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Archishman Sarker
Archishman Sarker | |
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| Born | 1992 Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi (B.A.) Jawaharlal Nehru University (M.A., M.Phil.) |
| Occupation | Art Historian |
Archishman Sarker (born 1992) is an Indian art historian based in New Delhi. He is a scholar of Indian art and architecture at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi where his research focuses on Indian iconography, manuscripts, murals and sculpture, trans-Himalayan Buddhist material culture, Buddhist and Hindu temple architecture, historiography of art institutions and the reception and connoisseurship of South Asian art in the West.
Early Life
He was born in Jalpaiguri and attended Holy Child School, Jalpaiguri.[1] He earned a B.A. Hons. in English from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi in 2014. He furthered his education with an M.A. and M.Phil. in Art History from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2016 and 2019, respectively.
Career
As a Researcher
After completing his M.Phil.[2] at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 2019, he continued his research there as a doctoral researcher. As an art historian[3], he specializes in pre-modern South Asian art and architecture. His research interests encompass art criticism, European Modernism, and continental theories of art and aesthetics, covering the spectrum of South Asian art from ancient to contemporary periods.
He has received several accolades, including the Indian Council of Historical Research travel award and the Nehru Trust for Indian Collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum award in 2018[4]. He was also awarded the Neil Kreitman Studentship[5] at SOAS, University of London for the 2021–22 academic year.
He serves as a reviewer of books and exhibitions related to South Asia for The Burlington Magazine.
- ↑ "Holy Child School, Jalpaiguri". Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ↑ "Jawaharlal Nehru University Registered MPhil Students 2016-17" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ↑ "Archishman Sarker". Academia.edu. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ↑ "Nehru Trust for Indian Collections at the V&A Museum". Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ↑ "Neil Kreitman Studentship, SOAS, University of London". soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2022.