Faculty Member, School of Arts & Aesthetics
Professor
About
Parul Dave-Mukherji is a Professor in the Department of Visual Studies, School of the Arts and Aesthetics. Earlier, she taught at the Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University in Baroda. From 2002, she became the co-convener of the Forum on Contemporary Theory and co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary Thought. She has lectured in India, Europe and Japan (and has been elected as the Delegate at Large representing India on the Executive Council of the International Association of Aesthetics). Her recent publications include Towards A New Art History: Studies in Indian Art (co-edited), New Delhi, 2003 and guest edited special issue on Visual Culture of the Journal of Contemporary Thought, 17 (Summer 2003); Rethinking Modernity, (co-edited) New Delhi, 2005. Her current research focuses on Indian art historiography, the politics of visual representation and the question of caste and gender in the study of early treatises of Indian art and aesthetics. It also involves working out a theoretical framework for comparative aesthetics to set up a conversation across disciplinary boundaries of critical theory and traditional theories of visual representation.
Contact Information
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