Dr. phil. Diana Lange
- Name
- Dr. phil. Diana Lange
- diana.lange (at) hu-berlin.de
Room: 502
Contact: diana.lange@hu-berlin.de
Consultation hour: personal consultation by appointment
Research interests
- History of collections and collecting, provenience research
- Historical Cartography, Mapping History (focus Central and East Asia)
- History of Knowledge and Exploration, Decolonialization
- Intercultural Exchange (within Asia and between Asia and Europe)
- Material and Visual Culture
- History of Transport
- Economic Anthropology
- Islam and Muslims in Tibet
Research regions
- Tibet and the Himalayas (fieldwork experience since 1999)
- India (fieldwork experience since 2014)
- East Asia (China, Korea and Japan)
Curriculum Vitae
10/2022–09/2023
Visiting professor Central Asian Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
since 10/2021
Principal Investigator of the research project Maps as Knowledge Resources and Mapmaking as Process: The Case of the Mapping of Tibet at the Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts at the Centre for the Studies of Manuscript Cultures, Universität Hamburg
https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/written-artefacts/research-fields/field-d/rfd16.html
08/2018–09/2021
Research associate at the Museum am Rothenbaum Hamburg,
(BMBF-Project „Coloured Maps“) https://markk-hamburg.de/forschungsprojekt-kolorierte-landkarten/
08/2020–02/2021
Guest researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science Berlin, project Colouring Maps in East Asia
https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/coloring-maps-east-asia
09/10 2019
guest researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science Berlin, project Mapping China in the 18th Century: Hand-drawn Maps from the “Qing Atlas Tradition”
since 11/2016
Associated researcher in the European Research Council Project TibArmy (The Tibetan Army of the Dalai Lamas, 17th-20th Century), Paris
https://tibarmy.hypotheses.org/about
09/2018
L’ Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) en Sciences Historique et Philologiques/ at École Pratique des Hautes Études/Paris
Exploring Tibet in mid-19th Century: The British Library's Wise Collection
2016
Visiting lecturer at the University of Zürich, Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies
04/2015–09/2018
Research associate at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2013–2015
Gerda Henkel research fellow at the Institute for Indology and Central Asian Studies Leipzig University
11/2005–03/2013
Research associate at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
01/2002–12/2004
Associated researcher in the Research Project Chinese Everyday Technologies (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation) at the Technical University Berlin
2003–2008
Ph.D. in Central Asian Studies, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
The Reduction of the Coracles: Fishing Cultures in Southern and Central Tibet and their Economic and Socio-cultural Transformation in Modern China
Supervisors: Prof. Dr Toni Huber, Prof. Dr Mareile Flitsch,
1999–2000
Tibet University (China), Tibetan Language course
1996–2002
Leipzig University, Magister Artium in Sinology, Central Asian Studies (Tibetology) and Economics
1992–1996
Education as a banker, working in the asset consulting department at the Deutsche Bank, Leipzig
Current research project
Maps as Knowledge Resources and Mapmaking as Process: The Case of the Mapping of
Tibet
Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts at the Centre for the Studies of
Manuscript Cultures, Universität Hamburg
https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/written-artefacts/research-fields/field-d/rfd16.html
Talks and lectures
Knowledge, Science and Empires: The Mapping of Tibet in Europe and Asia
Conference Mapping Asia: Cartography and the Construction of Territoriality
Forschungskolleg Transkulturelle Studien/Sammlung Perthes/Universität Erfurt, Gotha, 24.–25.11. 2022
Putting Tibet on the Map: A Journey Through Different Mapping Practices
CrossAsia Talks, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, 17.11.2022
https://blog.crossasia.org/crossasia-talks-diana-lange-17-november-2022/
Abstract signs on printed and manuscript maps of Tibet
Interdisciplinary panel Beyond the realm of natural language – Abstract sign systems in multigraphic written artefacts, Deutscher Orientalistentag, Berlin, 12.–17.9. 2022
Maps of Tibet as Knowledge Resources
- Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Prag, 3.–10.7.2022
Making maps of Tibet: Uncovering the knowledge of their production
