Unpacking Orientalism: a panel discussion

Explore the challenges raised by Orientalism with Jennifer Cheuk, Dr Ian Fookes, Balamohan Shingade & Dr Anya Samarasinghe

Join us for a discussion exploring the challenges raised by Orientalism and its pervasive influence on art history and contemporary culture. Unpacking notions of othering, exoticism and re-Orientalism, this discussion will consider how the East-West binary developed and persisted, as well as modes of disrupting its associated mythologies.

Featuring Jennifer Cheuk, Dr Ian Fookes, Balamohan Shingade and moderated by Dr Anya Samarasinghe.