Mondays at Beinecke: Ram Gopal in CVV archives with Ajay Sinha

Time: 
Monday, April 26, 2021 - 4:00pm to 4:30pm
Location: 
Online ()
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Ajay Sinha will discuss the Indian dancer Ram Gopal in the photographs of the Carl Van Vechten archives.
Zoom webinar registration: https://bit.ly/3u2PB94
Professor of Art History at Mount Holyoke College, Sinha is a scholar and critic of the arts of India. He lectures on the history of Asian art at various levels and offers seminars on Indian photography and film. His courses deal with questions of diversity and interconnections across cultures that have historically shaped the worlds in which art is produced. His current research project focuses on global photography, including a book-length work in progress that builds a story of transcultural exchanges in a group of over 100 photographs of Gopal taken in New York City by Van Vechten. Read more about Professor Sinha at https://www.mtholyoke.edu/people/ajay-sinha