Virtual Lunch Talk, together with Prof. Dr. Oliver Hahn (BAM Berlin), Centre for the Studies of Manuscript Cultures, Universität Hamburg, 13.6.2022
Colours on East Asian Maps
International Conference for the History of Cartography, Bucharest, 4.–8.7.2022
Mapping (Un)Certain Knowledge. The Case of Tibet
KNIR Colloquium Mapping Uncertainty. Early Modern Global Cartography, 21st Century Discussions, Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut Rome, 11.–12.5.2022
Representation of Mt. Kailash on Tibetan, Chinese and European Maps
5th International Conference on the Phenomenon of the Holy Mt. Kailash, Universität Hamburg, 25.–27.2.2022
The Diverse Mapping of Tibetan Human Landscapes
International SEECHAC conference Kucha and Beyond: Divine and Human Landscapes from Central Asia to the Himalayas, Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2.–4.10.2021
Talking about Colours on Maps: ‘Colour Systems’, ‘Colour Schemes’ and ‘Colour Codes’ (ONLINE)
Workshop Maps and Colours, 5.–6.11.2020
Blaue Berge, grüne Flüsse: Die Repräsentation physischer Geographie auf ostasiatischen Karten
Historisches Forum Erde-Natur-Wissen, Online-Conference, 12.–13.10.2020
A Pictorial Encyclopaedia of the Tibetan World: Reading Illustrated Mid-19th Century Maps of Tibet
Aris Lecture, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, 5.12.2019
https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/annual-aris-lectures
Mapping Tibet: Ein tibetischer Lama zeichnet Karten für Major Hay
Völkerkundemuseum Zürich, 5.9.2019
Tracking down the secrets of colours: Asian maps from the Museum am Rothenbaum in Hamburg seen with respect to colour analysis.
15th International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia, Chonbuk National University Jeonju, Korea, 19.–23.8.2019
Considerations about a Chinese ‘Map of the World’ at the Museum am Rothenbaum in Hamburg
International Conference for the History of Cartography, Amsterdam, 14.–19.7.2019
Encounters in the Western Himalayas: Visualizing Tibet in the mid-19th Century
Keynote Speech, 15. Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Paris, 7.–13.7.2019
Infrastructure and Power: the tazam station system along the zhunglam
- Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Paris, 7.–13.7.2019
Reading Maps and Drawings: An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Lama
Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Copernicus University Torun, Polen, 13.5.2019
Mysterious Beings on a Wutaishan Map
Conference Current Himalayan Research: Gods, Ghosts, Demons and Other Beings, Będlewo/Polen, 15.–18.5.2019
Journey of Discovery: The “Tibet Collection” of Thomas Alexander Wise
The McManus Museum and Archives Dundee, 18.4.2019
The Presence of Qing Troops in Tibet as Represented in Different 19th Century Sources
Conference Military Culture in Tibet during the Ganden Phodrang Period (1642–1959): The Interaction between Tibetan and Other Asian Military Traditions, University of Oxford, Wolfson College, 18.6.2018
My Journey of Discovery in Tibetan Studies.
Conference Current Himalayan Research: My Himalayan Story, Będlewo/Polen, 11.–14.4.2018
Exploring Tibet in the mid-19th Century: The British Library’s Wise Collection
Royal Asiatic Society, London, 7.12.2017
Journey of Discovery. An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Monk.
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Uniserità Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, 30.10.2017
The Presence of Qing Officials and Garrisons in mid-19th Century Tibet from a Visual Perspective.
TibArmy Monthly Seminar, TIBARMY, EPHE, La Sorbonne, Paris, 12.10.2017
A Hidden Atlas of the Himalayas made by a 19th Century Tibetan Monk: The Wise Collection.
Symposium Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters between East and West,
Leiden University, 15.–16.09.2017
Hidden and Unrecognized Knowledge on Tibet: The British Library’s Wise Collection
Royal Geographical Society – IBG Annual International Conference 2017: Decolonising Geographical Knowledge: Opening Geography out to the World, London, 29.8.–1.9.2017
One collection, many faces: When did the Wise Collection have its “historical moment”?
Workshop Object Lessons from Tibet and the Himalayas, University of Manchester, 9.6.2017
Wie Tibet nach Europa kam: ein tibetischer Mönch zeichnet für Major Hay
University of Vienna, Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde, 20.1.2017
A visual history of a hidden exploration of mid-19th century Tibet
Institutskolloquium, HU Berlin, Institute of Asian and African Studies,
Co-presentation with Dr. Bi-Yu Chang (SOAS London), 12.1.2017
Journey of Discovery. An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Monk.
