The Multi-Cultural Medley That is India: A Visual Exploration

Event description
- Academic events
- Arts and entertainment
- Inclusion
- Open to the public
This is the second lecture in the 2024-2025 Global Asia Lecture Series. As part of ASU's commitment to global engagement, sustainability, and future-oriented knowledge and research, the Asia Center at the Arizona State University organized a series of lectures for the 2024-2025 academic year on the theme of "Global Asia in a Multipolar World."
Synopsis
We are constantly surrounded by objects, by ‘things’ that channel and dictate our everyday life, ‘things’ that we take for granted. But these objects speak to us, they speak for us. They have a story to tell that reflects our values and aspirations, our achievements and our dreams, and they reveal more about us than we realize! This talk draws on my book, A STORY OF INDIA THROUGH 100 OBJECTS, to present a picture of the varying priorities and differing strands of achievement that arose over time to create the multicultural medley that is today’s India.
Speaker Bio
Vidya Dehejia is Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian Art at Columbia University in New York, and author of a wide range of books on the history of Indian art. As a museum professional between 1994-2002, she served as Chief Curator, Deputy Director, and Acting Director of the Smithsonian’s Freer & Sackler Galleries in Washington DC. In 2012, the President of India awarded her a Padma Bhushan for “Outstanding Contribution to Art & Education.” Her two most recent books are The Thief Who Stole my Heart: The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280 (Princeton University Press, 2021), and India: A Story through 100 Objects (Roli Books, 2021).
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