CFP Panel: "Precolonial Encounters of South & Southeast Asian Art", ACSAA, Los Angeles, Nov. 7-10, 2013

South and Southeast Asia boast centuries of prolonged artistic exchange with diverse cultures including those of the Middle East, Turkey, Persia, and various Asian countries. This panel seeks to chart the multivalent forms of material exchange in South and Southeast Asia and their connection to the transmission of knowledge across cultures. Numerous scholars have enriched the historiography on the material cultures of these regions by analyzing the role of European colonialism and by utilizin..