Book launch: Art Under the Indian Sun with Ratna Vira (Artist and Author)
ART UNDER THE INDIAN SUN is a visual and historical journey of the British East India Company and the Raj Period. Authors Ratna and Shauryya Vira have meticulously researched the period’s history, art, and cultural influences, uncovering exquisite artworks and documents from private collections, some of which have never been publicly seen. This book offers a captivating exploration of the British East India Company’s journey from a trading enterprise to a global empire. Beyond its political and economic dominance, the Company played a pivotal role in shaping perceptions of both Britain and India. The British left one of the largest visual memoirs of the time, and in reconstructing this, a story emerges of a time that today would be lost.
Date: 21 November 2024, 17:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue: Somerville College, Woodstock Road OX2 6HD
Venue Details: Please enter from the main entrance on Woodstock Road
Speaker: Ratna Vira (Stephenson College, Durham University)
Organising department: Somerville College
Organisers: Neeraj Shetye (Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development), Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Organiser contact email address: oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk
Host: Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://forms.office.com/e/N95WL84Ec2
Booking email: oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Neeraj Shetye