Mahesh Raj Maharjan

Mahesh Raj Maharjan is a researcher at Martin Chautari. He is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. His academic interests include migration, caste, and disability, as well as qualitative data analysis and academic writing. He has co-edited two books and has published articles in various journals. He is one of the editors of the journal Samaj Adhyayan. He is also a professional copy-editor and translator.

Email: mtmaheshraj@gmail.com

Articles

2022. Discourse on Land in Kathmandu. Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 16: 47–58.

2019. Access to Social Protection among People with Disabilities: Mixed Methods Research from Tanahun, Nepal. The European Journal of Development Research (co-written).

2017. Materials, Technology and Regulation in Building Construction in Nepal. Studies in Nepali History and Society 22(2): 354–397 (co-written).

2015. Emigrants’ Migrant Wives: Linking International and Internal Migration. Studies in Nepali History and Society 20(2): 217–247.

2015. Studies on Disability in Nepal: An Overview. Disability Studies Journal 1(1): 1–25.

2012. Identity Crisis: A Case Study of Newar Dalits. Contributions to Nepalese Studies 39: 113–143 (Special issue on Identity and Inclusion).

Book Reviews

2019. Laya Prasad Uprety, Suresh Dhakal & Jagat Basnet, eds. Peasant Studies in Nepal. Studies in Nepali History and Society 24(1): 238–241.

2016. Janak Raj Sapkota. Kahar: Vaideshik Rojgarile Bitholindo Samaj. Studies in Nepali History and Society 21(2): 430–435.

2014. Gérard Toffin and Joanna Pfaff‐Czarnecka. Facing Globalization in the Himalayas: Belonging and the Politics of the Self. Studies in Nepali History and Society 19(2): 387–393.