Ethnopsychology of Resilience Among Bhutanese Refugees, Liana E. Chase

10:45 Refreshment Break 11:00 PANEL 5

• A Daughter Married: A Daughter Lost? Underage Marriages and Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement, IIse Griek • Social service provider perceptions of “Nepali-ness” of asylum seekers and refugees in Austin, Texas, Heather Hindman

12:15 Wrapping up and Summary, Michael Hutt and Tanya Kaiser 13:00 Discussion of possible themes and topics for future research [Working lunch for contributors, convenors and invited guests only]

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