Yuthika Sharma

Yuthika Sharma serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Northwestern University, specializing in visual culture of early modern and colonial South Asia with research spanning Mughal and British imperial histories.

Her scholarly focus includes:

• Art Historical Methodologies
• Material Culture Studies
• Postcolonial Theory
• Gender and Racial Politics in Art
• Indigenous Artistic Agency
• Technological Change in Colonial Contexts

Current research centers on the critical reformulation of Mughal art traditions during the long eighteenth century, examining artistic revival and material practices amid British colonial transformations. During the 2024-25 academic year, Sharma will develop her monograph on this subject while teaching related courses as visiting faculty at Stanford University.

No information is available regarding graduate student mentorship or specific research funding mechanisms in the provided sources.