Schedule
APRIL 2022
Cloth that Changed the World:
Histories and Contemporaneity of Kalamkari Making
Sarah Fee (Royal Ontario Museum) and Rajarshi Sengupta (IIT Kanpur) on April 8th at 2 PM London (9 AM New York, 6:30 PM Mumbai)
The City of Haidar as a Shiʿi Paradise:
Divine Sovereignty, Built Space, and Shiʿi Materiality in Qutb Shahi Hyderabad
Karen Ruffle (University of Toronto) on April 29th at 2 PM London (9 AM New York, 6:30 PM Mumbai)
MAY 2022
Eclipsed by the Moon:
Mahlaqa Bai and Khushhal Khan Anup in Nizami Hyderabad
Katherine Butler Schofield (King’s College, London) on May 6th at 1 PM London (8 AM New York, 5:30 PM Mumbai)
The Vīraśaivas / Liṅgāyats of 12th century Karnataka:
Conflict, Transformation, and the Genesis of a New Creed
Tiziana Lorenzetti (International Institute of South Asian Studies, Rome) on May 20th, at 1 PM London (8 AM New York, 5:30 PM Mumbai)
JUNE 2022
Reflections of Jaina and Vīraśaiva Interactions in the Art and Architecture of Karnataka
Julia AB Hegewald (University of Bonn) on June 3rd at 1 PM London (8 AM New York, 5:30 PM Mumbai)
A Cosmopolitan yet Local Tradition:
Glazed Tiles in the Deccani Sultanates
Arthur Millner (Art Consultant) on June 17th at 1 PM London (8 AM New York, 5:30 PM Mumbai)