In January 2025, Christiane Brosius was appointed to the advisory board of the Gerda Henkel Foundation's funding initiative “Patrimonies” for a four-year term. Since 1976, the Foundation has been promoting research in the field of historical humanities. In its funding priority …
On December 13, 2024, the symposium Reflecting Conservation Forward was held at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, marking 15 years of restoration work at the Patan Durbar Square by the FWF Project Discoveri…
The Nepal Heritage Documentation Project (NHDP), in collaboration with the Heidelberg Center for Cultural Heritage ( HCCH ), the Flagship Initiative Transforming Cultural Heritage at Heidelberg ( …
On October 21st, 2024, the South Asia Institute (SAI) Kathmandu Branch Office organized a half-day workshop in collaboration with the research institute Martin Chautari, and their unit “Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal” and the Nepal Heritage…
We are proud to present the new book publication of "The Mulukī Ain of 1854 - Nepal's First Legal Code" by Rajan Khatiwoda, Simon Cubelic, and Axel Michaels.
An official book launch took place at Heidelberg University's South Asia Institute, Kathmandu Br…