Assistant Professor Catherine Becker receives an AISLS Fellowship

UIC School of Art and Art History Assistant Professor Catherine Becker has received a fellowship from the American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies to support research in Sri Lanka.

Her project, "Miracle-performing Monks and Relocated Relics: Artisitc Exchange between Buddhist Communities in Andgra Pradesh and Sri Lanka," examines cross-cultural and cross-media comparisons (specifically, comparisons of narrative relief sculptures from Andhra and texts from Sri Lanka) to yield fruitful insights into the shared story-telling techniques and legitimizing practices employed by Buddhists in these regions during the second and third centuries of the Common Era.