*This course is online only*
This Autumn, join our much in-demand Art and Architecture course with special guest tutors/speakers.
This is an 5-week course which run from the 14th of November till the 12th of December, every Thursday from 7 pm - 9 pm
DATES AND TOPICS (The lectures will be followed by time for discussion)
14 Nov | Hinduism in South East Asia
21 Nov | Buddhism & Hinduism in Angkor: Angkor Wat, Bayon & Bnteay Chammar
28 Nov | Buddhism & Hinduism in Sri Lanka
05 Dec | Art of Tibet
12 Dec | Art & Architecture of Nepal
ABOUT THE TUTORS AND SPEAKERS:
DR.PETER SHARROCK
Dr.Peter Sharrock is director regional partners, summer schools and alumni laison, soas -alphawood group, department of history of art & archaeology, member centre of southeast asian studies. His passion for the art of IndoChina and SouthEast Asia was behind his signing up as Reuters’ correspondent during the American war in IndoChina. His doctorate is on a new interpretation of Buddhism and imperial politics of the greatest king of ancient Cambodia, Jayavarman vii he discovered the missing giant legs of an eight-headed, three-metre high sandstone statue of Hevajra, the war-like, tantric Buddhist deity.
DR.SANDRA SATTLER
Dr.Sandra Sattler has a Ph.D from SOAS having done her thesis on camunda’s glory - representations of the fierce goddess in puranic literature and (temple) art. She holds an ma with distinction in Indology. She was a research associate in the department of Indology and Tibetan studies, at goettingen university. She is a Fulbright alumna (South Asian studies, uc berkley)
DR.KANDIAH SIVAKUMAR
After 40 years as a practising psychiatrist Dr. Sivakumar focussed on a lifelong interest in the art and archaeology of the Indian subcontinent. He completed his Bhavan certificate and encouraged by Padmashree Dr. John and mrs Wendy Marr proceeded to do an ma in the history of art and archaeology in South and SouthEast Asia at SOAS. he later became a visiting research associate in the department of sculpture, tamil university Thanjavur, India, and completed a Ph.D. His thesis was on the architecture and iconography of the tower gateways of Tiruvarur Tyagarajaswamy temple. He has been keenly involved in temple restorations in Sri Lanka and a supporter of many cultural activities in the uk.
MS.PRADEEPA SIVASANTHIRAN
Pradeepa is an architect with a postgraduate degree in architecture from the research unit ‘architecture for rapid change and scarce resources’ at the cass school of architecture in London. She has spent time in Nepal, researching the deleterious effects of rapid urbanisation. She has had a keen interest in Indian art and archaeology and also completed the certificate course under Padmashree Dr. John and Mrs. Wendy Marr. she is also an accomplished Carnatic Veena player.