Bio
Amit Srivastava is Director (India) for the Centre of Asian and Middle Eastern Architecture (CAMEA) based at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Having trained and practiced as an architect in India, his primary research focuses on the architectural and construction histories of colonial and postcolonial India. His 2015 book, India: Modern Architectures in History with co-author Peter Scriver, published by University of Chicago Press, offers the long history of architectural modernity in India, from its beginnings in the colonial modern enterprise of the British PWD to the late twentieth century struggles with post-colonial identities. While his current research examines the transnational exchange of materials, skills, and construction processes across the Indian Ocean region, spanning across Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Australia, with a particular interest in South-South cooperation.