Dear visitors,
please note that our National Research Network "The Cultural History of the Western Himalaya from the 8th Century (S98)" - generously sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund - has ended on June 30th 2013. For that reason this website will no longer be updated on a regular basis.
For information on our ongoing research, events and activities please refer to the website of our Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Documentation of Inner and South Asian Cultural History (CIRDIS).
Lecture: Charles Ramble (École Pratique des Hautes Études) [28|06|2013]
"Understanding the motif of mirror-imagery in Tibetan cultural representations: how useful is Perspectivist theory?".
Friday, June 28th 2013. Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Apostelgasse 23, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
Download: Invitation Ramble [PDF]
Lecture: Chizuko Yoshimizu (University of Tsukuba) [14|06|2013]
"Transmission of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā and the Prasannapadā to Tibet from Kashmir ".
Friday, June 14th 2013. Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Apostelgasse 23, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
Download: Invitation Yoshimizu [PDF]
Lecture: Toru Funayama (University of Kyoto) [22|05|2013]
"Buddhism in Kashmir during the 8th century, as seen from Chinese sources".
Wednesday, May 22nd 2013. Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Apostelgasse 23, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
Download: Invitation Funayama [PDF]
Round Table: Aydogdy Kurbanov (Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan) [24|04|2013]
"Written sources about the Hephthalites"
Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 17:00
KHM - Münzkabinett, Burgring 5, 1010 Wien.
Lecture: Pierre Leriche (CNRS, Ec. Normale Supérieure, Paris) [18|03|2013]
"Termez. First Capital of the Kushan Empire"
Monday, March 18th 2013, 18:00
Theatersaal, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, 1010 Wien.
Invitiation: Termez. First Capital of the Kushan Empire - Invitation [PDF]
Workshop: BÖN at the Peripheries [28|02|2013]
"BÖN at the Peripheries - a Workshop"
Thursday, February 28th 2013, 9:30-18:00
Lecture Hall of the Museum of Ethnology, Neue Burg, Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien.
Invitiation: Bön at the Peripheries - Invitation [PDF]
Program: Bön at the Peripheries - Program [PDF]
Vernissage - BON Exhibition, Museum of Ethnology [31|01|2013]
"BÖN - Geister aus Butter. Kunst & Ritual des alten Tibet".
Opening event: Jannuary 31st 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Museum of Ethnology, Neue Burg, Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien.
Invitation: Exhibition Opening [PDF]
BON Exhibition at the Museum of Ethnology [02|2013]
"BÖN. Geister aus Butter - Kunst & Ritual des alten Tibet".
Special exhibition featuring live ritual performances over the course of one month.
February 1st - March 1st 2013
Museum of Ethnology, Neue Burg, Heldenplatz, 1010 Wien.
Exhibition Website: http://www.univie.ac.at/boen_geisterausbutter
Exhibition Catalogue: http://www.univie.ac.at/boen_geisterausbutter/e-publikation/
Exhibition Website (museum): http://www.ethno-museum.ac.at
Video Stream of the ritual performances: http://www.ethno-museum.ac.at
Final Conference and Celebration of the NFN-CHWH [29|11|2012]
Travel with us: "A Journey through a Decade of Research".
Thursday, 9th of November, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Aula at the University Campus, AAKH Hof 1, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wien.
Download: Program: NFN - Final Conference [pdf]
How to find us: Map of the University Campus
Lecture: Vincent Tournier (Leiden University, NL) [19|06|2012]
"Dynastic ideology and the development of the Bodhisattva path".
Tuesday, 19th of June at 6:00 p.m. University of Vienna, Department of Art History, SR1.
Download: Invitation: Vincent Tournier [pdf]
Exhibition at the KHM [12|2012 - 03|2014]
"Exhibition: Das Antlitz des Fremden. Die Münzen der Hunnen und der Westtürken in Zentralasien und Indien".
December 2012 - September 2013 verlängert bis März 2014! Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Maria-Theresien Platz, 1010 Wien.
Website: KHM: Das Antlitz des Fremden
Lecture: Partha Mitter (University of Sussex) [16|05|2012] - organised by the KHG
"Ernst Gombrich and Western Representation of the Sacred Art of India".
Wednesday, 16th of May at 18:00 p.m, University of Vienna, Department of Art History, SR1.
Organised by the "Kunsthistorische Gesellschaft Wien".
Download: Invitation: Partha Mitter [pdf]
Dialogue with Partha Mitter (University of Sussex) [15|05|2012]
"Ritual Transformation of Space: The Monumentary Artworks Leviathan and Dirty Corner by Anish Kapoor".
