Susanne Gansicke
to assess the damage done to metal icons in shrines and temples in Nepal during the April 2015 earthquake, and to conduct research for their future restoration and preservation
Learn Moreto assess the damage done to metal icons in shrines and temples in Nepal during the April 2015 earthquake, and to conduct research for their future restoration and preservation
Learn Morefor a three-month grant to conduct research in India and Nepal on Vajrayana Buddhist dance
for a three-month grant to conduct research in India and Nepal on Vajrayana Buddhist dance
support for research and documentation of Buddhist ritual movement in Ladakh, in association with cameraman Roger Hagerty
Learn Morefor a two-week grant to research performance art in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh
Learn MoreFor a two-month grant to support dissertation research on a contested group of 12th century temples and religious monuments in the Karnali basin in Nepal in fall 2010.
Learn MoreSupport the participation of four artists from Cambodia and Laos in the Summer 2007 Festival of American Folklife.
to enable conservation scientist Janet Douglas to undertake research on jades of Neolithic Liajiatin Culture in Anhui Province, China in fall 2004 or spring 2005
SMITHSONIAN Folkways recordings
Support for five ceramic artists from China to participate in the Folklife Festival at the Smithsonian in summer 2002.
To support travel and research for Center for Folklife Programs Deputy Director Richard Kennedy and for Tibetan scholar (ethnologist) Jamphel Lhundup in connection with the development
partial support for Mr. Masahiro Nomoto's participation in the development of the exhibition "Kamuy: Spirit of the Ainu" at the Smithsonian
To enable Richard Kennedy, Deputy Curator of the Center for Folklife Programs to undertake a two-month residency at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Provide the support for duplicating an important archive of Southeast Asian domestic architecture in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
To establish at the Smithsonian a duplicate archive of photographs, slides, and related materials on traditional Southeast Asian architecture assembled by Dorothy Pelzer and currently on deposit at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.
To provide support for he Japanese component of the Smithsonian's 1986 Festival of American Folklife, held in summer 1986.
To conduct an interview with Gordon Washburn, former director of the Asia House Gallery, New York, as part of the Archives' oral history program
To support research on the monuments and culture of the Kathmandu Valley under the direction of Mary S. Slusser, research associate, Smithsonian Institution.
Learn Moreto complete research in Nepal for a documentation project on traditional arts and crafts.
Learn Moreto complete a conservation study of the Patan Durbar Square historical area in Nepal
to document and conduct research on the historic Patan Durbar Square in the Kathmandu Valley in conjunction with the work of an Unesco team of consultants in Nepal.
Learn Moreto prepare the final manuscript of Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley to be published by Princeton University Press
to consult with Pratapaditya Pal, curator of Indian and Islamic art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and to conduct research in connection with a book on the monuments and culture of the Kathmandu Valley.
Learn Moreto conduct dissertation research in Nepal on traditional Tibetan music in connection with a program leading to the Ph.D. degree.
Learn MoreTo conduct dissertation research on Buddhist painting and sculpture at the Institute of Humanistic Studies, Kyoto, and in Afghanistan, India, and Nepal
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