18 July 2020
1) Orientation
2) Classical Indian Aesthetics – Its Principles
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
25 July 2020
1) History of Indian Aesthetics and its Theories
2) Abhinavagupta – His Yoga & Aesthetic Concerns
- Dr. Veena Londhe
01 August 2020
1) Form - Rhythm, Harmony, Iconometry, Materiality Line, Colour, Proportion
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
08 August 2020
1) Content & Meaning – Subject Matter Iconography, Iconology Dhvani, Symbolism
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
29 August 2020
1) Rasa Theory Content of Art Aesthetic Experience
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
05 September 2020
1) Political-Cultural Background of India Harappan Civilisation
- Dr. Shereen Ratnagar
Karuna Rasa and Shanta Rasa – Compassion and Equanimity as Paradigms in Buddhism
12 September 2020
1) Buddha – Life, Events, and the 3 Bodies: Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya Dhamma – Early Buddhist Philosophy: The Noble Truths, Doctrine of Dependent Origination Sangha – Tripitakas
- Dr. Supriya Rai
19 September 2020
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. Leela Wood
26 September 2020
Vajrayana – The Tantric Arm of Buddhism:
1) Understanding Buddhist Tantra and its Practice in the Indo-Tibetan Sphere
2) Vajrayana: Text, Ritual and Architecture in the Political Sphere
- Ms. Swati Chemburkar
The Primacy of Vira Rasa or Heroic Forbearance in Jain Thought
03 October 2020 - 1:00 pm to 5:45 pm
1) Jainism: Philosophy and Art
2) Cave Architecture of the Victorious Ones
3) The Beginning: Rishabhnath As the Initiator of Change
4) Vir – The Hero as the Model of Ascetic: Krishna – Balarama as Prototype
- Dr. Viraj Shah
09 October 2020 - Friday 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
1) The Basics of Academic Writing I
- Dr. Jaya Kanoria
10 October 2020 - 1:00 pm to 5:45 pm
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
16 October 2020 - Friday 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
1) The Basics of Academic Writing II
- Dr. Jaya Kanoria
Temple – Hallowed Space And Time
17 October 2020
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 Defense and Faith: The Design of Medieval Jain Temples in Ahmedabad
- Dr. Kamalika Bose
23 October 2020 - Friday 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
1) Introduction to Brahmanical Iconography I
a) The Weapons and Attributes of the Deities, Brahma
b) Ganapati, Ashtdikpalas and Surya
- Mr. Arvind Sethi
24 October 2020
1) Evolution and Morphology of the Hindu Temple
2) Maratha Temples
- Dr. Pushkar Sohoni
30 October 2020 - Friday 6:15 pm to 8:30 pm
1) Introduction to Brahmanical Iconography I
a) Shiva and Devi
b) Vishnu
- Mr. Arvind Sethi
31 October 2020
1) Elephanta caves - Structure, Symmetry and Coherence
- Dr. Alka Hingorani
07 November 2020
1) Rudra Shiva – The Erotic Ascetic Origin, Legends, Icons, Sacred Spaces and Places
- Dr. Kirit Mankodi
Diwali
21 November 2020
1) Vishnu – The Encompassing Sustainer Origin, Legends, Icons, Sacred Spaces and Places
- Dr. Kirit Mankodi
28 November 2020
1) Devi – Cosmic Charm of Vatsalya and Raudra Origin, Legends, Icons, Sacred Spaces and Places
- Dr. Rashmi Poddar
Aesthetics of Tantra – Expanding Consciousness
05 December 2020 - 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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
12 December 2020
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
19 December 2020
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
23 January 2021 - 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Portable Paintings of the Pre-Mughal Period: 14th-16th centuries I
1) Painting for Jaina Patrons
2) The Chaurapanchashika style
- Dr. Kavita Singh
30 January 2021 - 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Portable Paintings of the Pre-Mughal Period: 14th-16th centuries II
1) Sultanate Manuscript Painting
2) Sufi epics and the Early Deccan
- Dr. Kavita Singh
06 February 2021
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
13 February 2021
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
Krishna Shringara: The Many Manifestations and Meanings of Krishna’s Love
20 February 2021
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
27 February 2021
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
06 March 2021
1) Ajanta Murals and Chitrasutra of the Vishnu Dharmottara Purana
- Dr. Leela Wood
The Interplay of Colonialism and Nationalism
13 March 2021
1) Orientalism
- Dr. Jaya Kanoria
20 March 2021
1) From the Colonial to the Contemporary: A Short History of “Indian” Photography
- Ms. Alisha Sett
27 March 2021
1) A brief Introduction to Colonial Architecture
2) Monument of Modernity: The Colonial Market Hall
- Dr. Pushkar Sohoni
Modern and Contemporary Architectural Practices
03 April 2021
1) Colonial Modernity, Nationalism and Everyday Space
- Dr. Himanshu Burte
10 April 2021
1) The Spaces of Postcolonial Modernities
- Dr. Himanshu Burte
17 April 2021
1) Dark Art History
a) The Grotesque in Indian Art
b) Gadhegals: Punishing men by degrading women
- Dr. Kurush Dalal
24 April 2021
1) Indian Aesthetics in the Early 20th century – Rabindranath Tagore and Aurobindo Ghosh
- Dr. Jaya Kanoria