Textiles from Bengal: A shared legacy

Textiles from Bengal contributed to British industrialisation and ideas of fashion worldwide, and this one-day event at LSE will celebrate that history.

The event will feature academic and curatorial talks, a book-launch, a display of historic Bengal textiles, a documentary screening and a hands-on workshop which will offer participants a tactile experience of the cotton, silk, jute, and dye traditions and through kantha embroidery focusing on its techniques of reuse and repair, and its role in preserving textile memory.

Jointly organised by LSE, UCL, and Weavers Studio Resource Centre (Kolkata, India), the workshop will bring together historians, textile scholars, designers, textile practitioners, museum curators, and producers (weavers, spinners, and embroiderers) in a discussion on how the past informs the work they do.

Places are strictly limited but, if you would like to attend the workshop, please complete this form and we will let you know by 5th September if you have been successful.

Organisers:  Tirthankar Roy (LSE) and Alka Raman (UCL) 
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