Closing Reception: "Disobedient Subjects" Exhibit

** 6-6:30pm, Curators' Walk-Through

** Registration for this event is kindly requested (but not required) at: duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1AEc1aSoAScnoge

Join us for the closing reception of "Disobedient Subjects: Bombay 1930-31," an exhibition presented by the Duke Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) and The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, curated by Duke History Department faculty Avrati Bhatnagar and Sumathi Ramaswamy.

Through rare historical photographs and archival materials, this exhibition takes you on a journey around Bombay - today's Mumbai - to witness the unfolding of the Civil Disobedience Movement against British colonial rule nearly a century ago. Highlighting the role of women, ordinary citizens, and anticolonial activism in shaping a democratic future, the show features carefully preserved photographs from the K.L. Nursey album in the Alkazi Collection of Photography, New Delhi, on display for the first time in the United States.

Avrati Bhatnagar is Instructor of History and International Comparative Studies at Duke University.

Sumathi Ramaswamy is the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of History at Duke University

All are welcome to explore the exhibition on their own or to join the 6pm walk-through to hear insights from the curators themselves. Refreshments will be served.

This exhibition- which is appearing concurrently at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai, India- has been accompanied by the publication of a scholarly volume titled "Photographing Civil Disobedience: Bombay 1930-1931," edited by Bhatnagar and Ramswamy and published by the Alkazi Collection of Photography in association with Mapin Publishing (2025). Details at: simonandschuster.com/books/Photographing-Civil-Disobedience

Visit the exhibition website to learn more and see the full list of sponsors and partners at: sites.google.com/view/disobedientsubjectsexhibit.