Tuesday, 15th of May at 1:00 p.m, University of Vienna, Department of Art History, SR2.
Download: Invitation Partha Mitter [pdf]
Apoha Workshop [16-23|04|2012]
Monday to Friday, 16th-20th of April, 2012 at the Center for Studies in Asian Cultures and Social Anthropology, Apostelgasse 23, A-1030 Vienna, Austria (http://tinyurl.com/7vcstyx).
Lecture: Dir. Philippe Marquis (DAFA) [10|01|2012]
"The Challenges of Archaeology in Afghanistan: Balkh - Mes Aynak - Lashkari Bazar".
Tuesday, 10th of Jannuary at 1:00 p.m, University of Vienna, Department of Art History, SR1.
Download: lecture_marquis.pdf
Workshop: Visual Historiography [25&30|11|2011]
This two-part workshop is the second event devoted to historio- graphies east and west; issues of historiographies from various perspectives will be explored in two workshops, one devoted to mapping and the other to art, history and archaeology.
Download: visual_historiography.pdf
Conference: Epigraphic Evidence in the Pre-modern Buddhist World [14-15|10|2011]
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14th and 15th 2011; University of Vienna; Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies; SR1.
Download: o Programm [PDF] o Abstracts [PDF]
Lecture: Romila Thapar [01|06|2011]
"Changing Interpretations of Early Indian History" (public lecture)
Wed., June 1st 2011, University of Vienna, Großer Festsaal.
Download: Invitation [PDF]
CTRC Symposium + Heritage Preservation Workshop [05-08|04|2011]
Tuesday 5th of April: Public Finissage of the Photo-Exhibition - Cultural History of Inner and South Asia
Wednesday 6th + Thursday 7th: Symposium - The Art and Cultural History of Central and Western Tibet, 8th to 15th century
Thursday 7th + Friday 8th: Workshop - Cultural Heritage Preservation
A short report including the full scientific and social program as well as some impressions of the event can be found in the "reports"-section!
Photo Exhibition: Finissage [05|04|2011]
Finissage: "Cultural History of Inner- and South Asia"
Tue., Apr. 5th 2011, 6:00 pm, Department of Art History
Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9, 1090 Vienna
Download: finissage_invitation.pdf
Lecture: Zafar Paiman [23|02|2011]
"La Découverte Récente d’un Monastère bouddhique à Kaboul (le Tepe Narenj)"
Wed., Feb. 23rd 2011, 6:00 pm, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, SR1
Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9, 1090 Vienna
(the lecture will be held in French)
Download: Invitation - Zafar Paiman 2011.pdf
Lecture: Dir. Philippe Marquis [25|01|2011]
Directeur, Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan (DAFA). "New Archaeological Discoveries in Afghanistan: Zoroastrian Hellenistic Buddhist Cultures".
Tuesday, 25th of Jannuary at 6:30 p.m.
University of Vienna, Department of Art History, SR1.
Download: Invitation.pdf
Lecture Prof. Dr. Bopearachchi [24/11/2010]
Wednesday, November 24th 2010, 6:00 p.m., Universität Wien, Institut für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte.
New Numismatic Evidence on the History of Alexander’s Successors in Central Asia (Prof. Dr. Osmund Bopearachchi [École Normale Superieure, Paris])
Download: Einladung Vortrag Bopearachchi.pdf
Lecture: Prof. Dr. Kollmar-Paulenz [03/11/2010]
Wednesday, November 3rd 2010, 6:00 p.m., Austrian Academy of Sciences, Center for Studies in Asian Cultures and Social Anthropology, SR3.
Diskursive Realitäten: Die Erfindung des “Schamanismus” in der Mongolei des 18. Jahrhunderts (Prof. Dr. Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz [Universität Bern])
Field Research Report [09/12/2010]
Thursday, December 9th 2010, 5:00 p.m., University of Vienna, Department of Art History, SR2.
Report on latest field research in West Tibet (Prof. Cristina Scherrer-Schaub [Université de Lausanne], Dr. Kurt Tropper [Universität Wien])
Download: Einladung Vortrag 2010.pdf
Pakistan Workshop [08/10/2010]
Friday, October 8th 2010, University of Vienna, Department of Art History, SR4.
Lectures:
Archäologische Forschungen am Oberen Indus in der Hochgebirgsregion Pakistans (Prof. Dr. Harald Hauptmann, Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften)
The art of northern Pakistan and the Tibetan occupatino (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Deborah Klimburg-Salter)
Download: Pakistan Workshop 8.10.2010.pdf
Prof. Dr. Osmund Bopearachchi [30/07/2010]
Centre national de la recherche scientifique, École normale supérieure, Paris. "New numismatic evidence on the history of Alexander’s successors in Central Asia ". Wednesday, 30th of June 2010, 6:00pm. Auditorium of the "Instituts für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte" (Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 1090 Vienna).
