BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:This event showcases graduate students from the art history pro gram (College of Arts and Sciences)\; the photography and illustration pro gram (College of Visual and Performing Arts)\; and the multimedia\, photog raphy and design program (Newhouse) who will discuss works of art from the Syracuse University Art Museum collections in relation to their own writi ng\, research and art-making practices. Professor Romita Ray (Art and Musi c Histories) will moderate the discussion in collaboration with Melissa Yu en\, Ph.D. and Kate Holohan\, Ph.D. (Syracuse University Art Museum).Antar a Roy is a second-year graduate student in the Department of Art and Music Histories\, focusing her research on South Asian textiles. She is current ly working on her master’s capstone paper\, which investigates a 4\,000-ye ar-old block-printing tradition of the Indus Valley Civilization. In addit ion to her studies\, Antara serves as co-president of the George Fisk Comf ort Society of Art History.Md Minhajul Abedin is a visual artist from Bang ladesh living in Syracuse\, New York. He uses photography\, archives and t ext to explore complex social issues and historical events. His work delve s into South Asian colonial history\, place\, identity\, self-portraiture and anthropocene. Abedin’s work encourages viewers to engage with pressing socio-political events by drawing on personal and collective memories.&nb sp\;Md Zobayer Hossain Joati\, also known as Zobayer Joti\, is a Banglades hi photographer based in Syracuse\, New York. His work focuses on various social crises\, gender equality\, cultural norms and underrepresented comm unities\, comprising intimate human stories that investigate social and cu ltural challenges and their emotional dimensions.Praagya Khand is a first- year M.A. student in art history in the Department of Art and Music Histor ies. He is interested in researching the Company Paintings in Nepal\, a su b-field in nascent stages\, to explicate the imperial forces that sought t o visually subdue a country that had long been an interest of the British Raj to annex into its territory.Sanjana Sharma is a New York-based Illustr ator and printmaker. Her artistic practice uses visual storytelling to exp lore cultural and social questions\, presenting familiar ideas in unexpect ed ways. She believes art can provoke thought\, challenge stereotypes and amplify marginalized voices\, aiming to reframe and celebrate overlooked n arratives through her work.This event has been coordinated with the SU Art Museum and the Department of Art and Music Histories. DTEND:20260224T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260509T141443Z DTSTART:20260224T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Graduate Student Perspectives on South Asian Art UID:RFCALITEM639139184834450540 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This event showcases graduate students from the art history program (College of Arts and Sciences)\; the photography and illustration program (College of Visual and Performing Arts)\; and the multimedia\, photography and design program (Newhouse) who will discuss w orks of art from the Syracuse University Art Museum collections in relatio n to their own writing\, research and art-making practices. Professor Romi ta Ray (Art and Music Histories) will moderate the discussion in collabora tion with Melissa Yuen\, Ph.D. and Kate Holohan\, Ph.D. (Syracuse Universi ty Art Museum).

Antara Roy is a second-year graduat e student in the Department of Art and Music Histories\, focusing her rese arch on South Asian textiles. She is currently working on her master’s cap stone paper\, which investigates a 4\,000-year-old block-printing traditio n of the Indus Valley Civilization. In addition to her studies\, Antara se rves as co-president of the George Fisk Comfort Society of Art History.

Md Minhajul Abedin is a visual artist from Bangladesh living in Syracuse\, New York. He uses photography\, archives and text to explore complex social issues and historical events. His work delves into South Asian colonial history\, place\, identity\, self-portraiture and an thropocene. Abedin’s work encourages viewers to engage with pressing socio -political events by drawing on personal and collective memories. \;

Md Zobayer Hossain Joati\, also known as Zobayer Jot i\, is a Bangladeshi photographer based in Syracuse\, New York. His work f ocuses on various social crises\, gender equality\, cultural norms and und errepresented communities\, comprising intimate human stories that investi gate social and cultural challenges and their emotional dimensions.

Praagya Khand is a first-year M.A. student in art history in the Department of Art and Music Histories. He is interested in researc hing the Company Paintings in Nepal\, a sub-field in nascent stages\, to e xplicate the imperial forces that sought to visually subdue a country that had long been an interest of the British Raj to annex into its territory.

Sanjana Sharma is a New York-based Illustrator and printmaker. Her artistic practice uses visual storytelling to explore cul tural and social questions\, presenting familiar ideas in unexpected ways. She believes art can provoke thought\, challenge stereotypes and amplify marginalized voices\, aiming to reframe and celebrate overlooked narrative s through her work.

This event has been coordinated with the SU Art Museum and the Department of Art and Music Histories.

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