Ahmedabad University to Conduct Seminars on January 5; Check Detailed Schedule Here

New Delhi: Ahmedabad University will be conducting a series of seminars for students on January 5, 2024. The first seminar will begin from 11 am in the morning.

Ahmedabad University will conduct the seminar on “Rekindling Past Connection Between India and the Malay World through Textiles”. The speaker of the seminar is John Ang, an Asian Textile Art Collector and Asian Art History Export. The talk will be organised by the Centre for Heritage Management, Ahmedabad University.

After his two-year stint as an art journalist for Japan Times, John Ang, who holds a masters in Asian Art History at the University of Michigan, moved to Taipei and established a gallery that specialised in historical Asian artefacts. During his 28-year term as gallery director, Ang continued his prolific writing career, contributing to many established art magazines in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States.

The collector has also done talks and organised exhibitions on Asian art in the aforementioned regions. Ang also mounted shows in Malaysia, like the exhibition on Malay kelingkan embroidery at Terengganu State Museum. In July of this year, Ang showcased his own collection of 650 Malay textiles that he amassed in the past eight years. Titled 'Splendours of the Malay World Textiles', it gave the visitors a rare opportunity to appreciate the full range of Malay fabrics.

Another seminar will be conducted from 11:45 am at the same venue. The chief guest of the seminar is Dr. Cristin McKnight Sethi and is title as “The Miracle of Folk Art.” Cristin McKnight Sethi holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley (2015) and a Master’s in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin (2008).

Her research and teaching interests focus on South and Southeast Asia and include the study of textiles and vernacular art, the intersection of gender and practices of making, networks of circulation and exchange, and histories of colonialism and British imperialism. McKnight Sethi has taught at the California College of the Arts, Colorado College, and the Corcoran School of Art and Design at George Washington University where she is currently an assistant professor of Art History (on leave 2021-22).

On the same day, the university is also organising a chat with AU’s students from the graduate admission team to discuss and answer the queries regarding AU MBA Admission Process. The webinar will be conducted from 3pm. The admission team will be answering questions and queries regarding admission process, eligibility Criteria, entrance exam cut-offs, fees structure and placements related to Ahmedabad University MBA Course.

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