Edinburgh College of Art 6–9 November 2019 2 NOVEMBER 6, 7 & 9, 2019 EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART (ECA) 74 Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF (Vehicle access from Lady Lawson Street) NOVEMBER 8, 2019 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND AUDITORIUM Chambers Street Edinburgh EH1 1JF (Access from Lothian Street only) Programme Wednesday, 6 November 4 Thursday, 7 November 5 Friday, 8 November 8 Saturday, 9 November 11 Sunday, 10 November 13 Maps 14-15 ACSAA XIX, 6 – 9 NOVEMBER, 2019 3 Welcome As the co-host (with Cathy) of ACSAA I, I welcome you to ACSAA XIX. Little could we have imagined then a symposium that might persist for 38 years, one that is now embarking on the first ACSAA venue outside North America. I extend special thanks to Yuthika and everyone else – speakers included – who have made this symposium possible. I look forward to being a spectator and auditor at a conference that has become ever more exciting as our colleagues have pushed our parts of the discipline in ways that we could not have imagined in 1981. Rick Asher It is a pleasure to welcome colleagues to Edinburgh for this first iteration of ACSAA outside North America. The University of Edinburgh, like other institutions in the city, has enjoyed a long-standing and productive relationship with South Asia and this symposium provides an excellent opportunity to showcase and celebrate the University’s historic links to the sub-continent. We are grateful for the support provided by the School of the History of Art, Edinburgh College of Art and the School of Social and Political Science. We would also like to acknowledge the support of the Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, Centre for South Asian Studies, Dallapiccola Foundation, BASAS and University of Edinburgh research support among others. Our colleagues Friederike Voigt at National Museum of Scotland and Anne Buddle at the National Galleries Scotland have engaged closely with symposium planning at their end. Our enthusiastic body of student volunteers will be undertaking many organizational tasks and ensuring the smooth running of the symposium – sincere thanks to them. This symposium owes much to the support and enthusiasm of Lotte Hoek and Ed Hollis, who have taken on a large share of the responsibilities for this event despite their busy schedules and provided valuable guidance throughout. Our shared interests in the scholarship of visual, built and material culture of South Asia is reflected in the newly formed research cluster CHITrA focusing on connective histories that explore new thematic and interdisciplinary approaches. Last but not least, we are incredibly grateful to colleagues as presenters or listeners who will be attending the symposium – we look forward to a stimulating few days with you! Yuthika Sharma, Chair, ACSAA XIX Edinburgh Scientific Committee: Lotte Hoek, Ed Hollis, Yuthika Sharma ACSAA XIX, 6 – 9 NOVEMBER, 2019 4 Wednesday, 6 November Field trip to Broomhall House 1.30pm – 5.30pm Departure Point: Gather at the Main Entrance, ECA Field Trip and walkthrough of Broomhall with Lord [Charles] Bruce. Meet and greet for arrivals 6pm onwards ECA Ante Room, L.06, North-East Studio Building, ECA An informal gathering of participants arriving for the symposium. Proceed to Boardroom. Heritage roundtable 6.30pm – 8.30pm ECA Board Room, L.05, North-East Studio Building, ECA Heritage and memory: the future of Scottish built culture in South Asia Joint Chairs Edward Hollis, Edinburgh College of Art Kamalika Bose, Heritage Synergies, India Participants Vikas Dilawari, conservation architect, Mumbai Bashabi Fraser, Scottish Centre for Tagore Studies; Edinburgh-Napier Hemonta Mondal and Suvojit Chatterjee, representing Kazi Nazrul University Asansol and the Asansol Heritage Group Anne Buddle, National Galleries Scotland James Simpson OBE, Asia-Scotland Trust ACSAA XIX, 6 – 9 NOVEMBER, 2019 5 Thursday, 7 November West Court Lecture Theatre and Sculpture Court, ECA Main Building Registrations 8.30am Sculpture Court, ECA Main Building Opening Remarks 8.45am West Court Lecture Theatre Panel 2 9am – 10.30am Ideation and Delineation of Sacred Space: New Perspectives on Architecture and Ritual in South Asia and the Himalayas from the Medieval to the Modern Period Chairs: Nicolas Morrissey (University of Georgia), Jinah Kim (Harvard University) 1. On the Maṇḍalic Structure of Buddhist Architecture in Medieval Bihar and Bengal: Revisitations and Reconsiderations Nicolas Morrissey (University of Georgia) 2. Modern Jain Temples to the Nine Planets Ellen Gough (Emory University) 3. Layered Maṇḍalic Cosmologies in Himalayan Buddhist Shrines Eric Huntington (Stanford University) 4. Temple Conservation: Jīrṇoddhāra and Anukarman Libbie Mills (University of Toronto) Tea Break 10.30am – 10.50am Panel 3 10.50am – 12.20pm The Home and The World: The Domestic Interior in South Asia and Beyond Chair: Heeryoon Shin (Vanderbilt University) 1. Home and the World/ Home as the World: the nalukettu Residence in the Creation of Kerala Identity Mary Beth Heston (College of Charleston) 2. Beyond Public-Private