BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:As a part of the Central New York Humanities Corridor working g roup “Social and Cultural Sustainability in South Asia\,” \;Syracuse U niversity's South Asia Center is proud to host \; Pasang Yangjee Sherp a\, assistant professor of lifeways in Indigenous Asia at the University o f British Columbia\, for a series of events addressing climate change and indigeneity focusing on South Asia. \; All faculty\, staff and graduat e students at Corridor institutions are invited to attend and can be reimb ursed for travel to this event through the “Intra-Corridor Travel Suppleme nt.” \;Workshop | Whose Climate Change Story Have We Subscribed To?10: 00-12:00 | 220 Eggers HallClimate change stories are everywhere—from print media to social media\, from songs to scientific reports. Workshop partic ipants are invited to share their climate change story\nfrom and about Sou th Asia so we can explore the what\, where\, when and how. What is this ab out? Who is vulnerable? What is the impact? How do we adapt and why do we need to build resilience? This workshop will address these questions in or der to find out whose climate change story we have subscribed to and who w e have left behind.Lecture | Life on the Third Pole under a New Season of Climate Change2:30-4:30 | 341 Eggers HallDiscussant: Madeline Nyblade\, as sistant professor of environmental studies\, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry \;The high Himalayas\, a nd the Mount Everest region in particular\, are popular sites for science- policy interface when it comes to addressing issues of climate change in S outh Asia. \; In 2025\, Salerno et al. published 30-year (1994-2023) t emperature and precipitation\ndata from the Pyramid Network in Lobuche in Khumbu. This remarkable publication\ncoincided with the release of the Khu mbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality (KPLRM)\nLocal Adaptation Plans of Acti on (LAPA) that outline climate change impact and\nadaptation measures as r ecommended by the KPLRM residents. In this context\, Pasang\ndescribes her new study of climate change impact through a comparison of the 30-year te mperature and precipitation data with local observations and experiences o f the Sherpa residents of Khumbu. Drawing on the two publications from 202 5\, supplemented by the numerous climate change studies that have been con ducted in Khumbu\, this talk presents preliminary insights on changing sea sonality and its implications for life on the “Third Pole.”Pasang Yangjee Sherpa\, Ph.D. is a Sherpa anthropologist from Pharak in northeastern Nepa l. She is an assistant professor of lifeways in Indigenous Asia at the Uni versity of British\nColumbia. Her current research applies community-cente red approach to exploring\nthe possibilities of collective survival on a w arming planet. In 2024\, she received the Mellon New Directions Fellowship to study “Sherpa Geomorphology” and the SSHRC Insight Development Grant t o lead her project\, “Living with Climate Change.” She is currently servin g on the Scientific Steering Committee for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) workshop on Engaging Diverse Knowledge Systems.The w orkshop and lecture are generously co-sponsored by the departments of Reli gion and Geography and the Environment. DTEND:20260303T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T231945Z DTSTART:20260303T150000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Pasang Sherpa | Climate Change and the Third Pole UID:RFCALITEM639140375853823418 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

As a part of the Central New York Humanities Corridor w orking group “Social and Cultural Sustainabi lity in South Asia\,” \;Syracuse University's South Asia Center is proud to ho st \; Pasang Yangjee Sherpa\, assistant professor of lifeways in Indigenous Asia at the University of British Columbia\, for a series of events addressing cli mate change and indigeneity focusing on South Asia. \; All faculty\, s taff and graduate students at Corridor institutions are invited to attend and can be reimbursed for travel to this event through the “Int ra-Corridor Travel Supplement.” \;

Workshop | Whose Climate Change Story Hav e We Subscribed To?

10:00-12:00 | 220 Eggers Hall

Climate change st ories are everywhere—from print media to social media\, from songs to scie ntific reports. Workshop participants are invited to share their climate c hange story\nfrom and about South Asia so we can explore the what\, where\ , when and how. What is this about? Who is vulnerable? What is the impact? How do we adapt and why do we need to build resilience? This workshop wil l address these questions in order to find out whose climate change story we have subscribed to and who we have left behind.

Lecture | Life on the Third Pole under a New Season of Climate Change

2:30-4:30 | 341 Eggers Hall

Discussant: Madeline Nyb lade\, assistant professor of environmental studies\, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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The high Himalayas\, and the Mount Everest region in par ticular\, are popular sites for science-policy interface when it comes to addressing issues of climate change in South Asia. \; In 2025\, Salern o et al. published 30-year (1994-2023) temperature and precipitation\ndata from the Pyramid Network in Lobuche in Khumbu. This remarkable publicatio n\ncoincided with the release of the Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality (KPLRM)\nLocal Adaptation Plans of Action (LAPA) that outline climate cha nge impact and\nadaptation measures as recommended by the KPLRM residents. In this context\, Pasang\ndescribes her new study of climate change impac t through a comparison of the 30-year temperature and precipitation data w ith local observations and experiences of the Sherpa residents of Khumbu. Drawing on the two publications from 2025\, supplemented by the numerous c limate change studies that have been conducted in Khumbu\, this talk prese nts preliminary insights on changing seasonality and its implications for life on the “Third Pole.”

Pasang Yangjee Sherpa\, Ph.D. is a Sherpa an thropologist from Pharak in northeastern Nepal. She is an assistant profes sor of lifeways in Indigenous Asia at the University of British\nColumbia. Her current research applies community-centered approach to exploring\nth e possibilities of collective survival on a warming planet. In 2024\, she received the Mellon New Directions Fellowship to study “Sherpa Geomorpholo gy” and the SSHRC Insight Development Grant to lead her project\, “Living with Climate Change.” She is currently serving on the Scientific Steering Committee for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) worksho p on Engaging Diverse Knowledge Systems.

The workshop and lecture are generously co-sponsored by the departments of Religion and Geography and the Environment.

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