Centre for International Relations

Tribhuvan University

Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal


Asst. Professor (Anthropology)
Madhu Giri
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Male

Name: Madhu Giri

Position: Asst. Professor

Unit: Central Department of Anthropology

 

Email: madu.giri@gmail.com

 

 

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Research Impact (Google Scholar):

h-index: 4

Total citations: 34

 

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Research Interest/Expertise: 

Caste/ethnicity, Madhesi Dalits, land, social movements, Disaster resilience

 

Teaching:

1. Anthropology of Nepal and the Himalaya

2. Caste, Ethnicity and Nationalism

2. Anthropology of disaster and community Resilience

4. Research methodology

 

Key Awards/Honors/Recognitions:

Mahendra Bhusan Ka

•    Bachelor Degree: Patan Multiple Campus, 2000
•    Master Degree: Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, 2005
•    PhD Degree: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, TU, 2018

Professional Affiliations:

  • Anthropological Association of Nepal (AAN)

  • Sociological and Anthropological Society of Nepal (SASON)

 

Selected Recent Research Projects:

  1. Faculty Research Grant, University Grants Commission, www.ugcnepal.org.np

  2. Small RDI grant of University Grants Commission, www.ugcnepal.org.np

  3. Research Fellow, A study of Inclusive Democracy and Local Governance in Nepal.  This project is managing by the CDA, TU

  4. Research Associate under Disaster Resilience component on "A State of Social Inclusion In Nepal (SOSIN)". This research is being carried out by the CDA, TU

  5. Wenner-Gren Fellow at Cornell University, August 2014- January 2015

  6. Harka Gurung Research Fellow (HGRF), Social Inclusion Research Fund, SNV, Nepal.

Selected Recent Publications:

  1. Maharai Gaune: Storytelling as Cultural Politics of Telling History among the Musahars of Tarai,  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1654/zkdx.2025.30.2-06

  2. Fusion Of Hindu, Buddhist, And Folk Religious Culture of Dapha Khal Musical Performance of Newars of Kirtipur, DOI: https://doi.org/10.61707/knhga110  

  3. Trajectories of language and the culture   of the Gopali community in the Chitlang Valley, https://doi.org/10.14746/gl.2024.51.1.1

  4. Thick Descriptions on Sakela Sili of Kirat;  Religious Festival of Majh Kirat in Nepal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.14673/IJA2025121136

  5. Inter-Caste Hierarchy and Relations in a Multi-Caste Madhesi Village in Nepal, https://doi.org/10.62047/CSS.2024.09.30.154

  6. Cultural Crisis of Caste Renouncer: A Study of Dasnami  Sanyasi Identity in Nepal https://doi.org/10.3126/mef.v9i0.33588

  7. Storytelling for Promoting Social Cohesion in the Marginalized Communities: A Study of Chautari Nataks, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/mef.v10i1.34030

  8. Devaluation of Cultural Life: A Study of Reconstruction-Resilience Practices  of an Earthquake Displaced Community, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/mef.v11i0.37836

  9. Musahars perspective on nature,  culture and cosmology, https://doi.org/10.3126/jns.v16i1.71785

  10. Politics of Placemaking and Positions of the Musahars at Jamdaha-Golbazar, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/ppj.v2i1.48126