Special Event: Cultural Worlds At The Jaipur Court 8th October Copy
14 September 2022
To celebrate the publication of Masterpieces at the Jaipur Court, edited by Mrinalini Venkateswaran and Giles Tillotson, the Society will be hosting a study day on the topic of Cultural Worlds at the Jaipur Court featuring presentations from leading academics in the field.
Please note this is a ticketed event: Student Members RAS £20 with lunch/ £50 with lunch and dinner
Students £25 with lunch/ £55 with lunch and dinner
Members; £20 with lunch / £55 with lunch and dinner
Non-Members £30 with lunch/ £65 with lunch and dinner
NB: Drinks not included with dinner.
Dinner will be at the Rajasthani restaurant Chokhi Dhani in Vauxhall. For the menu please see here: https://chokhidhani.co.uk/menu/ Please inform us if you have any dietary requirements.
In order to register please contact Matty Bradley at mb@royalasiaticsociety.org who will provide payment details.
Deadline for registration is 20th September.
Presentations
Panel 1: Foundations
Chair: Alison Ohta
Multi-Layered Identities: the Reception of Mughal Paintings by the Kachhwahas of Amber-Jaipur Ursula Weekes
The Clouds Part to Reveal the Sun of Yoga: a Manuscript of the Long Lost Yogabhāskara James Mallinson
Educating the Rajputs: The Persian Manuscript Tradition Vivek Gupta
Panel 2: Transitions
Chair: Jagjeet Lally
Individual Artists vs. Performing Types: Jaipur Paintings of Performing Arts Katherine Butler Schofield
Sex Education: Etiquette and Play in a Dynastic History Richard David Williams
Cultures of Cloth at the Jaipur Court Sylvia Houghteling
Panel 3: New Directions
Chair: Norbert Peabody
Jaipur’s Transition from Mughal Ally to Rajput Revival Centre Expressed in Arms Robert Elgood
This is Not the Maharaja of Jaipur: Photography in the Manner of
Sawai Ram Singh II Renate Dohmen
An Architectonics of Ornament: Painting, Architecture, and Design in Nineteenth-century Jaipur Shivani Sud
Closing comments Giles Tillotson
Panel Discussion & Book Launch
moderated by Giles Tillotson, with Karen Knorr,
Laura Weinstein, Sonika Soni, Aparna Andhare
‘Masterpieces at the Jaipur Court’ will be available for sale at the event.
