Workshop on Academic Research
Date: Wednesday, 9-10 June, 2018
Venue: Kathmandu
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Historical Themes, Directions for Future Study, and the Case for Religion
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Historical Themes, Directions for Future Study, and the Case for Religion
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Historical Themes, Directions for Future Study, and the Case for Religion
It is a registered non-governmental and not-for-profit organization in Nepal which aims to promote academic research on Nepal and the Himalaya and has been working in this field since the beginning of 2013. It also functions as an extension of ANHS-US, and an Overseas Research Center (ORC) for the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).
Gallery
Group picture taken at the conclusion of a two-day Student Focused Symposium along the theme on “Contemporary Issues in Nepal: Rethinking Resilience, Forging Future” at Yalamaya Kendra, Patan on September 13, 016. This event was organized jointly by the Nepal Studies Initiative of the University of Washington and the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies with ANHS Kathmandu Research Center.
Glimpses of a two-day workshop on "Academic Research Methodology" organized by ANHS-KRC and the Dignity Initiative under the Fulbright Specialist Program in Kathmandu in June 018. This program was facilitated by Prof. Steven Folmar of the Wake Forest University, USA.
Glimpses from the talk program on "Gender, Power, Place, and the Body in the Iconography of the Goddess Svasthani" by Asst. Professor Jessica V. Birkenholtz at Fulbright Hall, Kathmandu on June 18. This event was jointly hosted by ANHS-KRC and the Fulbright Program.
Glimpses from a two-day workshop on "Academic Writing" facilitated by Professor Steven Folmar of Wake Forest University, USA, in Kathmandu on June 19, 2018. This event was jointly hosted by ANHS-KRC and the Dignity Initiative under the Fulbright Specialist Program.
Scenes from a two-day workshop on "Academic Research in Pokhara recently which was facilitated by Prof. Steven Folmar of Wake Forest University, USA. This workshop was jointly organized by ANHS-KRC and the Dignity Initiative under the Fulbright Specialist Program
2019-2020 Fulbright Specialist Program
The Nepal Fulbright Commission (USEF/Nepal) announces the 2019-2020 Fulbright Specialist Program to support Nepali institutions through training grants to bring U.S. Specialists to Nepal for 2 to 6-week between April 2019 and September 30, 2020.
The Fulbright Specialist Program helps Nepali organizations solve real-life problems and training needs by connecting them with U.S. academics and professionals. Host institutions can be Nepali NGOs, government agencies, university departments, and other local not-for-profit institutions (cultural centers, research centers, etc.). The program awards grants to qualified U.S. faculty and professionals, in select disciplines, to engage in short-term collaborative 2 to 6-week projects at host institutions in Nepal. The grant covers international travel costs and a daily honorarium. Nepali host institutions cover grantee in-country expenses such as housing and transportation costs or they provide in-kind services.
Project activities focus on capacity building for Nepali host institutions and do not fund personal or clinical research. Eligible activities include
Eligible organizations wanting to host a Fulbright Specialist should submit project applications through the Fulbright Commission. Projects must be reviewed and approved by the Commission and the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Application Forms are available at www.fulbrightnepal.org.np/specialist_application. The application and required documents must be submitted online by 4 p.m., Monday, November 19, 2018.
Services
KRC, among other things, works to support academic pursuits of individuals and institutions such as research projects, providing home-stays, offering language classes in Nepali and other national languages of Nepal, hosting talk programs on Nepal and the Himalaya by noted Nepali and international scholars.
The center also avails the services of research assistants, translators/interpreters and editors.
KRC provides a platform for scholarly work and promotes academic interactions among Nepali and international scholars.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Manohari Upadhyaya
Chairperson
manohariup@gmail.com
Beena Poudyal
Vice Chairperson
beena.poudyal@gmail.com
Chandralal Shrestha
Secretary
chandra5222@gmail.com
Rameshwar Bhattarai
Treasurer
Pasang Sherpa
Member
pasangtu2010@gmail.com
Shilu Manandhar Bajracharya
Member
Trishna Acharya
Member
PARTNERSHIP / COLLABORATION
ANHS-KRC has been collaborating with US Educational Foundation and Fulbright Commission in Nepal, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Himal Kitab, the Social Science Baha, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the College Year in India Program of UW, and the US Embassy in Nepal to run different educational and academic programs.
KRC has supported many Fulbright and other independent scholars since the time of its inception. KRC has recently gotten the Special Edition of the HIMALAYA, i.e. “Gender in the Himalaya” journal printed and published in Nepal.
In collaboration with ANHS-US, KRC has recently disbursed ANHS Nepal Earthquake Relief Award to 9 Nepali NGOs to run educational support projects in the earthquake hit areas of rural Nepal.
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