Rubin Museum, New York, 2.12.2016
An unrecognized pioneer of Tibetan Studies: the man who engaged a lama to draw and describe Tibet in the late 1850s
- Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bergen/Norwegen, 19.–25.6.2016,
Knowledge, Science and the Empire: The Exploration and Visualization of Tibet, c. 1857
Workshop Colonial Sciences and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in South Asia, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, 10.–11.6.2016
A “Road leading to Spiti from Demjok”: Considerations about the search for alternative routes between Tibet and Spiti in mid-19th Century
1st International Conference on Spiti: Recovering the Past & Exploring the Present,
University of Oxford, 6.–7.5.2016
Images as historical evidence: potentials and limits
Conference Current Himalayan Research: Challenges, Problems or Failures, Będlewo/Polen, 27.–30.4.2016
Mapping Tibet und Westafrika. Indigene Informanten, Kartographie und britischer
Imperialismus im 19. Jahrhundert
Institutskolloquium, HU Berlin, Institute of Asian and African Studies,
Co-presentation with Dr. Silke Strickrodt (University of Birmingham), 23.11.2015
Mapping Tibet in mid-19th century: The British Library’s Wise Collection
26th International Conference on the History of Cartography, University of Antwerp, 12.–17.7.2015
Putting Tibet on the Map: A 19th Century Cartographic Depiction by a Local Artist
Maps and Society Lecture Series, Warburg Institute, London, 28.5.2015
Hidden Exploration on Tibet: The British Library’s Wise Collection
University of Oxford, Oriental Institute, 27.5.2015
Knowledge, Science and Empires: the Exploration and Visualization of Tibet in Europe and Asia.
Conference Current Himalayan Research: Approaches, Methodologies, Results, Będlewo/Polen, 23.–25.4.2015
Tashilhunpo in the Nubra Valley: A preliminary report on the visual representation of cultural interactions between Tibet and Ladakh
Workshop Tibetan Borderlands, Palacky University, Olomouc/Chech Republic, 28.2.2015
Die visuelle Repräsentation sino-tibetischer Beziehungen in der Wise Collection der British Library
Sinologie-Kolloquium, Ostasiatisches Institut, Universität Leipzig, 26.1.2015
“Spying out Tibet for the British Empire”: Die visuelle Repräsentation Tibets in der Wise Collection der British Library.
Lecture Series Kartographie zwischen Kunst und Wissenschaft, Universität Jena, 19.1.2015
Tibet visualisiert: Bilder als historische Quellen
Universität Zürich, Kunsthistorisches Institut, 14.11.2014
The visual representation of 19th century Tibet: the British Library’s Wise Collection.
1st Conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology, Olomouc, Chech Republic, 25.–27.9.2014
Visual Documentation of Regional Topography and Everyday Life in mid-19th Century Tibetan Cultural Areas: the British Library’s Wise Collection.
Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University Delhi, 4.8.2014
“Dundee and the World”: The Collection(s) of Thomas Alexander Wise (1802–1889).
Workshop (Mis-)Representing Cultures and Objects: Critical Approaches to Museological Collections, University of Stirling/UK, 16.5.2014
Trading routes and -activities in mid-19th century Tibet–represented in the Wise Collection.
Conference Commerce and Communities: Social status and the exchange of Goods in Tibetan Societies, Universität Bonn, 5.–6.5.2014
“A Unique View from Within”: Mapping mid-19th Century Tibet by a Local Artist
International Conference Chinese and Asian Geographical and Cartographical Views on Central Asia and its Adjacent Regions, Universität Bonn, 10.–11.1.2014
Acquiring knowledge: The British Library’s Wise Collection.
- Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Ulan Bator/Mongolia, 21.–27.7.2013
Spying out Tibet for the British Empire? Die Wise Collection der British Library.
Universität Leipzig, Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften, 19.6.2013
The significance of waterways for the pre-modern Tibetan transport system.
Workshop Waterspace, Empire and Mobility in Southeastern Asia, HU Berlin, 14.6.2013
“A unique view from within”: The visual representation of Tibet by a local artist in the middle of the 19th century.
Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, 17.5.2013
The visual representation of Ladakh and Zanskar in the British Library’s Wise Collection.
16th Conference of the International Association for Ladakh Studies,
Universität Heidelberg, 17.–20.4.2013
Maps and territories: Visual representation of Tibetan frontier areas along the Himalaya.
Conference The Himalayan Impasse, Universität Bonn, 28.–29.1.2013
The Revival of Local Handicraft as a Result of the Increasing Tourism in Central Tibet.
Workshop China in Motion: Migration, Place, and Identity, Penn State University, USA, 18.–19.11.2011
Transformation und Anpassung einer ökonomischen Nische an eine veränderte
Infrastruktur: Fischerei in Zentraltibet im Jahr 2009.
