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

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