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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