november, 2022
5nov6:00 pm- 7:30 pmBK Museum Roundtable: Cultural Erasure of Islamic History in India (Manan Ahmed)
Event Details
Roundtable: Cultural Erasure of Islamic History in India
Event Details
Roundtable: Cultural Erasure of Islamic History in India
Saturday, November 5, 2022
6–7:30 pm
Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Learn about the erasure of Islamic monuments and history in contemporary India at this roundtable copresented by Guernica magazine. Writer Madhuri Sastry moderates a discussion about politics, art, and cultural memory among historian Manan Ahmed, author and photographer Suchitra Vijayan, and artist Jaishri Abichandani. Joan Cummins, Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator of Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum, introduces the conversation with an overview of our newly reopened Arts of South Asia gallery.
Time
(Saturday) 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY