University of Zurich Art History Institute Colloquium
Fall Semester 2009

ICONIC ENCOUNTERS: Images and Media between East and West

The Institute of Art History at the University of Zurich, Section for
East Asian Art History presents a series of lectures on the subject of
cultural interactions between Asia and Europe.

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Thursday, 17. September (6:30 PM). Dr. Judith Fröhlich (Assistant KGOA,
University of Zurich): "The Perception of the Outside World in
Nineteenth-Century Japan: The Mongol Invasions as a Metaphor for
Foreigners." Room KO2 F 174 Rämistrasse 71, Zurich, Switzerland

Thursday, 1. October (6:30 PM). Simone Griessmayer, M.A. (Assistant KGOA,
University of Zurich): "Spreading the Word with Ink and Brush - Chinese
Christian Images." Room KO2 F 174 Rämistrasse 71, Zurich, Switzerland

Thursday, 15. October (6:30 PM). Nancy Lin, M.A. (PhD Student, Department
of Art History, University of Chicago): "Strategies of Display: Siegfried
Bing’s Promotion of Japanese Art Objects." Room KO2 F 174 Rämistrasse 71,
Zurich, Switzerland

Monday, 26. October (6:30 PM). Prof. Gregory Levine (Associate Professor
in Japanese Art, University of California, Berkeley): “Malraux's Buddha
Heads: Fragments of the Past and the Sculptural ‘Gothic-Buddhist.’”
Room KO2 F 174 Rämistrasse 71, Zurich, Switzerland

Thursday, 29. October (6:30 PM). Dr. Johannes Beltz (Head Curator,
Curator for South and Southeast Asia, Museum Rietberg): "Visions of India."
Room KO2 F 174 Rämistrasse 71, Zurich, Switzerland

Thursday, 12. November (8:00 PM). Princess Akiko of Japan (Oxford
University, Postdoctorate Research Fellow, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto):
“Japanese Art in Transition: The William Anderson Collection of Japanese
Paintings at the British Museum” Aula, University of Zurich,
Rämistrasse 71, Room KOL G 201, Zurich, Switzerland

Thursday, 26. November (6:30 PM). Annamaria Matter M.A.
(Leiterin Mittelalter/Neuzeit, Amt für Raumordnung und Vermessung,
Kantonsarchäologie)
"Von Osten nach Westen. Ostasiatisches Exportporzellan und europäisches
Porzellan aus archäologischen Grabungen und Sammlungen" (Lecture in German)
Room KO2 F 174 Rämistrasse 71, Zurich, Switzerland

Thursday, 10. December (6:30). Dr. Annemarie Jordan Gschwend (Visiting
Curator, Museum Rietberg) “Diplomacy, Luxury Goods and Ivory: The Kingdom
of Kotte (Ceylon) and Portugal in the Renaissance.”
Room KO2 F 174 Rämistrasse 71, Zurich, Switzerland

For questions, please contact Professor Hans Bjarne Thomsen:
thomsenkhist.uzh.ch

Locations of lecture sites:
http://www.plaene.uzh.ch/gebaeude/KOL_list.html#ankermap

Hans Bjarne Thomsen
Professor, East Asian Art
Institute of Art History
University of Zurich
Gablerstrasse 14
CH-8002 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel +41 43 344 5880
Direct Tel +41 43 344 5881
Fax +41 43 344 5884
thomsenkhist.uzh.ch