Art History

• The cross-cultural artistic relationship in Islamic Eurasia, in particular the case of art, architecture and material culture under the Mongols.
• Islamic art in the eastern periphery of the Muslim world or the Persian world.

Theory & Historiography

• Portability and (cross- /trans-) materiality in the arts of Islamic Eurasia.
• Revivalism of Islamic art in modern and contemporary Muslim cultures.
• Intermediality in the study of Islamic art (e.g. the role of photographs and printed sources).
• Historiography of Persian art in the early 20th century.

Museology

• The development of Islamic and Asian archaeological excavations, art collections and studies in the early 20th century.
• Curatorial practices and cultures of display in Islamic and Asian art.
• Provenance, connoisseurship and dealership.
• Exhibition history of Islamic and Asian art.
• Restoration, fakes and forgeries.

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