John Cort
To undertake research in India on the meaning and importance of image-worship in the spiritual practice of the Jains, beginning in July 1995.
Learn MoreTo undertake research in India on the meaning and importance of image-worship in the spiritual practice of the Jains, beginning in July 1995.
Learn MoreTo travel to Kerala, India in summer 1995 to carry out interviews and consult with translators in connection with the completion of your manuscript for Whe Gods and Demons Come to Play, Kahakali in Performance and Context.
To travel from South India to Delhi and Calcutta in December 1985, in order to meet with organizers of the International Seminar and Festival on Martial Arts and raditional Performance to be held in Calcutta in 1987.
Learn Morewith Elizabeth Bernard, to analyze and document Buddhist monuments and works of art in four major holy areas in eastern Tibet in 1995
to conduct research in India on the art and cultural traditions of the Dagyab area in the Kham region of Tibet
Learn MoreStudy ancestor worship, healing arts, and storytelling among the Asmat people of the Irian Jaya.
Learn MorePursue research and writing on Japanese film and cultural activities.
to survey Indian film developments and give lectures in India on American films selected by the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Learn MoreTravel to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in order to study and document the tombs of pirs, holy men who are blessed with miraculuous healing powers.
Learn MoreTo serve as a visiting teacher at the Shanghai Theatre Academy during the spring 1993
Learn MoreTo support continued research on sculpture of Bengal and Bihar in the United States
To conduct research on sculpture from Bengal in public and private collections in the United States
to participate in the Seminar on Preservation and Conservation of Cultural Properties, New Delhi, February 1972, and to survey the effects of the war in Bangladesh on works of art and museums.
Learn Moreto pursue research in India on the life and work of the poet Rabindranath Tagore in connection with writing of a new play on Tagore
Learn Moreto photograph domestic home altars, road shrines, sacred spaces, and ancient temples in India
Learn Moreto continue a study of sixth to tenth century Indian sculpture in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh
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