When:
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
Where: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
Block Museum of Art
(847) 491-4000
Group: Block Museum of Art
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Lecture by Siddiq Wahid
Siddiq Wahid, a historian of Central Asian and Tibetan political history and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, will trace the history of the Western Himalayas through the eyes of his family’s experience. The Radhu family, to which Wahid belongs, is arguably a microcosm of the experience of frontier peoples in the transition from a ‘traditional’ world to the ‘modern’ one. The case will illustrate what happens to frontier populations that are wrapped around ‘lines’ drawn in faraway capitals and called ‘borders.’
Supported by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and Asian Studies Graduate Cluster at Northwestern University.