History as Form: Wayward Textbooks

A lunchtime conversation between Gyan Prakash and Sarnath Banerjee on history as a form by exchanging ideas on the interpretation of visual evidence. The seminar’s goal would be explore and develop ideas on the place of photographs, prints, drawings, newspaper articles and other objects in the form of history as knowledge.

Sarnath Banerjee is a Short-Term Visiting Belknap Fellow in the Humanities Council, Department of History, and Program in South Asian Studies.