History of Art and Visual Culture

HAVC 224 Engaged Buddhism and Visual Culture

Begins with an analysis of photography and films capturing the Gandhian and Dalit movement in India. Students then read key Buddhist texts on engaged Buddhism, and look at the rise of engaged Buddhism in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and how it impacted modern and contemporary art in Southeast Asia and its diaspora.

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Credits

5

Instructor

Boreth Ly