The Textile Museum Journal Roundtable: New Perspectives on Inka Textiles
Join us online for presentations and a discussion among scholars on how clothing shaped identity in the Inka Empire. This roundtable expands on the themes of the museum exhibition Weaving an Empire: Textiles of the Inka World and features authors contributing to volume 53 of The Textile Museum Journal.
Presentations
Dress and Identity in the Inka Empire
Shelley Burian, Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator
Variations in Men’s Warp-Faced Tunics from Southern Peru
Penelope Dransart, honorary reader, University of Aberdeen
A Chumpi Belt and the Role of Women Across the Inka Empire
Gaby Greenlee, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, Stanford University
About The Textile Museum Journal
Our peer-reviewed journal is the leading publication for the exchange of textile scholarship in North America. Published each fall, it features research on the cultural, technical, historical and aesthetic significance of textiles from all around the world. Volume 52 of The Textile Museum Journal is made possible through support from the Markarian Foundation, and Barbara Tober in honor of Dr. Young Yang Chung. Learn more about the journal
About the Exhibition
In the 15th century, the Inka built one of the world’s largest empires, rapidly expanding beyond the Cuzco Valley to occupy much of South America’s western region. Weaving an Empire: Textiles of the Inka World displays rarely exhibited garments from the diverse communities under Inka rule who dressed to reflect allegiance to the empire and their own local styles and traditions. Learn more about the exhibition
How to Participate
This program will take place on Zoom. To participate, please register online, and we will email you a link and instructions for joining. Simply follow that link at the time the program starts (11 a.m EST / 8 a.m. PST). When you register, you can also request to receive a reminder email one day before the program with the link included.