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South Asia: Migrations & Transformation Panel on Visual Art 

Shahzia Sikander, Still from SpiNN, 2003. Digital animation with sound, 6:38 minutes. Music by David Abir. Courtesy of the artist, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London, and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

Lecture

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

The South Asia Institute’s (SAI) annual symposium (May 3–4) will bring together scholars and practitioners to highlight the study of South Asia from three perspectives: humanities, science, and social science. In this panel discussion held at the Harvard Art Museums, the conversation will focus on the transformative role of art and art curation.

Panelists:
Shanay Jhaveri, Assistant Curator of South Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Shahzia Sikander, Visual Artist
Homi Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language, and Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University

The panel discussion will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level.
 
Free and open to the public.
 
The program is offered as part of the 2017 Harvard South Asia Institute Annual Symposium, South Asia: Migrations & Transformation. Reception to follow at Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge.
 
Co-sponsored by Harvard University South Asia Institute and the Harvard Art Museums.