Download: Vortrag Bopearachchi.pdf
Deborah Klimburg-Salter [10/04/2010]
Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor, Newhouse Humanities Center, Wellesley College; University Professor of Asian Art History, University of Vienna:
“Global Art Museums and Contemporary Tribal Art” at "The Gond and Beyond: ThePredicament of Contemporary 'Ethic' Arts"-Symposium.
Saturday, April 10, 2010, Collins Cinema, Wellesley College.
Parul Mukherji [31/05/2010]
Professor of Art History and Dean, School of the Arts & Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi:
"What's Contemporary about Asian Art: Contested Terrains and Critical Re-imaginings".
Monday, May 31, 2010 at 4:30pm, Seminarraum 1, Department of Art History, University of Vienna.
The Fourth Richard N. Frye Fund Lecture
Univ. Prof. D. Klimburg Salter: "Applied Art History: a report from the field (Afghanistan and India)". Thursday, March 25, 2010. University of Harvard, CGIS South Building, Tsai Auditorium S010.
Download: Invitation_IAAS.pdf
Workshop: "Crossing Borders: Patterns of Exchange across Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Central Asia"
15th - 16th of March 2010. University of Vienna, Department of Art History, SR3. Monday 1 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. & Tuesday 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Bernhard Grasemann & Erich Draganits [11/05/2010]
University of Vienna. "Geologische Highlights vom NW Himalaya (Indien): Kinnaur, Spiti and Lahaul".
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 6 pm, Seminarraum 1, Department of Art History, University of Vienna.
Download: vortrag grasemann-draganits.pdf
Distinguished Guest Researcher: Romila Thapar --CANCELLED--
CANCELLED: we are deeply sorry to announce that Romilar Thapar's travel to Vienna had to be cancelled due to the recent airspace lockdown!
Tue, 20th April 2010 (18:00h): Public Lecture at the University of Vienna (Kleiner Festsaal, Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, 1010 Wien), reception following.
Mon, 26th April 2010 (17:00h): “Global Visions of the Past: a Round Table on Historiographies East and West” together with Daniel Woolf and Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik. The Round Table will be moderated by Mitchell G. Ash. (will be held without Romila Thapar!)
Workshop: Ladakhi manuscript Kanjurs and their sources
With contributions by: G. Bethlenfalvy, G. Halkias, B. Lainé and H. Tauscher.
Wednesday, 13 January 2010, 1:00‐4:00pm. Department of Art History, SR4.
Prof. William Cartwright
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. "Adding place to artefacts: geo-locating information". Tuesday, 15th of December 2009, 3:00pm. NIG (Neues Institutsgebäude), C528 (5th floor).
Download: Invitation Cartwright.pdf"FRAMED: Contemprary Art And The Museum"
Panel Discussion at the Sophia Gordon Hall with (Ch. Bydler, D. Klimburg-Salter, A. Lundenström, J. Mergel, A. McClellan). Tuesday 27th of October 2009, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the Sophia Gordon Hall, Medford.
Download: FRAMED_Contemporary Art And The Museum.pdf
Workshop: "Archaeology, Art History, and Numismatics between Iran and India"
Thursday 22nd of October 2009, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the Department of Art History, SR4.
Download: CHWH_Workshop_22.10.09.pdf
Imperial Sightseeing: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este’s Journey to India [07/07/2010 - ]
Special Exhibition 7 July 2010 - Opening date: Tuesday, 7 July 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Workshop: "Buddhistisches Kulturerbe. Heritage Preservation in the Himalaya"
Friday, 19th of June 2009, 4:30-8:30pm. SR1, Department of Art History & HS C2, Campus, AAKH, University of Vienna. See CIRDIS-Website for further Information.
Download: Invitation_Buddhist Heritage.pdf
Cartographic Research Seminar
with contributions by: Prof. William Cartwright, RMIT Melbourne (19th of May 2009); Prof. Lorenz Hurni, ETH Zürich (16th of June 2009) and Prof. Georg Gartner, TU Wien (24th of June 2009). HS4C, Department of Geography and Regional Research. University of Vienna.
Download: poster_karto_research_sem.pdf
Event Archive
NFN - CIRDIS MEETING
Wednesday, 13th of May 2009, 2:00pm. Department of Art History, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9, 1090 Vienna.