Österreichische Akademie der Sozialwissenschaften, Vienna, 10.6.2010
Infrastructure Development and the Transformation of Everyday Life in Central
Tibet: The Case of the Yak Hide Boat.
- International Seminar for Young Tibetologists, Paris, 07.–11.9.2009
Tibetan Fishermen: Business in Confrontation with Religion.
1st International Seminar for Young Tibetologists, London, 9.–12.9.2007
Do all the Muslims of Tibet belong to the Hui? The Origin and Development of the Chinese Term Hui and the Equivalent Terms in the Tibetan Language.
Conference Islam & Tibet: Cultural Interactions, Warburg Institute, London, 16.–18.11.2006
The Tibetan skinboat: construction and adaptability to its functions and environment.
- Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Universität Bonn,
27.8.–2.9.2006
Publications
Books
- An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Lama: A Journey of Discovery. Leiden: Brill.
https://brill.com/view/title/38404
- Die Verkleinerung der Yakhautboote. Fischerkulturen in Zentral- und Südtibet im sozioökonomischen Wandel des modernen China.
Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz.
Edited Volumes
Maps and Colours: A Complex Relationship.
Diana Lange and Benjamin van der Linde (Eds.) In: Brill Series Mapping the Past. Manuscript submitted.
- Colours on East Asian Maps: Their Use and Materiality in China, Japan and Korea between mid-17th and early 20th Century.
Diana Lange and Oliver Hahn. Research Perspectives in Map History Series (Leiden: Brill). In Print.
- Crossing Boundaries. Tibetan Studies Unlimited.
Diana Lange, Jarmila Ptackova, Marion Wettstein and Mareike Wulff (Eds.). Prague: Academia.
Podcasts and Blogs
CSMC Blog, Hamburg
“Sheding Lights on Maps”
https://www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/publications/blog/2022-01-28-shedding-light-on-maps-english.html
Brill Humanities Matter Podcast “A Journey of Discovery. Reading a 19th Century Illustrated Map of the Himalayas”
https://blog.brill.com/humanitiesmatter/lange_-_atlas_of_the_himalayas.html
Historische Geographie – Aktuelle Forschung (Podcast, Universität Bamberg)
“Von kolorierten Landkarten, Entdeckungsreisen und dem Atlas of the Himalayas”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UZ2sSY3o7bLUfZWwJVgUR
- An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Lama: A Journey of Discovery.
In: British Library: Asian and African Studies Blog. https://blogs.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/2020/07/an-atlas-of-the-himalayas-by-a-19th-century-tibetan-lama-a-journey-of-discovery.html
- The Wise Collection: Acquiring Knowledge on Tibet in the late 1850s.
British Library Asian and African Studies Blog.
Papers in Journals and books
Wise Collection (British Library).
In: Kain, Roger J.P. (ed.) Cartography in the Nineteenth Century (Vol. 5, History of Cartography Series). The University of Chicago Press. Manuscript accepted.
Colours and Readability in the Korean Daedongnyeojido: New Insights into a Map of Korea from the Nineteenth Century (Co-author Sang-hoon Jang)
In: Lange, Diana and Benjamin van der Linde (eds.). Maps and Colours. A Complex Relationship.
In: Mapping the Past Series (Leiden: Brill). Manuscript submitted.
Mapping Qing Empire in Eighteenth Century: Hand-drawn Maps from the ‘Qing Atlas Tradition’ at the Museum am Rothenbaum in Hamburg.
In manuscript cultures. Manuscript accepted.
- Colour on Maps: Systems, Schemes, Codes.
In Imago Mundi 74 (1), 117–124.
- “My Karma Selected me to Become a Ferryman”: The Role of Waterways and Water Crafts in the Corvée Tax System in the pre-1959 Tibet.
In: Charles Ramble, Peter Schwieger and Alice Travers (eds.) Taxation in Tibetan Societies: Rules, Practices and Discourses. Leiden: Brill, 182–191. In Print.
- A mid-19th Century Ethnographic Atlas of the Tibetan World: The British Library’s Wise Collection.
In: Anna Boroffka and Margit Kern. Early Modern “Cultural Encyclopaedias”: Defining a Genre and its Agency from a Transcultural Perspective. De Gruyter Oldenbourg. In Print.
- Landkarte Tianxia Yutu „Abbild des ganzen Territoriums unter dem Himmel“ / Map Tianxia Yutu „Depiction of the Entire Territory under the Heaven“. In: Maria-Katharina Lang and Rahel Wille (eds.) Exhibition booklet Steppen & Seidenstraßen/ Steppe & Silk Road. MARKK Hamburg, 15–17.
