March Meeting 2023: The Postcolonial Constellation: Art, Culture, Politics after 1960

Art historian and independent curator Terri Geis is a Visiting Associate Professor, Art and Art History, at New York University, Abu Dhabi.

Atreyee Gupta is an art historian and curator. Her research examines global modernism, with a special focus on the aesthetic and intellectual flows that have cut across Asia, Africa, West Asia and Latin America from the twentieth century onwards.

Elizabeth Harney’s cross-disciplinary scholarship documents, analyses and publicises the work of artists who have been active in Africa and its diaspora since the beginning of the twentieth century.

John Harvey is a multidisciplinary artist of Torres Strait Island (Saibai Island) and English descent. A writer, director and producer, he works in theatre, visual art and film.

Suha Hasan’s research explores obscure histories, material conditions and environmental impacts connected to the built environment, specifically archaeological and heritage sites.

Brent Hayes Edwards is the Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

Heather Igloliorte has devoted much of her scholarly and curatorial career to fostering and amplifying the voices of Inuit and other Indigenous artists, writers, curators and cultural workers.

Christopher J. Lee is Professor of African History, World History and African Literature at The Africa Institute, Sharjah.

Sonal Khullar is W. Norman Brown Associate Professor of South Asian Studies in the Department of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania.

Nancy Lin is a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies at Cornell University who specialises in modern and contemporary Chinese art and architecture.

Matthew Lutton has directed and created more than 45 productions, ranging from re-inventions of Australian classic stories, grand opera, adaptions of classic novels and dance theatre.

Zeina Maasri is Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Bristol.

Salwa Mikdadi’s research focuses on modern and contemporary art of the Arab world, Arab art institutions, gender and politics in art and museums and their visitors.

Pamela Nguyen Corey researches and teaches modern and contemporary art history, focusing on Southeast Asia within broader transnational Asian and global contexts.

Chika Okeke-Agulu is an artist, critic and art historian who specialises in Indigenous, modern and contemporary African and African Diaspora art history and theory.