The Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba (8th Century)
Dr. Michele Lamprakos reconstructs the imperial flows of Islamic and Byzantine architecture from 8th century Spain, through the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, or the Mezquita. A strange, hybrid building...
13 Loka 202212min
Queen Anne Wine Bottle, Shiraz (1708)
Dr. Peter Good traces the flows of Persian wine culture through precolonial India into Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, via the Queen Anne Wine Bottle from Shiraz. No other alcoholic drink has i...
29 Syys 202213min
Self Evident, Ingrid Pollard (1992) (EMPIRE LINES x Turner Contemporary)
We're celebrating fifty episodes of EMPIRE LINES, with three specials recorded offline and in the museum space – this time in the Turner Contemporary in Margate, for their latest exhibition Ingrid Pol...
15 Syys 202212min
Batchelor Girl's Room, Althea McNish/Studio Nyali (1966/2022) (EMPIRE LINES x William Morris Gallery)
We're celebrating fifty episodes of EMPIRE LINES, with three specials recorded offline and in the museum space – this time in the William Morris Gallery, in London, for their latest exhibition Althea ...
1 Syys 202218min
Murals, Malangatana Ngwenya (1967, 1987) (EMPIRE LINES x Africa Centre, Tate Modern)
We're celebrating fifty episodes of EMPIRE LINES, with three specials recorded offline and in the museum space – this time in the Tate Modern, in London, for their latest exhibition Surrealism Beyond ...
18 Elo 202242min
Memorial to Lost Words at the Lahore Museum, Bani Abidi (2016/2018)
Dr. Sonal Khullar sounds out how the Long Partition shapes Indian and Pakistani identities, through Bani Abidi's 2016 audio installation, Memorial to Lost Words. Memorial to Lost Words has been seen a...
11 Elo 202216min
The Dark Dancer, Balachandra Rajan (1958)
Dr. Nalini Iyer rereads South Indian and diasporic experiences of Partition, through Balachandra Rajan's 1958 novel, The Dark Dancer. Born in British India but educated at Cambridge University, V. S. ...
4 Elo 202217min
Colonial Days: We Demand Colonies For Poland Poster, Maritime and Colonial League (1938)
Dr. Piotr Puchalski depicts interwar Poland's imperial aspirations, through the Maritime and Colonial League's 1938 poster, Colonial Days: We Demand Colonies For Poland. Facing economic crises and the...
21 Heinä 202216min