- Ostasiatische Karten/East Asian Maps.
In: Kathrin Enzel, Oliver Hahn, Susanne Knödel and Jochen Schlüter (eds.) Exhibition catalogue Farbe trifft Landkarte/Colour meets map. Manuscript cultures No. 16, 289–368.
- Einführung – Farbe trifft Landkarte/Introduction: Colour meets map. (Co-author Benjamin van der Linde) In: Kathrin Enzel, Oliver Hahn, Susanne Knödel and Jochen Schlüter (Eds.) Exhibition catalogue Farbe trifft Landkarte/Colour meets map. Manuscript cultures No. 16, Hamburg, 23–48.
- A Visual History of a Hidden Exploration of mid-19th Century Tibet: the British Library’s Wise Collection.
In: Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes (ed.). De-Illustrating the History of the British Empire. Preliminary Perspectives. New York: Routledge Studies in Cultural History book series, 43–60.
- William Edmund Hay: The Pioneer of Tibetan Studies Who Sold his Fame.
In: Jeannine Bischoff, Petra Maurer and Charles Ramble (eds.) On a Day of a Month of the Fire Bird Year. Festschrift for Peter Schwieger on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. Liri: Lumbini, 523–536.
- A Visual Representation of the Qing Political and Military Presence in Mid-19th Tibet.
In: Revue d’Études Tibétaines, March 2020, 241–276.
- Thoughts on a Hand-painted Pictorial Map of Wutaishan at the Museum am Rothenbaum in Hamburg.
In: Orientations, Vol. 51(1), 68–79.
- Visual Culture of Exploration: the Acquisition of Knowledge related to Trade in Tibet in the mid-19th Century.
In: Jeannine Bischoff and Alice Travers (Eds.) Commerce and Communities: Social Status and the Exchange of Goods in Tibetan Societies. Berlin: EB Verlag, 91–126.
- Reflections on Material and Visual Culture on a Trading Junction: the Minister’s Palace of Hunder. (Co-author Gerald Kozicz)
In: Orientations, Vol. 49(3), 52–60.
- Decoding mid-19th Century Maps of the Border Area between Western Tibet,
Ladakh and Spiti.
In: David Pritzker and Yannick Laurent (eds.) Proceedings of the First International Conference on Spiti: Recovering the Past & Exploring the Present, Revue d’Études Tibétaines, No. 41, September 2017.
- “A Unique View from within”: The Representation of Tibetan Architecture in the British Library’s Wise Collection.
In: Orientations, Vol. 47(7), 18–25.
- Visual Representation of Ladakh and Zanskar in the British Library’s Wise Collection.
In: Robert Linrothe and Heinrich Poell (eds.) Visible Heritage: Essays on the Art and Architecture of Greater Ladakh. New Delhi: Studio Orientala, 131–168.
- “The Boatman is more Beautiful than a God”. Poetising and Singing on the Rivers in Central and Southern Tibet.
In: Guntram Hazod and Olaf Czaja (eds.) The Illuminating Mirror. Tibetan Studies in Honour of Per K. Soerensen on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 269–282.
- A Dundee’s Doctor’s Collection(s) on Tibet: Thomas Alexander Wise (1802–1889).
In: Charles Ramble and Ulrike Rösler (eds.) Tibetan and Himalayan Healing. An Anthology for Anthony Aris. Kathmandu: Vajra Publications, 433–452.
- “The government forced us to send the boat in the middle of the night”: Water
Transport in Pre-1959 Tibet.
In: John Bray, Alex McKay and Emilia Sulek (eds.) Trade, Travel and the Tibetan Border Worlds. Essays in honour of Wim van Spengen (1949–2013). Tibet Journal Special Issue, Vol. XXXIX, No. 1, 73–91.
- Travel Destination: Tibet. Modernizing the Present and Concreting over the Past.
In: Sonderheft ASIEN, 100–114.
- “Local handicraft made by Tibetan village artisans”: Globale Einflüsse und ihre
Folgen für das lokale Handwerk in Zentraltibet.
In: Zentralasiatische Studien (ZAS), 41, Bonn, 89–106.
- Do all the Muslims of Tibet belong to the Hui?
In: Anna Akasoy, Charles Burnett, and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim (eds.) Islam and Tibet –Interactions along the Musk Routes. Farnham: Ashgate, 339–352.
