Rediscovering Afghanistan Awards, 2005
Division of Preservation and Access
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC
Project Director: Fredrik T. Hiebert
Project Director: Fredrik T. Hiebert
Outright: $30,000
Cataloging the Rediscovered Treasures of Afghanistan's Kabul Museum: The Prehistoric Collections
To support the cataloging and preservation of the prehistoric collections of the Kabul Museum dating from the Middle Paleolithic (50,000 years ago) through the Upper Paleolithic, Bronze Age, and Achaemenid artifacts (6th century B.C.) to the campaigns of Alexander the Great (331-327 B.C.).
To support the cataloging and preservation of the prehistoric collections of the Kabul Museum dating from the Middle Paleolithic (50,000 years ago) through the Upper Paleolithic, Bronze Age, and Achaemenid artifacts (6th century B.C.) to the campaigns of Alexander the Great (331-327 B.C.).
New York University, New York, NY
Project Director: Michael Stoller
Project Director: Michael Stoller
Outright: $297,588
Creating an Afghanistan Digital Library and Digitizing Afghanistan Publications, 1871 to 1930
Creating a digital library of works published in Afghanistan, 1871 to 1930. Digitizing books, documents, and serials published in Afghanistan from 1870 through 1930 and housed in public and private collections in the United States and Europe and mounting their images on a freely accessible and searchable Web site.
Creating a digital library of works published in Afghanistan, 1871 to 1930. Digitizing books, documents, and serials published in Afghanistan from 1870 through 1930 and housed in public and private collections in the United States and Europe and mounting their images on a freely accessible and searchable Web site.
Division of Research Programs
American Institute of Indian Studies, Chicago, IL
Project Director: Alka Patel
Project Director: Alka Patel
Outright: $5,000
The Ghurid Architecture of South Asia and Historiography at the Ends of the Islamic World
Research for a monograph on the Ghurid, originally the Shansabani clan from Ghur, north-central Afghanistan, which established the first Islamic government with enduring ambitions east of the Indus (modern India), thus beginning a succession of Islamic states based at Delhi through the mid-18th century.
Research for a monograph on the Ghurid, originally the Shansabani clan from Ghur, north-central Afghanistan, which established the first Islamic government with enduring ambitions east of the Indus (modern India), thus beginning a succession of Islamic states based at Delhi through the mid-18th century.