Research Grants Awarded in 2007
Pilot Projects
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| Project Ref: | EAP067 |
| Title of project: | Preservation of Gypsy/Roma historical and cultural heritage in Bulgaria |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Veselin Popov |
| Host institution: | Minority Studies Society Studii Romani |
| Archival partner: | Ethnographical Institute and Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| Location of archival material: | Bulgaria |
| Award: | £9,990 |
| Duration: | 12 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP097 |
| Title of project: | Preserving and digitising the documentation and resource centre of the African Publishers' Network (APNET) |
| Principal investigator: | Mr Roger Stringer |
| Host institution: | Independent Researcher |
| Location of archival material: | Ghana |
| Award: | £2,712 |
| Duration: | 5 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP124 |
| Title of project: | Pages of Azerbaijan sound heritage |
| Principal investigator: | Professor Tariel Mamedov |
| Host institution: | Independent Researcher |
| Archival partner: | Azerbaijan State Sound Archive |
| Location of archival material: | Azerbaijan |
| Award: | £8,400 |
| Duration: | 10 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP141 |
| Title of project: | Ibadi private libraries in the Mzab Heptapolis, Algeria |
| Principal investigator: | Mr Yacine Daddi Addoun |
| Host institution: | York University, Canada |
| Location of archival material: | Algeria |
| Award: | £11,570 |
| Duration: | 12 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP148 |
| Title of project: | Inventory of archival holdings in Jamaica |
| Principal investigator: | Miss Nadine Hunt |
| Host institution: | York University, Canada |
| Location of archival material: | Jamaica |
| Award: | £11,023 |
| Duration: | 8 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP149 |
| Title of project: | Voices of the living past: the 'Ashug' minstrel music of Azerbaijan |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Anna Senarslan |
| Host institution: | Azerbaijan Archive of Sound Recordings |
| Archival partner: | Azerbaijan Archive of Sound Recordings (ARDSYA) |
| Location of archival material: | Azerbaijan |
| Award: | £9,648 |
| Duration: | 3 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP150 |
| Title of project: | Documenting regional artistic traditions: Peru ca. 1750-1950 |
| Principal investigator: | Mr Jesús Varillas |
| Host institution: | Museo de Arte de Lima |
| Location of archival material: | Peru |
| Award: | £10,000 |
| Duration: | 6 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP156 |
| Title of project: | Endangered archives of Sudanese trade unions (1899-2005) |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Siddig Elzailaee |
| Host institution: | London Metropolitan University |
| Location of archival material: | Sudan |
| Award: | £8,200 |
| Duration: | 4 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP171 |
| Title of project: | Feasibility survey of documenting selected 18th-20th century written heritage from Nepal |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Ramesh Dhungel |
| Host institution: | SOAS, University of London |
| Location of archival material: | Nepal |
| Award: | £10,800 |
| Duration: | 11 months |
Major Projects
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| Project Ref: | EAP115 |
| Title of project: | Collection and digitisation of old music in pre-literate Micronesian society |
| Principal investigator: | Fr Francis Hezel |
| Host institution: | Micronesian Seminar |
| Archival partner: | Micronesian Seminar, University of Hawaii |
| Location of archival material: | Federated States of Micronesia |
| Award: | £11,343 |
| Duration: | 18 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP117 |
| Title of project: | Digitising 'sacred heirloom' in private collections in Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Ulrich Kozok |
| Host institution: | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Location of archival material: | Indonesia |
| Award: | £29,840 |
| Duration: | 24 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP119 |
| Title of project: | Preservation of historical periodical collections (1900-1950) at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Library in East Jerusalem |
| Principal investigator: | Mr Qasem Abu Harb |
| Host institution: | Council for British Research in the Levant |
| Archival partner: | Al-Aqsa Mosque Library |
| Location of archival material: | East Jerusalem |
| Award: | £50,200 |
| Duration: | 12 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP121 |
| Title of project: | Preserving the archives of the United National Independence Party of Zambia |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Giacomo Macola |
| Host institution: | University of Kent |
| Archival partner: | National Archives of Zambia, Lusaka |
| Location of archival material: | Zambia |
| Award: | £25,992 |
| Duration: | 10 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP127 |
| Title of project: | Archiving 'popular market' Bengali books |
