Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Institute of Asian and African Studies

Dr. Hans-Werner Klohe

Name
Dr. Hans-Werner Klohe
Email
tanz (at) hans-werner-klohe.de; hans-werner.klohe.1 (at) hu-berlin.de

Research interests:

  • Buddhist art and iconography (South, Central and East Asia)
  • Art from Tibet and the Himalayas
  • Art from the Kingdom of Mustang (Nepal)
  • Buddhist Studies
  • Material and visual culture
  • The portrait in art
  • History of collecting and collections of Asian art
  • Provenance research


Courses:

  • BA seminar "Buddhistische Ikonographie lesen: Figuren, Symbole und Motive in der Bildsprache des Buddhismus" (summer semester 2024)
  • MA seminar (research seminar) "Bildsprache des Buddhismus: Materielle und Visuelle Artefakte zwischen Ästhetik und Semiotik" (winter semester 2024/25)


Academic curriculum vitae:

  • 2024-2025 Lecturer at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften
  • 2021-2024 Art mediator and cultural educator at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin at the Humboldt Forum (self-employed)
  • 2022 Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; title of doctoral thesis: "Lineage Portraiture in Tibetan Buddhist Art. Sets of Statues of Lamdre Lineage Teachers of the Ngor Tradition in the Collection of Namgyal Monastery, Mustang (Nepal), Late Fifteenth to Sixteenth Century"
  • 2014-2016 Research assistant to Prof. Dr. Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch, East Asian Art History, Freie Universität Berlin; project coordinator and co-editor of the catalogue "Wheel of Supreme Bliss“
  • 2013 Co-curator of the special exhibition "Die Acht Aspekte des Kostbaren Lehrers – Padmasambhava in Kunst und Ritual im Himalaya" at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst Berlin and co-editor of the accompanying catalogue, together with Dr. Lilla Russell-Smith
  • 2010-2013 Master's programme Art History in a Global Context, Focus on East Asia, Freie Universität Berlin
  • 2007-2010 Bachelor's programme Art History, Focus on South Asia, Freie Universität Berlin