Joanna G. Williams

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Professor, History of Art & South/Southeast Asian Studies
Affiliation	UC Berkeley
Email	prusty@berkeley.edu
Mailing Address	University of California, Berkeley 416 Doe Library, U.C. Berkeley #6020 Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phones: 510-642-4353 (office) 510-548-0939 (residence) fax: 510-643-2185
Countries of Specialization	India
Research Interests	Discipline: Art History Past (and continuing) research: Art of Gupta India, 4-6th century Illustrations of the Ramayana in Orissa (palm-leaf and pata chittra),18-20th c. Current interests: sculptural practice in producing images,focus Orissa; interaction between artisans & authority (religious, political); ascription of meaning and value to images; conntinuum between "folk art" & elite imagery,focus Mewar
Teaching Interests	Arts of South & Southeast Asia
Publications	None on file.
Keywords	art ; Gupta ; Ramayana ; Orissa ; sculpture ; image ; ...