ARTS 372 - Cities and Architecture of Empire Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 HU
New course added 05.13.08.
This course addresses the architectural and urban transformations in the Indian sub-continent, Africa, and South-East Asia, that resulted from cultural contact with the British and French Empires. The course will encourage students to examine how histories of architecture and urbanism intersect with histories of colonialism. The central question addressed will be “How does the built environment illuminate colonial and post-colonial representations of colonialism, and inversely, how has colonialism produced new forms of architecture and urbanism?” Enrollment limit: 30. Instructor: V. Baweja Prerequisites & Notes Introductory course in Art History.
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