- A Short History of Muslims and Islam in Central Tibet.
In: Orient IV. German Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture in the Middle East. Berlin, 65–73.
- From Water Radish to Fish Restaurant: Recent Developments of Fisheries in Central Tibet.
In: AAS Working Papers in Social Anthropology, Vol. 18, 1–13.
- Fishery in Southern and Central Tibet: An Economic Niche is Going to Disappear.
In: Brandon Dotson, Kalsang Norbu Gurung, Georgios Halkias and Tim Myatt (eds.). Contemporary Visions in Tibetan Studies. Proceedings of the International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, 2007. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 45–67.
- Das Ende der Yakhautboote? Überlegungen zum technischen Wandel bei den
Fischern in Zentraltibet.
In: Technikgeschichte (Themenheft Technik im chinesischen Alltag), Vol. 75 (2). Berlin: Edition Sigma, 183–197.
- Geschichte, Funktion und Konstruktion der Yakhaut-Boote in Zentral- und Südtibet.
In: Deimel, Claus (ed.). Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Ethnographischen Sammlungen Sachsen, Vol. XLIV. Berlin: VWB, 53–75.
- Die Hui und der Einfluß des Islam in Tibet.
In: Deimel, Claus (ed.). Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Ethnographischen Sammlungen Sachsen, Vol. XLIII. Berlin: LIT, 181–210.
Organization of academic events and exhibitions
Mapping Holy Sites: A Global Perspective (16./17.6.2023)
Workshop, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), Universität Hamburg
in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Hanna Wimmer (Universität Hamburg)
The International Society for the History of the Map Symposium and Workshop (10.–14.07.2023)
Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Jordana Dym (Skidmore College, USA) and Dr. Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann (CNRS Paris)
https://ishmap.wordpress.com/ishmap-2023-berlin-symposium-and-workshop/
Typologies of East Asian Maps in a Global Perspective (2./3.12.2022)
Online-Workshop, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), Universität Hamburg
in cooperation with Dr. Vera Dorofeeva-Lichtmann (CNRS Paris)
What is Materiality in Tibetan Studies? (07/2022)
Panel, 16. Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Prag
in cooperation with Dr. Emma Martin (University of Manchester) and Prof. Dr. Trine Brox (University of Copenhagen)
Farbe trifft Landkarte/ Colour meets Map (08/2021–06/2022)
Exhibition in the Museum am Rothenbaum Hamburg, in cooperation with Dr. Benjamin van der Linde (Hanseatisches Wirtschaftsarchiv) and Dr. Peter Zietlow (Universität Hamburg)
https://markk-hamburg.de/ausstellungen/farbe-trifft-landkarte/
Maps and Colours (5./6.11.2020)
International Workshop, MARKK and Universität Hamburg
in cooperation with Dr. Benjamin van der Linde (Hanseatisches Wirtschaftsarchiv)
A History of Transport in Tibet (07/2019)
Panel, 15. Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Paris, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Patrick Booz (Columbia University New York)
Tibet-Kolloquium (2005–2018)
Institute of Asian and African Studies, HU Berlin
“Wise Ways: Travels of a Dundee Doctor“ (2019)
Exhibition, The McManus Museum and Archives Dundee
Object Lessons from Tibet & the Himalayas (06/2017)
Workshop, University of Manchester, in cooperation with Dr. Emma Martin (University of Manchester), Prof. Dr. Trine Brox and Dr. Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen (University of Copenhagen)
- Conference of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (05/2017)
Będlewo/Poland, in cooperation with Dr. Rafal Beszterda (Torun University)
The Representation of Knowledge about Tibet and the Himalayas in Material and Visual Culture (06/2016)
Panel, 14. Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Bergen/ Norway, in cooperation with Dr. Bríd Arthur (Ohio State University)
The Representation of Tibet and the Himalayas in Material and Visual Culture (09/2014)
Panel, 1st Conference of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology, Palacky University, Olomouc/Czech Republic, in cooperation with Dr. Bríd Arthur (Ohio State University)
Visual Documentation of Regional Topography and Everyday Life in mid-19th Century Tibetan Cultural Areas: the British Library’s Wise Collection (08/2014)
Exhibition and Workshop, LAMO (Ladakhi Art and Media Organization), Leh/Ladakh/India
Ethnography and Cartography as Modes of Representation of Tibet (07/2013)
Panel, 13. Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Ulan Bator/ Mongolia
Material Culture, Fieldwork and Ethnographic Collections Reconsidered (08/2006)
Panel, 11. Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Universität Bonn