View of the Plaza Mayor of Mexico City, Cristóbal de Villalpando (c. 1695)
Dr. Juan Luis Burke reorders urban spaces in colonial Mesoamerica, through Cristóbal de Villalpando's 1695 painting, View of the Plaza Mayor of Mexico City. The Plaza Mayor sits at the historical hear...
23 Sep 202118min
Uzun Kemer Ottoman Aqueduct Bridge, Istanbul (c. 1560s)
Dr. Deniz Karakaş follows the flows of water pipeline politics in the Ottoman Empire, through Mimar Sinan's 16th century Uzun Kemer Ottoman Aqueduct Bridge. On the outskirts of Istanbul, the ruins of ...
9 Sep 202119min
Dubai Kathu Pattu (Dubai Letter Song), S. A. Jameel (1977)
Dr. Mohamed Shafeeq Karinkurayil sounds out stories of migration between post-colonial Kerala and the Arab Gulf from the 1960s, through S. A. Jameel's Dubai Kathu Pattu (Dubai Letter Song). 'For the p...
26 Aug 202115min
Indian Elephant Chess Piece (c. 17th-18th Century)
Manuela Gressani checks out the Asian cultural and intellectual roots of gameplay, through an Indian Elephant Chess Piece from the late 17th to early 18th century. Chaturanga was first played in 6th c...
12 Aug 202115min
A New Map of the Island of Barbados, Philip Lea and John Seller (1686)
Dr. Lou Roper explores the uncharted history of enslaved Africans in England's 17th century colonies, via Philip Lea and John Seller's A New Map of the Island of Barbados. In 1686, Lea and Sellers met...
29 Juli 202114min
Mexican Enconchado of the Virgin of Guadalupe (c. 1700s)
Dr. Sonia Ocaña Ruiz illuminates New Spain at the continental crossroads of colonialism, Catholicism, and Japanese culture from the 16th century, through a Mexican Enconchado of the Virgin of Guadalup...
15 Juli 202116min
Four Ports Panorama, Carlos Julião (c. 1780s)
Patrícia Martins Marcos maps out Portugal’s designs for imperial civilisation in the 18th century, through Carlos Julião’s Four Ports Panorama. From urban slaves to street peddlers, the Four Ports Pan...
1 Juli 202116min
European Photographs in the Illustrated Weekly of India, Debalina Majumdar and Manobina Roy (1959-1960)
Dr. Mallika Leuzinger pictures post-colonial Indian perspectives, through Debalina Majumdar and Manobina Roy’s European photographs published in the Illustrated Weekly of India in 1959 and 1960. In 19...
17 Juni 202117min