| Principal investigator: | Professor Sukanta Chaudhuri |
| Host institution: | Jadavpur University |
| Archival partner: | School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University |
| Location of archival material: | India |
| Award: | £27,023 |
| Duration: | 24 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP132 |
| Title of project: | Digital archive of north Indian classical music |
| Principal investigator: | Professor Amlan Das Gupta |
| Host institution: | Jadavpur University |
| Archival partner: | School of Cultural Texts and Records, Jadavpur University |
| Location of archival material: | India |
| Award: | £26,108 |
| Duration: | 24 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP139 |
| Title of project: | Rescuing Liberian history - preserving the photographs of William VS Tubman, Liberia's longest serving President |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Verlon Stone |
| Host institution: | Indiana University |
| Archival partner: | Center for National Documents and Records Agency (CNDRA), Liberia |
| Location of archival material: | Liberia |
| Award: | £38,491 |
| Duration: | 24 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP140 |
| Title of project: | Preservation through digitisation of the Tangut collection at the Institute of Oriental Studies, St Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Irina Popova |
| Host institution: | Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Archival partner: | Archives of the Institute of Oriental Studies, St Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Location of archival material: | China |
| Award: | £51,672 |
| Duration: | 24 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP143 |
| Title of project: | Preservation of the last hieroglyphic manuscripts in China: Shui archives in Libo, Guizhou |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Jian Xu |
| Host institution: | Sun Yat-sen University |
| Archival partner: | University Library of Sun Yat-sen University |
| Location of archival material: | China |
| Award: | £44,220 |
| Duration: | 18 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP144 |
| Title of project: | The digitisation of Minangkabau's manuscript collections in Suraus |
| Principal investigator: | Mrs Zuriati |
| Host institution: | Andalas University |
| Archival partner: | Museum Adityawarman Padang |
| Location of archival material: | Indonesia |
| Award: | £18,613 |
| Duration: | 8 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP153 |
| Title of project: | Riau manuscripts: the gateway to the Malay intellectual world |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Jan Van der Putten |
| Host institution: | National University of Singapore |
| Archival partner: | Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia, Yayasan Manuskrip Nusantara, National Library of Singapore |
| Location of archival material: | Indonesia |
| Award: | £11,272 |
| Duration: | 12 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP160 |
| Title of project: | Digitisation of Bolivian indigenous communities records on ayllu structure, tax and land tenure |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Rossana Barragan |
| Host institution: | Archivo de La Paz |
| Archival partner: | Archivo de La Paz |
| Location of archival material: | Bolivia |
| Award: | £80,244 |
| Duration: | 12 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP164 |
| Title of project: | Preservation, storage and accessibility for archives of the pre-industrial rural society of the Ukrainian Steppe |
| Principal investigator: | Dr Anatoliy Boyko |
| Host institution: | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
| Archival partner: | State Archive of Zaporizhzhia Region |
| Location of archival material: | Ukraine |
| Award: | £27,645 |
| Duration: | 24 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP165 |
| Title of project: | Rescue of two photographic collections of rapidly changing cultures in rural Guatemala dating from the 1890s through to the 1930s |
| Principal investigator: | Ms Lucrecia Arriola de Paniagua |
| Host institution: | CIRMA |
| Archival partner: | Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica |
| Location of archival material: | Guatemala |
| Award: | £51,826 |
| Duration: | 14 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP166 |
| Title of project: | Preservation through digitisation of rare negatives and photographs from Nepal |
| Principal investigator: | Mr Kanak Mani Dixit |
| Host institution: | Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya |
| Archival partner: | Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya |
| Location of archival material: | Nepal |
| Award: | £25,121 |
| Duration: | 7 months |
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| Project Ref: | EAP177 |
| Title of project: | Buddhist archive of photography in Luang Prabang, Laos - major project phase I |
| Principal investigator: | Mr Hans Berger |
| Host institution: | Independent Researcher |
| Archival partner: | National Library of Laos |
| Location of archival material: | Laos |
| Award: | £76,058 |
| Duration: | 24 months |