Dr. Rob Mayer
Oriental Institute, Oxford, UK. “Methodological Issues in the Study of a Mahāyoga Text from Dunhuang”, Wednesday, 13th of May 2009, SR 1, Department of Art History, Hof 9, University of Vienna, 4:00h pm.
Download: Vortrag R Mayer.pdf
"Cultural Flows across the Western Himalaya"-Conference
15th - 19th of April 2009, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
Download: Program Shimla conference.pdf
Workshop: "Mapping Different Geographies"
11th to 15th of February 2009. Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria.
Download: Programe_MDG.pdf
Dr. Rob Linrothe
Skidmore College, New York. “The solitary siddha of Sumda Choon, a puzzling portrait, an elegant elephant drawing and other reports from the field (Ladakh and Zangskar, Summer 2008)”. Tuesday 16th of December 2008, 5. 30pm. SR1, Department of South Asian-, Tibet- and Buddhist Studies.
Download: Invitation_Linrothe.pdf
Workshop: "Protective Deities and buddhist Cultural Sites in Orissa"
15th of December 2008. SR1, Department of Art History, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9, 1090 Vienna.
Workshop: "Bon Rituals"
5th to 6th of December 2008, Department of Art History, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9, 1090 Vienna.
NFN - CIRDIS Retreat
This years NFN-CIRDIS retreat is going to take place in the Emmersdorf from the 21st to the 23rd of November 2008.
Workshop: Iranian Huns and Western Turks
Iranian Huns and Western Turks: Archaeology – History – Art History – Numismatics (organized by the CHWH). November 18th to November 20th 2008, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Medienraum (Haupteingang, Maria Theresien-Platz) + IKG, Seminarraum 1 (two lectures Wednesday evening, see attachement)
Download: Programm_Hunnen.pdf
Prof. Parul Dave Mukherji
School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. „The Citrasutra and the Politics of Authenticity“ Wed. 5th of November 2008, 4.30pm. SR2, Department of Art History.
Download: Invitation_Mukherji.pdf
Afghanistan Meeting 2008
1st - 3rd October 2008. International Research Center, Institute of Research in Humanities, Kyoto University.
Download: Afghanistan Meeting 2008.pdf
Prof. Michael Meister
W. Norman Brown Professor, University of Pennsylvania. “Multiple Modernities: South Asian Art in the 20th Century“, Monday, 4th of June 2008 (05:00 pm), SR1, IKG.
Download: Invitation_Meister.pdf || multiple modernities_meister.pdf
Workshop: "Early Buddhist Jātaka Narratives"
Sat. 31st of May 2008, SR1, Department of Art History, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9, 1090 Vienna.
NFN - CIRDIS MEETING
Friday, 16th of May 2008, 3:00pm, Department of Art History, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9, 1090 Vienna, Seminarraum 4, 1st floor (left).
CHIS-Workshop
Cultural History Information System of the Western Himalaya – Recent status and further development. Thursday, 15th May 2008, 9.30am - 1.00pm. NIG, room C528.
Download: chis-workshop.pdf
Workshop: "Buddhist Monasteries and Cults"
14th to 15th of May 2008. Department of Art History, University of Vienna.
Dr. Ulrike Rössler
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. "Eleventh Century Monasteries in Central Tibet: Text-based and Visual Approaches", Wednesday, 14th of May 2008 (01:00 pm), SR1, IKG
Download: Einladung Ulrike Roesler.pdf
Dr. Verena Widorn
University of Vienna. "Baywatch versus Kamasutra" as part of the Fakultätstag, Thursday, 17th of April (5:00 pm), Urania.
Dr. Georgios T. Halkias
The Warburg Institute, University of London. "Notes on Travels through Kinnaur", Wednesday, 16th of April 2008 (5:15 pm), SR1, Departement of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies.
Download: Einladung Georgios T. Halkias.pdf
Art History Database Workshop
Tuesday, 15th of April 2008 (1:30 - 5:00 pm), SR3 (IKG).
NFN-Workshop: "Coins and Archaeology from Bactria to Gandhara"
Friday, 1. of February 2008, 15:00 s.t. , SR4 (IKG).
Download: Workshop Coins and Archaeology,01.02.08.pdf
Symposium "Cartography and Art"
Thursday, 31.1.2008 until Saturday, 2.2.2008.
Download: ArtAndCartography_Program.pdf
NFN - CIRDIS Retreat
This years NFN-CIRDIS retreat is going to take place in the Hotel Schneeberghof (Puchberg am Schneeberg) from the 7th to the 9th of december 2007.
