research overview Bledsoe's academic interests center on the history and texts of transregional South Asia, with particular emphasis on social, religious, political and urban history of the Newar people of the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.
education and training Ph.D. in South South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago 2004 B.A. in Double in: Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Washington 1984
awards and honors 3-Month Senior Visiting Research Fellowship, 2010 Seed Grant, 2006 Yehan Numata Visiting Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies, 2005 Fellow, 2004 Research Grant, 2003 Visiting Scholar, Wolfson College, Cambridge University, 2002 NEH Fellowship, 2000 Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of World Religions, 1998 Collaborative Grant, American Academy of Religion NEH Summer Stipend, 1997 Research Grant, 1996 ACLS Fellowship, 2001 - 2002
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