As part of the Forschungswerkstatt 2025/26 project From Process to Aesthetic at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, we invite scholars, students, researchers, and interested members of the public to attend an online roundtable discussion focusing on modernism, media, and material culture in South Asia.

The roundtable explores how modernist ideas—particularly those shaped by Bauhaus and European modernism—were reimagined and transformed in postcolonial South Asia through cinema, print culture, and design practices. It brings together perspectives from architectural history, media studies, aesthetics, and contemporary theory to reflect on how images, objects, and built forms shaped new imaginaries of modernity beyond Europe.

The discussion will feature short inputs by invited experts, followed by moderated conversation and open discussion with the audience. The format is designed to encourage cross-disciplinary exchange and reflection on methods, archives, and conceptual frameworks for studying transnational modernism.

Day 1 (23 April 2026)

17:00 –19:00 CEST / 10:00 –12:00 CDT  
Session Chaired by Sneha Singh
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar  

Lalitha Gopalan
University of Texas at Austin 
Salma Siddique
Humboldt-Universität Berlin 
Priya Sasidharan
Measi Academy of Architecture, Chennai
 

Day 2 (24 April 2026) 

10:00 –12:00 CEST / 18:00 –20:00 AEST / 16:00 –18:00 SGT 
Session Chaired by Pappal Suneja
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar 

Manu P. Sobti
The University of Queensland, Brisbane 
Saptarshi Sanyal
National University of Singapore 
Rupinder Singh
Independent Researcher and Thinker, Ahmedabad

Participation is open and free of charge.

To attend, please write to the undersigned Sneha Singh & Pappal Suneja to register your interest. Access details will be shared again 2 weeks before the scheduled program.

Sneha Singh & Pappal Suneja
(sneha.singh@uni-weimar.de, pappal.suneja@uni-weimar.de)