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Seeing Sovereignty: Hamida Banu Begam's Portraits and Gendered Power

Apr 27, 2026   5:15 pm  
Architecture Building, Room TBA
Lecture
Sponsor
South Asian Studies Initiative @ CSAMES
Speaker
Mika Natif (Assoc Prof Art History at George Washington University)
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Originating Calendar
South Asia General Events

Mika Natif (Assoc Prof Art History at George Washington University) will deliver a lecture on campus on Monday, April 27, on the subject of Hamida Begum, who was the mother of the Mughal emperor Akbar. Her lecture title is  “Seeing Sovereignty: Hamida Banu Begam's Portraits and Gendered Power.”

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