22 July 2023 - (Online)
1) Orientation
2) Classical Indian Aesthetics – Its Principles
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
29 July 2023 - (Physical)
1) History of Indian Aesthetics and its Theories
2) Abhinavagupta – His Yoga & Aesthetic Concerns
- Dr. Veena Londhe
05 August 2023 - 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm – (Physical)
1) Form - Rhythm, Harmony, Iconometry, Materiality Line, Colour, Proportion
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
12 August 2023 - (Online)
1) Content & Meaning – Subject Matter Iconography, Iconology Dhvani, Symbolism
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
19 August 2023 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm - (Online)
1) Rasa Theory Content of Art Aesthetic Experience
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
26 August 2023 - (Physical)
1) From the Beginnings of Agriculture to the Consolidation of Empire 7000 BC to 2000 BC - Mehrgarh to Rakhigarhi
- Dr. Kurush Dalal
02 September 2023
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - (Recorded & Online Q&A)
1) Mass production in Antiquity – An aesthetic reappraisal through early historic terracottas of India
- Dr. Naman Ahuja
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm - (Online)
1) The Age of the Satavahanas: Numismatics, Art and History in Peninsular India c.200 BC - 200 AD
- Dr. Shailendra Bhandare
Karuna Rasa and Shanta Rasa – Compassion and Equanimity as Paradigms in Buddhism
09 September 2023 - (Online)
1) Buddha – Life, Events, and the 3 Bodies: Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya
2) Dhamma – Early Buddhist Philosophy: The Noble Truths, Doctrine of Dependent Origination
3) Sangha – Tripitakas
- Dr. Supriya Rai
16 September 2023 - (Physical)
1) Aniconic and Iconic: The Development of the Buddha Image and The Notions of Kingship and Sovereignty
2) The World of Compassion: Mahayana, Bodhisattvas and Prajnaparamita
- Dr. Supriya Rai
23 September 2023 - (Physical)
Vajrayana – The Tantric Arm of Buddhism:
1) Understanding Buddhist Tantra and its Practice in the Indo-Tibetan Sphere
2) The Subtle Body Practices of Buddhist Tantra: Art Historical Evidence
- Ms. Swati Chemburkar
29 September 2023 - Friday 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm - (Physical)
1) The Basics of Academic Writing I
- Dr. Jaya Kanoria
The Primacy of Vira Rasa or Heroic Forbearance in Jain Thought
30 September 2023 - 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm – (Online)
1) Jainism: Philosophy and Art
2) Cave Architecture of the Victorious Ones
3) The Beginning: Rishabhnath As the Initiator of Change
4) Vira – The Hero as the Model of Ascetic: Krishna – Balarama as Prototype
- Dr. Viraj Shah
06 October 2023 - Friday 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm - (Physical)
1) The Basics of Academic Writing II
- Dr. Jaya Kanoria
07 October 2023 - 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm - (Online)
1) Nagas and Yakshas: Incorporating Human/Non-Human Heroes from Folk Fabric
2) The Great Hero: Vardhamana the Mahavira
3) Conquerors of Senses: Heroes of the Non-Material World
- Dr. Viraj Shah
Iconography
14 October 2023 - (Online)
1) Introduction to Brahmanical Iconography I
a) Introduction
b) Ashtadikapalas: Guarding the Temple
c) Surya
d) Vishnu
- Mr. Arvind Sethi
21 October 2023 - (Online)
1) Introduction to Brahmanical Iconography II
a) Brahma
b) Ganesha
c) Kartikeya
d) Shiva
- Mr. Arvind Sethi
28 October 2023 - (Physical)
1) Devi – Cosmic Charm of Vatsalya and Raudra Origin, Legends, Icons, Sacred Spaces and Places
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
Temple – Hallowed Space and Time
04 November 2023 - (Physical)
1) Acculturation and Hybrid typologies for Worship in Bengal - From the 18th century to the Present
2) From Bengal to Gujarat: Unexplored Dimensions in Jain Architecture and Aesthetics
a) Between Archaeology and Active Worship: Understanding Jain Architecture in Bengal
b) Between Defence and Faith: The Design of Medieval Jain Temples in Ahmedabad
- Dr. Kamalika Bose
Diwali
18 November 2023 - (Physical)
1) Evolution and Morphology of the Hindu Temple
2) Maratha Temples
- Dr. Pushkar Sohoni
25 November 2023 - (Online)
1) Imperial temples, goddesses and the gopura in south India
2) Festivals, processions, and Tamil temple urbanism
- Dr. Crispin Branfoot
