Hi Rinaldi, thank you very much. Looks very interesting. Most probably will come.
Thank you very much Sonia On Fri, 20 Feb, 2026, 9:34 pm Rinald D'Souza, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thursday, 26 February 2026 | 6 pm > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > Forwarded this email? Subscribe here > <https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly94Y2hyLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9zdWJzY3JpYmU_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZW1haWwtc3Vic2NyaWJlJnI9NHVyMTAmbmV4dD1odHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnhjaHIuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tJTJGcCUyRnRoZS1sb3N0LXBhbmVscy1vZi1nb2EtcmVjb25zdHJ1Y3RpbmciLCJwIjoxODg0ODgzMzMsInMiOjI2OTcwMTAsImYiOmZhbHNlLCJ1Ijo4MTUzMTcyLCJpYXQiOjE3NzE1OTE0NzMsImV4cCI6MjA4NzE2NzQ3MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTAiLCJzdWIiOiJsaW5rLXJlZGlyZWN0In0.w-sXqW1I_5h6-jXIwqEQI3ExGB6nxPPjQVP0GOr5X7Y?> > for more > > <https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly94Y2hyLnN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9wL3RoZS1sb3N0LXBhbmVscy1vZi1nb2EtcmVjb25zdHJ1Y3Rpbmc_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWVtYWlsLWhhbGYtcG9zdCZyPTR1cjEwJnRva2VuPWV5SjFjMlZ5WDJsa0lqbzRNVFV6TVRjeUxDSndiM04wWDJsa0lqb3hPRGcwT0Rnek16TXNJbWxoZENJNk1UYzNNVFU1TVRRM015d2laWGh3SWpveE56YzBNVGd6TkRjekxDSnBjM01pT2lKd2RXSXRNalk1TnpBeE1DSXNJbk4xWWlJNkluQnZjM1F0Y21WaFkzUnBiMjRpZlEuei1XUnhwSUJxTzFocEo3WFlfNHdzRTV6b3R6TVNsempjamQ5UnFsUVF6VSIsInAiOjE4ODQ4ODMzMywicyI6MjY5NzAxMCwiZiI6ZmFsc2UsInUiOjgxNTMxNzIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTU5MTQ3MywiZXhwIjoyMDg3MTY3NDczLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMCIsInN1YiI6ImxpbmstcmVkaXJlY3QifQ.JKiHwsSRU-COKoMg-c43Ldm2W2__GI7ADh9wyv_u3ZI?> > The Lost Panels of Goa: Reconstructing the Visual Cult of Saint Queen > Ketevan > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2697010&post_id=188488333&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=4ur10&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MTUzMTcyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxODg0ODgzMzMsImlhdCI6MTc3MTU5MTQ3MywiZXhwIjoxNzc0MTgzNDczLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjY5NzAxMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.z-WRxpIBqO1hpJ7XY_4wsE5zotzMSlzjcjd9RqlQQzU>Thursday, > 26 February 2026 | 6 pm > > XCHR <https://substack.com/@xchrgoa> > Feb 20 > <https://substack.com/@xchrgoa> > > > > > *HISTORY HOUR*The Lost Panels of Goa > Reconstructing the Visual Cult of Saint Queen Ketevan > > > *Marietta Chikhladze**Assistant Professor, Ilia State University, Tbilisi* > > ------------------------------ > > Moderated by > > *Francesco Gusella**Researcher, University of Naples “L’Orientale”, > Napoli* > ------------------------------ > > Thursday, *26 February 2026* | 6 pm > Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Porvorim, Goa > ------------------------------ > > Please join us for a History Hour lecture on ‘*The Lost Panels of Goa: > Reconstructing the Visual Cult of Saint Queen Ketevan*’ by *Marietta > Chikhladze *and moderated by *Francesco Gusella* on Thursday*, 26 > February 2026* at 6 pm at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, > Porvorim, Goa. > > Please join us for tea at 5:30 pm. > > ------------------------------ > > <https://substack.com/redirect/5c8e024d-3c3d-46ae-be6e-05d8b910cc29?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > > DOWNLOAD BROCHURE > <https://substack.com/redirect/1524240e-387e-43af-83e0-1dc0c966878a?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > ------------------------------ > The Lost Panels of Goa > Reconstructing the Visual Cult of Saint Queen Ketevan > > Saint Queen Ketevan (c.1560-1624), a central figure in Georgian history > and Christian memory, occupies a unique position as both a political ruler > and a martyr. Executed in Safavid Iran, her death and the translation of > her relics to Old Goa by Portuguese Augustinian missionaries fostered the > development of a transregional cult extending from Georgia to the > Portuguese colonial world. > > By the eighteenth century, her image circulated across distinct visual > traditions shaped by local artistic conventions and theological frameworks. > Georgian iconography presented her as a royal martyr firmly rooted in the > Orthodox tradition, whereas Portuguese works — produced mainly in Lisbon at > the Graça Monastery — reinterpreted her sanctity through Catholic > hagiography and missionary ideology. These representations will be analysed > not merely as devotional objects but as instruments of cultural translation > and confessional dialogue. > > Archival records from Goa mention a “painted canvas of the Holy Shroud; > three paintings for the altars; ten panels of the Queen’s martyrdom,” > probably executed by Aleixo Godinho, as noted by Vítor Serrão. Although > these ten panels are now lost, their trace in the archives raises important > questions about artistic production and missionary networks. This lecture > explores her seventeenth- and eighteenth-century representations and > examines how her cult traversed Portuguese imperial routes from Georgia to > Persia, Goa and Lisbon. > ------------------------------ > > Check our *upcoming programme > <https://substack.com/redirect/0253e98b-de44-4869-aa60-adcdf351cce5?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg>* > > > <https://substack.com/redirect/0253e98b-de44-4869-aa60-adcdf351cce5?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > ------------------------------ > Marietta Chikhladze > > Marietta Chikhladze holds a PhD in Modern, Comparative and Postcolonial > Literature from the University of Bologna. She is an Assistant Professor at > Ilia State University, Tbilisi, where she teaches comparative literature of > Romance-language cultures. Her research examines representations of Georgia > in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century archival and visual materials > produced by Catholic missionaries. She works extensively on the drawings > and writings of the Sicilian missionary Cristoforo Castelli, as well as on > representations of Saint Queen Ketevan in Portuguese visual and textual > sources, exploring how these materials construct cultural and historical > narratives of early modern Georgia. > ------------------------------ > Francesco Gusella > > Francesco Gusella is a historian of South Asian art with a focus on > Portuguese India during the early modern period. He earned his PhD in 2019 > at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, with a > thesis on Christian devotional ivories from Portuguese colonial India. He > conducted extensive research in archives, museums, research centres and > private collections in Portugal, Italy, Germany and India by publishing on > several art traditions, including metalworks, textiles, carvings, painting > and architecture. From 2025, he is postdoctoral researcher and member of > the Institute for the Study of the Christian Orient at the University of > Naples “L’Orientale” where he teaches history of the missions through an > art historical perspective. He is the author of the upcoming book: *The > Good Shepherd Rockery from Portuguese India, 1570s to 1650s: Emulation and > Dissimulation in a case of Missionary Art* (New York: Routledge, 2026). > ------------------------------ > > <https://substack.com/redirect/1106a9cf-7b77-41e7-ad02-ffeb51b8d387?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > ------------------------------ > > <https://substack.com/redirect/81803ff4-fa5f-43e2-bc35-3302593399ba?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > ------------------------------ > > *Xavier Centre of Historical Research* > B B Borkar Road, Porvorim, Goa 403521, India > xchr.in > <https://substack.com/redirect/c9cbab17-8346-413a-b3c2-ca17e541ef92?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > | [email protected] > <https://substack.com/redirect/ba202d56-b18e-48ca-9f91-49266c32bbbb?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > > ------------------------------ > > Share > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2697010&post_id=188488333&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=4ur10&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MTUzMTcyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxODg0ODgzMzMsImlhdCI6MTc3MTU5MTQ3MywiZXhwIjoxNzc0MTgzNDczLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjY5NzAxMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.z-WRxpIBqO1hpJ7XY_4wsE5zotzMSlzjcjd9RqlQQzU> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAF-C9rdRC54Ms2DKXL_K_RwotoXVEmhsV9nuQ%2BPCQLgBG-jbnQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAF-C9rdRC54Ms2DKXL_K_RwotoXVEmhsV9nuQ%2BPCQLgBG-jbnQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAG_LhYMNyP4px8%2B-jQN747Q_YmiNOn64Q0muSNdbFE5Dros3xg%40mail.gmail.com.
