On October 4, 2025, the World Newah Organization (Baltimore, USA) honored the Forschungsgruppe Nepal at Heidelberg University for curating the exhibition “Buṅgadyaḥ: The Rain-Making God” at the CATS Library. The award was presented by Kumar Napit, President and European Coordinator of the Organizat…
On 1 October 2025, the University Library Heidelberg (CATS branch) inaugurated an important exhibition entitled Buṅgadyaḥ: The Rain-Making God, foregrounding one of the Kathmandu Valley’s most vibrant and enduring ritual traditions — the Buṅgadyaḥ (Rāto Matsyendranātha) procession in Patan, Nepal…
On February 25th, NHDP co-director Axel Michaels gave a public talk entitled “Who won the Sino-Nepalese War of 1791/92? New insights from new sources.” The event was co-organized by NHDP, the
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…