“Sohbat-Yaji-Gathering: On the Frontier of Asian Arts” (History of Art)

The Second Biennial Graduate Student Sohbat-Yaji-Gathering, to be held at Yale University on January 19-20, 2024, brings together graduate students working on all areas of Asian art (for example. but not limited to Islamic, Buddhist, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese) and their diasporas (for example, in Al-Andalus, North and East Africa, Oceana) that focus on sites, materials, and histories, and engage with new and underrepresented geographies, archives, and methodologies. We intend to connect and share their research and critically examine the structural biases, canons, and disciplinary boundaries imposed upon the study of Asian art by colonial/Euro-American modes of knowledge.