Description
Lahore is a city layered with history, craft and architectural brilliance, where streets and buildings carry the traces of empires, communities and centuries of cultural exchange. Bringing together perspectives from history, architecture and urban culture, the discussion explores Lahore not only as a city of monumental structures, but also as a living and constantly changing place where heritage, tradition and modernity meet.
In this event, historian Chris Moffat reflects on the ideas explored in his book Learning from Lahore and opens up a conversation about how cities remember, evolve and shape the way we understand the past.
From Mughal masterpieces and colonial institutions to contemporary urban transformations, we will examine how Lahore’s built environment tells stories of identity, belonging and aspiration. Join us as we unravel what architecture teaches us about culture, memory and ourselves.
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About the Author
Chris Moffat
Chris Moffat teaches History at Queen Mary University of London. Moffat’s work explores politics, architecture and belonging in South Asia, with books including India’s Revolutionary Inheritance, The Time of Building and Lahore in Motion. Moffat’s latest book, Lahore After Modernism: Architecture and its Histories in Pakistan, is published by Stanford University Press.
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