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Part I: Architecture and Visual Arts; Architecture: The Quest for Nepaleseness- Niels Gutschow; In Pursuit of Modernity: The Revival of Classicism in Nepali Architecture- Katharina Weiler; Living Traditions: Aquatic Architecture and Imagery in the Kathmandu Valley- Julia A.B. Hegewald; Traditional Religious Painting in Modern Nepal: Seeing the Gods with New Eyes- Ian Alsop; Contemporary Nepali Art: Narratives of Modernity and Visuality- Dina Bangdel; Re-imagining the Universe: Neo-Tantra in Nepal- Katherine Anne Harper; The Potters of Thimi: Village Ceramic Traditions in Flux- Ani Kasten. Part II: Religious Festivals and Performances; Street Theatre: Where the Agora of Gods and Humans Meet- Sangita Rayamajhi; Tantric Buddhist Dance of Nepal: From the Temple to the Stage and Back- Miranda Shaw; Celebrating Siva at Pashupati- Tim Ward; Kumari: Caught Between Past and Present- Deepak Shimkhada Deepak Shimkhada earned his PhD from Claremont Graduate University and taught Asian religions, including Hinduism and Buddhism at Claremont McKenna College. He retired in 2008, and is now adjunct professor for the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. At the University of the West, California State University-Northridge, he taught Theravada Buddhism and Hinduism as a visiting professor. Shimkhada s most recent edited book is The Constant and Changing Faces of the Goddess: Goddess Traditions of Asia. Niels Gutschow was educated as an architect, planner and architectural historian at Darmstadt University, from where he received his PhD. He has worked in Nepal since 1970.