Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods: theories and practices

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Friday, 15 March 2013 to Saturday, 16 March 2013 Location: CRASSH , Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT

This conference aims to investigate the ways in which visual research methods support the development of new perspectives on modern South Asian history. It will explore the strategies employed by historians and scholars of visual (digital) culture and visual anthropology when incorporating representations of South Asian history within the framework of traditional historical scholarship. Also, the role of interdisciplinary research in terms of producing, distributing, re-interpreting and repatriating visual records of South Asian history will be assessed throughout several roundtable discussions. For further details and to register please visit http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2066/

Also, please check the Pre-conference Seminar Series. As a preamble to the conference, the Centre of South Asian Studies is organising a seminar series that will introduce the theme of the conference. Several historians and anthropologists will discuss a selection of ethnographic / anthropological films of South Asia in relation to current historiographical methodologies. The series is organised in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute and CRASSH . To find out more, please visit http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2379/