Pooja Kalita presented her paper Heritagization Vs History(s): Gender in the ‘Neo-Global’ Urban Heritage of Lumbini at the Global Urban History Conference.
Binita Magaiya a research assistant with Heritage as Placemaking (HaP), was invited to present her research and current projects at her alma mater, KU-Leuven's Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC). The presentations took the form of semi-formal seminars for first and second-semester Master's students.
The Volkswagen Stiftung’s Global Issues Convention (GIC) was held between November 19th and 21st, 2024 in Hannover, Germany. The convention focused on four key areas: mobility, cross cutting, heritage and pandemics. This year’s convention was attended by the Heritage as Placemaking team, as the VW Stiftung is a central stakeholder in HaP’s sponsoring structure.
Dr. Monalisa Maharjan presents her work on the Hiti water systems, part of her research for the Heritage as Placemaking project.
On 31st March, at South Asian University (Sociology Classroom 006, ES Building) from 2:00 pm–4:00 pm, Heritage as Placemaking post-doctoral researcher Dr. Emiline Smith (Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow) will give a presentation that traces the pathway of trafficked Asian cultural objects over the last 50 years. Please see the accompanying poster for the full abstract and further details.
HaP Researchers Binita Magaiya, Dr. Monalisa Maharjan, and Dr. Sabin Ninglekhu each presented their work as part of the seminar Community Resilience - A Reflection on 2015 Earthquake, an event in Kathmandu organized by Queen’s University Belfast, The British Academy, and the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Baakhan Nyane Waa presents its second episode of our Nostalgia Series, to hear the stories of the indigenous community of the Kirati. Our storyteller, Prof. Dr. Martin Gaenszle, will be answering questions in this storytelling session. (Organized by Baakhan Nyane Waa, conducted in collaboration with the Heritage as Placemaking Summer School 2022)
