Reading-based Conversation on “(Academic) Parenthood and Ambivalent Choice” with Tina Shrestha

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7 July 2026/२३ असार २०८३ (मंगलबार, दिउँसो ३ बजे)
Reading-based Conversation on
“(Academic) Parenthood and Ambivalent Choice”
with Tina Shrestha, author of the article by the same title

Participants will be expected to have read the above article before the conversation. It would be great if participants can think of or share the following as well:

1. An incident or an encounter in a personal and/or professional setting, where you couldn’t make a decision because you were being asked to (or advised by well-intentioned colleagues, friends, and superiors) prioritize one aspect of your identity over the other— as a parent-scholar/writer/poet/lawyer/doctor/activist/student.
2. And how that incident/encounter is conventionally seen as a matter of choice—for career advancement, networking, financial security, professional development or status, etc.

About the Speaker:
Tina Shrestha is an academic author and anthropologist. She is the author of a number of journal articles as well as the book Surviving the Sanctuary City: Asylum-Seeking Work in Nepali New York (University of Washington Press, 2023), which was a runner-up for the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Book Prize, sponsored by the American Studies Association. She writes on a variety of topics, some of which include: social inequality, mobility, Nepali migrant and diasporic communities, gender, work, and parenthood. She completed her PhD in Anthropology from Cornell University and currently lives in Hong Kong with her family.

This workshop is free, but you have to register for it.