Meha Priyadarshini
@mehapri
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Historian of early modern global connections and objects
Joined November 2019
Join us for an event on the history of Madras textiles in India and the Caribbean at the @V_and_A on October 11th! We will be launching @connectthreads project website with a great line-up of speakers. Join us in London or online:
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Great conference happening in Edinburgh on 'Material Scotland' in honour of our colleague Stana Nenadic! Abstracts accepted till January 31st.
CFP: Material Scotland, Stana Nenadic Memorial Conference, 15-16 May 2025, Uni. of Edinburgh. Celebrating the career of Prof Nenadic (1954-2024) papers invited on Scottish material & visual cultural history. Deadline for proposals 31 Jan. ECR & PG particularly welcome.
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@dieworkwear Since you've gone down the history route, I have to correct you on the bit about madras being an interpretation of Scottish tartans. Madras has a very long history in the subcontinent and as a trade good. We've done a whole fashion history project on it:
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The Connecting Threads project explores the cultural and textile history of 18th-century Madras textiles, their production in South India, and their interwoven link with the Caribbean.
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RT @IsabellaRosner: There’s a new @sewwhatpodcast episode out today! It’s all about the needlework of enslaved, freed, and free Black girls…
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RT @Pitt_Rivers: JOB VACANCIES We are seeking to recruit a Curator of Textiles & a Textile Conservator to work with our extensive textile c…
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A snippet from our @connectthreads symposium @V_and_A last week! A joyful celebration of textiles, fashion and south-to-south connections! Thank you @FashioningSelf! #madras #southindia #Caribbean
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@SenManaswini @V_and_A @connectthreads You can attend online! I know it's not the same, but we are launching a website, so it would be apt 😅
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RT @RebeccaKlarner: Very excited to share the CfP for our @forarthistory session 'How was it made? How interdisciplinary collaborations in…
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Jonathan Square @FashioningSelf will be one of the speakers for @connectthreads launch event next month! Please join us online or in London!
This madras headwrap, now housed in the permanent collection of @LaStateMuseum, was worn by Mary Franklin, an enslaved woman referred to as "Pinkie" by the donor's grandmother Marion Hoey Stem. Following the Civil War, Franklin remained with the donor's grandmother, and the headwrap was preserved, ostensibly as a memento of her imagined loyalty. Crafted from red, yellow, and green woven madras, the headwrap features two selvedge ends and two machine-stitched ends. I will explore the history of this headwrap anf similar objects in my upcoming talk on madras at the @connectthreads symposium at the V&A on October 11: ..
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