Lunchtime Seminar: Irish Modernisms Global Contexts | India

This lunchtime zoom seminar is revisiting the topic of the Global Contexts of Modernisms following CCA's Irish Modernisms exhibition in 2021 and seminars exploring the global contexts from Ireland, Post Soviet Estonia, Latin America and Eritrea East Africa in the series so far. India has a remarkable history and relationship with Modernism, and its two speakers talk in turn about the origins of modernism to present day.

Dr. (Ar.) Pankaj Chhabra is Associate Professor and Head, Department of architecture, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He will introduce the architectural journey of Modernism in India from the fall of islamic period and the impacts of British Colonial rule, with a focus on 1950–1980. Dr. (Ar.) Pankaj Chhabra's interests include analysing the way Indian architects were influence by the works of foreign masters of modernism in India and is author of the book 20th CENTURY INDIAN ARCHITECTURE: Genesis and Metamorphosis of Modernism.

Our second speaker is Ar. Silia Grover, Assistant Professor at Guru Nanak Dev University's Architecture department and is an architect and urban planner. Her specialism in Indian architecture from 1980–2000, particularly examining how modernist legacies have evolved amid the forces of globalisation and commercialisation in India. She will be continuing to ask the questions laid out by Dr. (Ar.) Pankaj Chhabra on how social order and values have been influenced.

Seminar schedule:
13:00 - Welcome and introduction - Catherine Hemelryk & Matt Retallick
13:10 - Speaker 1: Dr Pankaj Chhabra
13:30 - Speaker 2: Ar. Silia Grover
13:50 - Screen break of 10 minutes
14:00 - Moderated discussion facilitated by Dr Kathryn Milligan
14:30 - Close

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Download the guide: Seminar 6: India