AGM and Open Meeting
June 22 @ 10:30 - 16:30
Free
Programme for the Day
1030 – 1200 hrs: FIBIS experts will be available to answer members’ questions.
1200 – 1300 hrs: Lunch
1315 – 1400 hrs: Annual general meeting.
1400 – 1500 hrs: Those that stayed: British communities in India after 1947
Dr. Eleanor Newbigin shares her findings from the recent Partition in India and Britain project. She interviewed British people, and their family members, about their experiences of Partition. The interviews revealed important differences in experiences between South Asian and European Britons, particularly in terms of exposure to violence and forced migration. There were also differences within the experience of European Britons who left shortly after Partition and those who stayed-on. This presentation shares some of these stories and discusses their significance for both historical accounts of the 1947 partition and of British imperialism in South Asia.
Dr. Eleanor Newbigin is senior lecturer in the history of modern South Asia at SOAS, University of London. She worked with Prof Navtej Purewal (also at SOAS) on the recent Border Crossings and Partition in India and Britain, both funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
1500 – 1530 hrs: Tea break
1530 – 1630 hrs: ‘Inspiring Scenes, Suggestive Subjects – Happy Opportunities
Seized on by Clever Artists’: Exhibitions of Amateur Art in British India Renate Dohmen shares her on-going research on fine art exhibitions in British India which blossomed from the late 1860s in presidency towns and hill stations across the subcontinent.
Organised by local fine art societies, the exhibitions showcased the work of amateur artists of both sexes, a small number of professionals, including Indian artists, amateur and professional photographers and local handicrafts. These exhibitions were important events in local and national social calendars.
Renate Dohmen is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the Open University.
** Please register your intention to attend the AGM and open meeting on the FIBIS website. Names are required in advance by the Union Jack Club for security reasons.**
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