Visuality and Materiality - Summerschool of the Heidelberg University's Cluster of Excellence

The way images and objects spread across geographical and cultural boundaries is the subject of a summer school organised by Heidelberg University's Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" in late July. Advanced students and doctoral candidates from the humanities and social sciences will be given the opportunity to discuss topical research issues in this field with academics from Germany, Canada, India, and the United States. The programme encompasses lectures, seminars and workshops. In terms of content, the emphasis is on the role and impact of visual and material culture.
Among the topics addressed at the school are:

• The formation of material worlds
• The portrayal of intimacy
• The exposition of images and objects in exhibitions and performances

Invited speakers include Kajri Jain (South Asian Visual Culture, University of Toronto Mississauga), Sumathi Ramaswamy (History, Duke University), Kavita Singh (Art History, Jawaharlal Nehru University), and Paola Zamperini (Asian Languages and Civilizations, Amherst College). 

Information:
http://www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de