Divisions: The Interior Life of an Indian Zenana Nandini Thilak (Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies) 3. Her Lady’s Room: Portrait of a Lady within Patriarchal/Colonial Space Hawon Ku (Seoul National University) ACSAA XIX, 6 – 9 NOVEMBER, 2019 6 4. “The Art of Living:” Domestic Space, Cultural Regeneration, and Ananda and Ethel Coomaraswamy’s Norman Chapel Antonia Behan (Bard Graduate Centre) Lunchtime activities 12.20pm – 2pm Lunch will be provided on premises, delegates to remain on site PhD Poster Tables or “Research in Progress” Publishers and Special Interest Tables Panel 4 2pm – 3.30pm Strategic Embodiments Chairs: Pamela N. Corey (SOAS, University of London), Ashley Thompson (SOAS, University of London) 1. Henri Parmentier’s Buddhist Iconoclasm Kevin Chua (Texas Tech University) 2. Artful ambiguities in Angkor’s literary and material culture: locating Śrī in inscriptions and art Soumya James (Independent) 3. Shapes of Water: Confronting Sculptural Reliefs at Mamallapuram Divya Kumar Dumas (PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania) 4. Dismembering and remembering: Danh Vo’s Fragmented Historical Bodies and Embodiments of History Nora Taylor (School of the Arts Institute Chicago) Tea break 3.30pm – 3.50pm Panel 5 3.50pm – 5.20pm Visualizing Human-Animal Relations in the Indian Ocean World Chairs: Tamara I. Sears (Rutgers University), Sugata Ray (University of Berkeley) 1. From Ganga’s Makara to the Ghariyal’s Last Stand: Confronting Animal Extinctions through a Transhistorical Lens Tamara Sears, (Rutgers University) 2. Picture-Rhythms (Tala-Mala) of Termite Hills to a Deer’s Swiftness of Thought Holly Shaffer (Brown University) 3. The Bengali artist Haludar Malini Roy (The British Library) ACSAA XIX, 6 – 9 NOVEMBER, 2019 7 Break 5.20pm – 6pm Keynote Lecture 6pm – 7.30pm West Court Lecture Theatre Remarks by: Heather Pulliam (Head of History of Art, ECA) “To the Divine Through the Path of Beauty: An Exploration” Vidya Dehejia (Columbia University) Chaired by: Adam Hardy (Welsh School of Architecture) Drinks reception 7.30pm – 8.45pm ECA Sculpture Court Remarks by: ACSAA Committee ACSAA XIX, 6 – 9 NOVEMBER, 2019 8 Friday, 8 November Auditorium, National Museum Scotland Registrations 8.30am Ante Space, Auditorium, National Museum of Scotland Panel 6 8.45am – 10.25am Cultural Heritage in the City and in the Museum: Art Historical and Conservation Analysis of Architectural Shrines and Ritual Objects in Museum Collections Chair: Kimberley Masteller (Nelson-Atkins Museum) 1. Far from Home: A Study of the Domestic Jain Shrine at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and Comparative Shrines in India Kimberly Masteller (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) and Kate Garland (NAM) 2. Lives of a Ghar Derasar: A Jain Domestic Shrine in the Victoria and Albert Museum Nick Barnard (V&A Museum) and Lucia Burgio (V&A Museum) 3. Preserving and Learning from Cultural Heritage: Case Studies in Conservation from the CSMVS, Mumbai Anupam Sah, (CSMVS Museum) 4. Holy splendour for a pious home – a Jain house temple in the Asian Art Museum Berlin Martina Stoye (Asian Art Museum, Berlin) 5. Ghar Derasars in Gujarat: Historical, Architectural and Socio-religious Context Khushi Shah (CEPT, Gujarat) Tea Break 10.25am – 10.45am Panel 7 10.50am – 12.20pm Adorned: Studies in Dress and Textiles Chair: Siddhartha V. Shah (Peabody Essex Museum) 1. Checks, Stripes and Spots: Indian Handkerchiefs in Global Trade and Fashion Avalon Fotheringham (Victoria & Albert Museum) 2. Embroidering on Widowhood in Colonial Bengal Pika Ghosh (Haverford College) 3. Imperial Styling: Indian and Irish Contributions to Queen Mary’s Coronation Wardrobe Emily Hannam (The Royal Library, Windsor) ACSAA XIX, 6 – 9 NOVEMBER, 2019 9 4. Being Modern: Fashionable Dress in 20th Century India from the V&A Collection Divia Patel (Victoria & Albert Museum) Lunchtime activities 12.15pm – 2pm 1. National Galleries Scotland Study Sessions Group 1: Print Room, Belford Road Group 2: SNPG Print Room, Queen Street Walk to Chambers Street through internal glass doors or circle around Lothian Streer through West College Street (See Appendix). TAXIS departing from NMS front entrance on Chambers Street. 2. University of Edinburgh Special Collections Centre for Research Collections, 6th Floor, Main Library, George Square, EH8 9LJ Sign up as a visitor at reception and take elevator to 6th Floor WALK-IN between 12pm – 1.50pm only Afternoon keynote 2.05pm – 3.15pm Auditorium, National Museum of Scotland “Slaves of Fashion: New works by the Singh Twins” Revealing Hidden Histories and Decolonising Collections Through Contemporary Art The Singh Twins Chaired by: Sue Stronge (V&A Museum) Break 3.15pm – 3.30pm Panel 8 3.30pm – 5pm Collecting South and South East Asia at the British Museum Chairs: Friederike Voigt (National Museum Scotland), Sushma Jansari (The British Museum) 1. Was Raffles an early anthropologist? Views from Java Alexandra Green (British Museum) 2. The Global and the National: South Asian Collectors at the British Museum Kajal Meghani, (University of Brighton/British Museum) 3.