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Catherine Becker Department of Art History (M/C 201)
Education
Present PositionUniversity of Illinois at Chicago (On Leave 2008-2009) Previous PositionsHarvard University Visiting Assistant Professor: Department of Art History, Spring 2009 Williams College
Courses TaughtLectures Buddhist Art of Asia Art and Architecture of Ancient South Asia Art and Architecture of China, Korea and Japan
South Asian Visual Cultures Seminars From Buddhism to Bollywood: Visual Narratives from South Asia Stupas: Forms, Functions and Meanings Love, Longing and Land: Nation and Identity in Hindi Cinema Prankster, Lover, Hero, and God: Envisioning Krishna Colossal Images: Construction and Destruction, Restoration and Replication Consuming Gods: Popular Religious Imagery of Modern South Asia
Fellowships and Academic HonorsUniversity of Illinois at Chicago Faculty Scholarship Support Program, research award for travel to India, May 2009 Research Prize, College of Architecture and the Arts, May 2009 Harvard University South Asia Initiative Post-doctoral Fellow, 2008-09 University of California, Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2003-04 Teaching Effectiveness Award for Graduate Student Instructors, 2003-04 History of Art Department Travel Grant, Winter 2006, Summer 2005, Summer 2003, Qayum Family Foundation Travel Grant for Exploratory Research, January 2006 Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, Spring 2005 History of Art Departmental Fellowship, Spring 2002 Regents-Intern Fellowship, 1997-2001 Phi Beta Kappa of Northern California Graduate Fellowship, Spring 2005 American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Research Fellowship, 2002-2003
Publications“Not Your Average Boar: The Colossal Varåha at Eråª, an Iconographic Innovation,” article in a special volume of Artibus Asiae in felicitation of Professor Joanna Williams. (forthcoming, 2010) “Remembering the Amarāvatī Stūpa: The Revival of a ‘Ruin.”’ In Buddhist Stūpas in South Asia: Recent Archaeological, Art-Historical and Historical Perspectives, edited by Jason Hawkes and Akira Shimada, London and Delhi: School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London South Asia Series and Oxford University Press, 2009): 267-287.
Work in ProgressScattered Stones, Sacred Stories: Creating, Encountering, and Redefining Sculpture from the Buddhist Stupas of Andhra Pradesh, book manuscript. “The Monolithic Buddha in Hussain Sagar: Mining Antiquity to Manufacture a Modern Marvel for Andhra Pradesh,” article Papers and Lectures“Stupas, Colossi, and a Buddhist Theme Park: The Recent Resurgence of Buddhist Art in Andhra Pradesh” Arts of Asia Lecture Series, Asian Art Museum San Franscisio, January 21, 2011 “Amaravati’s Colossal Dhyana Buddha: Concretizing Buddhist Heritage in South India ,” Midwest Art Historians Society Annual Conference, April 9, 2010 “They Might be Giants: The Effect and Affect of Colossal Imagery,” panel chair, College Art Association Annual Conference, February 12, 2010. “The Monolithic Buddha in Hussain Sagar: Mining Antiquity to Manufacture a Modern Marvel for Andhra Pradesh,” UIC Asian Studies Colloquium, November 16, 2009 “Envisioning Orality: Representations of the ‘The Man in the Well’ from the stupas at Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda” and panel co-chair “The Marga and the Desi in the Art of South Asia: A panel in honor of Joanna G. Williams” 38th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 24, 2009. “Through the eyes of others: Regarding darshan in relief sculpture from Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda,” paper to be presented at “New Darshans,” the American Council of Southern Asian Art Symposium XIV, October 16 2009. “Defining the Region: Two Approaches to the Categorization of Andhra’s Buddhist Art,” paper circulated for South Asia Across Disciplines Workshop, Harvard University, April 1, 2009. “Marketing the ancient past in the “enlightened” present: The fragmentary Buddhist sites of Andhra Pradesh as tourist attractions,” and panel organizer, “In the Image of Antiquity: Art and the Politics of Modernity in South Asia,” Association of Asian Studies, Annual Meeting, March 27, 2009 “The Monolithic Buddha in Hussain Sagar: Mining Antiquity to Manufacture a Modern Marvel for Andhra Pradesh,” South Asia Seminar, Harvard University, December 12, 2008. Respondent for “Where have the Buddhas Gone? Ruined and Recovered Histories in Northwestern Pakistan” by Vazira Zamindar, South Asia Across Disciplines Workshop, Harvard University, November 19, 2008. “The Colossal Buddha of Hussain Sagar: Constructing and Conceding a Symbol of Lecture, “Stone by Stone: Patronage and early Buddhist art in India,” Society for Asian Art, San Francisco Asian Art Museum, August 2002 |
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