Vidya Dehejia
American academic · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1942 · age 84
Vidya Dehejia is the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor Emerita of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University, New York. Her groundbreaking research, publications, and exhibitions have shaped the field of South Asian art history over the past 60 years.
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Her scholarship spans millennia and media, ranging from publications on ancient Buddhist rock-cut architecture to the art of British India. Her research incorporates translations of ancient poetry and material from unpublished medieval manuscripts, and she is the foremost expert on the portrayal of visual narratives in India’s historical paintings and sculpture.
