Curriculum Vitae
| From August 2012 | full professor, History of Islamic Art, Institute of Art History, University of Vienna |
| 2010–12 | University of Zurich, Switzerland: assistant professor, History of Islamic Art, Institute of Art History: www.khist.uzh.ch |
| 2004–09 | Austrian Academy of Sciences at Vienna, post-doc researcher, Institute of Iranian Studies, Center for Studies in Asian Cultures and Social Anthropology: www.oeaw.ac.at/iran |
| 2007 | Offer for the lectureship in History of Islamic Art at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain |
| 2003 | Promoted Dr. phil. (Islamic Art Histroy and Archaeology) at the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg, Germany |
| 2002–09 | Part time lecturer at the universities of Bamberg, Frankfurt am Main and Vienna |
| 1997 | Visiting researcher in Iran |
| 1996–99 | Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation |
| 1995–96 | State University of Teheran, Iran: visiting student |
| 1988–94 | University of Bamberg, master studies in Islamic Studies (Islamic Art and Archaeology), Turkology, Iranian Studies, Historical Building Research |
| 1994 | MA in Islamic Studies (Islamic Art and Archaeology) |
| 1991–92 | American University in Cairo, Egypt: visiting student |
| 1990 | Museum for Islamic Art in Berlin: internship |
| 1989 | University of Ankara, Turkey: visiting student |
| 1996–2003 | University of Bamberg, doctoral studies in Islamic Art History and Archaeology, and Iranian Studies |
Awards:
| 2010 | Farabi Award |
| 2007 | European Award of Iranian Studies |
Memberships
| Since 2017 | Chairman of the Ernst Herzfeld Scoiety for Studies in islamic Art and Archaeology |
| Since 2013 | Scientific advisor for the interfaculty platform "Institute for Islamic Studies" |
| Since 2010 | board member of the Asian Society of Switzerland |
| Born in Germany. Two children, born in Austria. |
Research Interests:
- Architecture: typology, iconography, and decor in Iran from the early medieval period to the 19th century, medieval palace building and architectural decor in the Arab lands, Arab mosque architecture
- Figural art: mural painting and book illustration, iconography of the ruler
- Transfer and adaptation processes, Islamic Art in Europe
- History of „Islamic“ Art History
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