Aesthetics of Tantra – Expanding Consciousness
02 December 2023 - (Physical)
1) Shakti
2) Agamas & Tantras – The New Mystic Revelations and the Mechanisms of a Novel Order
3) Nada and Bindu – Primal Seeds of Sound, Space & Energy: Emanation of Mantras and Yantras
4) Kundalini Yoga: The Released and Soaring Dormant Energy: Chakras as Points of Contact
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
Indo-Islamic Aesthetics: Funerary Expressions in Indo-Islamic Art and Architecture
09 December 2023 - (Physical)
1a) Adornments for Posterity: Commemorative Practices in Early and Medieval Islamic Cultures
b) Mausoleums, Funerary Complexes, Epitaphs: Commemorative Expressions and their Compositeness in Premodern Islam
2a) Funerary Expressions of Islam in the Indian Subcontinent: Sultanate Period
b) Imperial and Sub-Imperial Tombs
- Dr. Riyaz Latif
16 December 2023 - (Physical)
1a) Indo-Islamic Funerary Structures and Regional Responses: Gujarat, Bengal, Deccan
b) Sufism and Popular Saint Veneration: Shrines and Dargahs
2a) Paradisiacal Visions: Mughal Funerary Monuments
b) Modern Responses to Memorialization and Commemoration: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s Mausoleum in Delhi Jinnah’s Mausoleum in Karachi; Dawoodi Bohra Rauzas
- Dr. Riyaz Latif
CHRISTMAS
The Poetics of Painting
13 January 2024 - (Online)
1) Ajanta Murals and Chitrasutra of the Vishnu Dharmottara Purana
- Dr. Leela Wood
20 January 2024 - (Online)
Indian Portable Paintings of the 14th-16th centuries I
1) Painting for Jaina Patrons
2) The Chaurapanchashika style
- Dr. Shailka Mishra
27 January 2024 - (Online)
Indian Portable Paintings of the 14th-16th centuries II
1) Sultanate Manuscript Painting
2) Sufi epics and the Early Deccan
- Dr. Shailka Mishra
03 February 2024 - (Online)
1) The Imperial Library of the Great Mughal: The Myriad Worlds of Biographic Pageantry, Realistic Portraiture, and the Concern for Naturalism
2) The Eloquence of Illustrated Narratives in the Mughal Ateliers: Benchmarkers of Refinement and Sophistication
3) Sub-Imperial or Provincial Mughal: The Search, The Context
- Ms. Roda Ahluwalia
10 February 2024 - (Online)
1) Lyrical Visions from the Hills – Pahari Painting and its Masters
2) The Sultans of the Deccan and their Artists: Scanning the Heights of Fantasy with a Direct Gaze and Rare Sensitivity
- Ms. Roda Ahluwalia
17 February 2024 - (Online)
1) Heteroglot Art of Early Modern Bengal: Paintings, Manuscripts and Patronage in Murshidabad
- Ms. Mrinalini Sil
2) Between Worlds: The Art of Lucknow During the 18th and 19th Centuries
- Dr. Parul Singh
Krishna Shringara: The Many Manifestations and Meanings of Krishna’s Love
24 February 2024 - (Physical)
1) Origins of the Amorous – From Gathasaptashati to Tamil Bhakti Poetry to Gita Govinda
2) In Braj Country with Vallabhacharya, Narsimha Mehta and Chaitanya
- Dr. Harsha Dehejia
02 March 2024 - (Physical)
1) Texts and Genre Paintings in Bhashas and Popular Art – Rasikapriya, Barahamasa and Ragamala
2) Centres of Devotion – Temples at Nathadwara, Pandharpur and Puri
- Dr. Harsha Dehejia
Trade and the Littoral; Colonialism, Nationalism, Modern and Contemporary
09 March 2024 - (Online)
1) Indian Maritime Historiography
2) Coastal Shrines and their Audiences
- Dr. Himanshu Prabha Ray
16 March 2024 - (Physical)
1) Orientalism
- Dr. Jaya Kanoria
23 March 2024 - (Online)
1) Through Colonial Eyes: The use of the camera as a device for surveillance, racial derivations, voyeurism, and political control during the Raj
2) Through Local Eyes: ‘Democratization’ of the camera and self-documentation by the local population under the Raj, emulating and challenging modes of colonial representation. A study of the major figures of Indian photography during the colonial period
- Dr. Suryanandini Narain
30 March 2024 - (Physical)
1) A brief Introduction to Colonial Architecture
2) Monument of Modernity: The Colonial Market Hall
- Dr. Pushkar Sohoni
06 April 2024 - (Physical)
1) Indian Aesthetics in the Early 20th century – Rabindranath Tagore and Aurobindo Ghosh
- Dr. Jaya Kanoria
13 April 2024 - (Physical)
1) Whitespace: the continuing Coloniality of Modern Indian space (and what to do about it)
- Dr. Himanshu Burte
20 April 2024 - (Online)
1) Contemporary Art Practice
- Ms. Sumakshi Singh
27 April 2024 - (Online)
1) Contemporary Art Practice
- Ms. Varunika Saraf