The South Asia Art Initiative and the Berkeley Pakistan Initiative invite you to a lecture by Nadeem Omar Tarar, visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin.
Event moderated by Asma Kazmi, Associate Professor of Art Practice at UC Berkeley.
TALK ABSTRACT
The talk is centered on the book “Colonial and National Formation of the National College of Arts, Lahore, circa the 1870s-1960s: Descripting the Archive.” Utilizing archival records spanning a century, the talk explores the institutional history of one of the four colonial art schools established in late nineteenth-century India – specifically in Lahore. The book challenges implicit categories within the archival representation of institutional dynamics and state practices, exposing the cracks in the discourse on art and craft, artisans and craftsmen, oral and literate, primitive and modern, and traditional and contemporary that have historically structured aesthetic thought and art practice in the colonial and post-colonial periods.
SPEAKER BIO
Nadeem Omar Tarar, a visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin, has research interests in South Asian colonial anthropology, archaeology, art history, and cultural studies. Holding an MSc. in Cultural Anthropology from Quaid-e Azam University, Islamabad, an MA in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies from the University of Nottingham, UK, and a Ph.D. in Art History and Theory from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Tarar received a Charles Wallace Fellowship at SOAS, UK, and pursued a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT, USA. He has published in Economic and Political Weekly, International Journal of Art and Design Education, Journal of South Asian Studies, and Third Text.
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The South Asia Art Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley promotes research-based conversations and collaborations around the arts of South Asia + its diasporas from the ancient period to the now. To read more about the Initiative and help support its various fundraising goals, please click HERE.
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PARKING INFORMATION
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If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Puneeta Kala at pkala@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.