NFN - CIRDIS Workshop: "Verwendung von Handschriften in der Forschung der indo-tibetischen Kulturgeschichte"
Thursday, 06.12.2007 (14.00-18.00) and Friday, 07.12.2007 (10.00-13.00), SR4.
Download: MSS Workshop Programm.pdf
Dr. Verena Widorn
Universität Wien. "Der Mirkula Devi Tempel in Udaipur, Lahaul: Neue Überlegungen zur Baugeschichte eines hinduistischen Holztempels im Westlichen Himalaya", Mittwoch, 05.12.2007 (6:00 pm. c.t.), SR1.
Dr. Stefanie Lotter
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. "Keine Bilder der Vergangenheit". Wed. 24th of October 2007, 5:00pm. SR4, Department of Art History.
Download: Invitation_Lotter.pdf
Prof. Luke Treadwell and Prof. Ciro Lo Muzio
Workshop "The Art of Princes: Turkic and Iranian courtly arts in Early Islamic Central Asia". Wed. 12th October 2007, 2:00 pm.
Download: Einladung Workshop 12. Oktober.pdf
Prof. Luke Treadwell
"Kings and emperors in early Islamic Iran (10th century AD)". Wed. 12th of October 2007, 6:00 pm. c.t.
Download: Gastvortrag Prof. Treadwell.pdf
Dr. Judith Lerner
Indipendant Scholar, New York. "Headdresses on the Sealings of the Bactrian Documents". 27th of September 2007, 2:00pm. Department of Art History.
NFN - CIRDIS MEETING
Monday, 14.5.2007, 15:00, Department of Art History, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9, 1090 Vienna, Seminarraum 4, 1st floor.
Dr. Baldev Raj
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam. "Marvels of Indian Bronze: Gods Come Alive". Fr. 15th of June 2007, 3:00pm. SR1, Department for South Asian-, Tibet- and Buddhist Studies.
Download: Invitation_Raj.pdf
Prof. Michael Meister
University of Pennsylvania "Workshop on 'India's Ankor' the Shaiva Temple at Masrur, Himachal Pradesh". Wed. 27th of June 2007, 14:30.
Download: Einladung Michael Meister.pdf
Prof. Bernard Frischer
University of Virginia. "A New Digital Model of Ancient Rome". Mo. 4th of June 2007, 6:00 pm. SR1 Department of Art History.
Download: Invitation_Frischer.pdf
Prof. Dorothy Wong
University of Virginia "Huayan Painings of East Asia". Fr. 4th of May 2007, 4:00 pm.
Download: Einladung Dorothy Wong.pdf
Dr. Josep Alay
"Pre-Buddist and Buddhist Monuments in the Upper Sutlej Region (Tibet): The Current Situation". Fr. 4th of May 2007, 2:00 pm s.t. Department for South Asian-, Tibet- and Buddhist Studies.
Download: Invitation_Alay.pdf
Prof. David Germano
University of Virginia. "An Integrated Digital Library Solution to the Documentation of Places. The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library". 25th of April 2007. SR4, Department of Art History.
Download: Invitation_Germano.pdf
Prof. Bielmeier und Lic. Phil. Volkart
Department of Linguistics, University of Bern, Stand der Untersuchung des 'tibetischen Kabul-Manuskripts'. Wed. 14th of March 2007, 16:00
Download: Einladung Bielmeier und Volkart.pdf
Dr. Clare Harris
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Visual Histories of Tibet and the Creation of "The Tibet Album". 15th of February 2007.
Download: Workshop HARRIS.pdf || Invitation_Harris.pdf
Dr. Julia Hegewald
Südasieninstitut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg. "Jaina Tempelarchitektur in Indien: Die Entwicklung einer eigenen Formensprache in Raum und Ritual". Wed. 17th of Jannuary 2007. SR1, Department for South Asian-, Tibet- and Buddhist Studies.
Download: Invitation_Hegewald.pdf
Forschungspfade durch den Himalaya
'Eine Fotoausstellung zur Kulturgeschichte des Westlichen Himalaya'. March 4th to 20th 2006, ÖAW.
20th EASAA Conference, Vienna 2010 [04-09/07/2010]
The next conference of the EASAA (European Association of South Asian Archaeology and Art) will be held 2010 in Vienna. Since 2007 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Deborah Klimburg-Salter is the president of the EASAA. Further information can be found on the conference website.
DiFaB (DIgitales ForschungsArchiv Byzanz) workshop:
(Digitale) Archive: Werkzeuge und Methoden zur Wissensverwaltung
Monday 28th (reception at 6 p.m.) and Tuesday 29th (9 a.m. - 6 p.m.) of September at the Department of Art History, SR 4. For detailed inforamation see program.