Navina haider biography definition

Indian art historian and curator

Navina Najat Haidar is an art historian and curator, and currently serves as the chief curator of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Life

Haidar was born in London to Salman Haidar, an Indian diplomat, and Kusum Haidar, an Indian stage actress. She was educated in India, and also spent parts of her childhood in Afghanistan, Bhutan, and New York, as a consequence of her father's diplomatic postings. She was initially educated in India at Bal Bharati School in Delhi, Lawrence School Sanawar and St. Stephen's College, Delhi University. She later studied at Oxford University, where she completed a doctorate in art history, studying the Kishangarh school of painting in the 18th century. Her husband, Bernard Haykel, is of Lebanese and Polish descent, and teaches at Princeton University.^[1][2][3][4]

Career

Haider was appointed the Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Saba

Navina Najat Haidar - Wikipedia

Navina Najat Haidar received her doctorate from the University of Oxford’s Oriental Institute.

Queen of the Deccan - India Today

Navina Najat Haidar holds the position of Curator of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she has been involved in researching, exhibiting, and interpreting the arts of South Asia and the Islamic Middle East.

Navina Haidar - Biography - IMDb

Navina Najat Haidar Is Named Curator in Charge of Department ...

Navina, an elegantly graceful, dark-haired woman in her mids, has a many-cultured background that makes her especially well suited to the.

Mastery of Imagination—Sultans of Deccan India with Navina ...

providing much-needed insights into Islamic culture and history.

Navina Najat Haidar - Wikiwand

Born in London to Kusum and Salman Haidar, Navina is one of India's biggest cultural exports.