An image from Prof. Heidi Pauwels’ book, Cultural Exchange in Eighteenth-Century India: Poetry and Paintings from Kishangarh (2015) is included in a Los Angeles County Museum of Art show, “The Enigmatic Image”. The image is displayed together with an installation of Pauwels’ translation of the text in the image. Pauwels book traces the circulation of poetic and art styles between cosmopolitan Delhi and provincial centers. The museum exhibit, “The Enigmatic Image” runs until October 16, 2016.
Congratulations to MA graduate, Nathan Lilje! He has been admitted to Stanford with five years full funding support. Nathan will be in the History PhD program focusing on Early Modern Britain.