Massey College x Aga Khan Museum: The Power of Image Lecture Series

Date: Sunday, June 12, 2:30 pm
Price: Free with museum admission ($20 regular, $15 seniors, $12 students)

Image, Values, and Nation Building

Images have long played a crucial role in nation-building by both challenging and reinforcing a society's values.

Listen in as the Aga Khan Museum's CEO and Director Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis sits down with Dr. Douglas Eacho, a historian and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Dr. Sara Angel, Founder and Executive Director of the Art Canada Institute, and Ali Kazimi, a critically acclaimed filmmaker, visual artist, and Associate Professor at York Univerisity, to discuss the importance of images in nation-building, the roles they play in developing the narrative of a nation and community, and the dangers of images being used as vectors of national values throughout history. 

Moderated by

Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis

CEO and Director of the Aga Khan Museum, Dr. Ulrike Al- Khamis is a recognized leader in the field of Islamic art and museology. Dr. Al-Khamis holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Art from the University of Edinburgh and has served as Co-Director at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization as well as Senior Strategic Advisor to the Sharjah Museum Department in the U.A.E. She began her career in Scotland, where she worked as Principal Curator for South Asia and the Middle East at the National Museums of Scotland and Curator for Muslim Art and Culture at Glasgow Museums.

Speakers

Dr. Douglas Eacho

Dr. Douglas Eacho is a historian of the performing arts and digital media. He serves as Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto's Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies, and as the Assistant Director, Academic of the BMO Lab in Creative Research in the Arts, Performance, Emerging Media, and A.I. Currently, he is writing his first book on performance and the automatic.

Dr. Sara Angel

One of the country’s most dynamic and innovative arts leaders, Sara Angel is the Founder and Executive Director of the Art Canada Institute the country’s foremost initiative in promoting Canadian art and making it accessible to twenty-first-century audiences through its publishing program, art education, and art fellowships. An adjunct professor at both York University and Western University,  Angel teaches courses on art crime and art restitution. She is a contributor to media outlets including The Globe and Mail, ArtNews, Maclean’s, CBC and TVOntario. 

Ali Kazimi

Associate Professor in the Cinema and Media Arts department at York University, Ali Kazimi is a filmmaker, writer, and visual artist whose work deals with race, social justice, migration, history, memory, and archive. His critically acclaimed films have been shown in festivals around the world, winning national and international honours and awards such as the Governer's General Awards for Visual and Media Arts in 2019. 

The Power of Image Lecture Series

This is the second lecture presented in partnership with Massey College, 'The Power of Image Lecture Series,' bringing together notable speakers from across diverse disciplines to discuss the prominent themes in our IMAGE? The Power of the Visual exhibition. Each lecture in the four-part series features a different theme and panel of speakers.  

Massey College

Gifted by The Massey Foundation in 1963, Massey College’s mission is to nourish learning and serve the public good. It is a Centre of discussion where people and ideas intersect to address critical issues related to the rapidly changing world, to bring together cross-cultural and inter-generational understanding and ethical leadership to answer complex problems facing society today.