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Library and Media Documentation Centre

Now opened for all from sunday to friday, 10:30 am to 5:30 pm. more>>


Discussions at Chautari

Martin Chautari organizes discussions three days a week. Besides these, Youth Initiative and Shastrartha organize discussion on every friday and saturday respectively.

  • Sunday: various issues related to research and politics
  • Monday: issues related to social sciences
  • Tuesday: various topics
  • Thursday: alternatively on media related issues and screening of films
  • Friday: youth related issues
  • Saturday: Shastrartha (theory and philosophy)

For this week's schedule and further details see Upcoming discussions.

Unless otherwise stated, all discussions will take place in Nepali.


Chautari Media Fellowships

As in 2006 and 2007, Martin Chautari is implementing a research fellowship program on the media in Nepal with the financial help of DanidaHUGOU. Students at the MA or higher level in any discipline whose thesis research proposals have been approved by their departments/Universities and independent researchers are asked to submit proposals. Up to eight fellowships of NRs. 40,000 each will be awarded during 2008. see detail in Nepali

 


Call for Papers (pdf and in Nepali)

We invite submissions for the forthcoming issue of MC's annual Nepali journal on media, Media Adhyayan (Media Studies).

 

Download Application Form for New Membership (in pdf)


Recent Publications

We have published seven books in the year 2007 which are as follows-

Screen: Women in Nepali Television; Social Movement or Development Support: Question over NGO's Role; Media Studies 2; Independent Radios under Royal Regime: Stories of Supression and Resistance; Media Research: Some Exercises on Academic Infrastructure Building; Maoist Insurgency: Period of Armed Struggle; Media Dialogue: Interviews on Nepali Journalism, click here


Studies in Nepali History and Society (SINHAS)

Semi-annual academic journal To know more about the journal, to access contents of its back-issues, to subscribe or to contribute, click here.

New issues of Journals

Rupantaran: Samaj Addhyaan 4

A semi-academic bi-annual journal of social science in Nepali language, which includes various research papers, articles and review of relevant books.

 


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