2018 summer programme reports: Asia Fellows

Today, we are presenting the reports written by ITP 2018 fellows who spent their department time with the British Museum’s Asia Department. Hear first-hand about their experiences of the summer programme by clicking on their names below.

Cherry Thinn
Assistant Curator, Halin Archaeological Museum, Myanmar
Partner Placement: Glasgow Museums
Supported by the Charles Wallace Burma Trust

Mao Lei
Exhibition Planner, Dunhuang Research Academy, China
Partner Placement: Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums
Supported by the Sino-British Fellowship Trust

Namrata Sarmah
Education Assistant, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, India
Partner Placement: National Museums Northern Ireland
Supported by the Charles Wallace India Trust and the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation

Pankaj Protim Bordoloi
Education Officer, Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum, India
Partner Placement: Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester Museum & Whitworth Art Gallery
Supported by the R A Association

Roshan Mishra
Director and Curator, Taragaon Museum, Nepal
Partner Placement: Glasgow Museums
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust fellow

Suruchika Chawla
Educator, National Museum of India
Partner Placement: Norfolk Museums Service
Supported by the British Museum Trust

Xu Liyi
Assistant Curator, Shanghai Museum, China
Partner Placement: The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire & University of Nottingham Museum
Supported by the American Friends of the Shanghai Museum and the Sino-British Fellowship Trust

Ma. Yohana Frias
Museum Researcher: Ethnology Division, National Museum of the Philippines
Partner Placement: Norfolk Museums Service
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust fellow