Lecture by Markus Ritter: Die Erfindung “islamischer Kunst” in deutschen Weltkunstgeschichte-Büchern des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts
2026.01.28
| Date / Time | Thu 5 Feb 2026 18:00–20:00 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Discussion Room, 9th Floor, South Building, Keio University (Mita Campus) No pre-registration required |
| Admission | Free |
| Languages | German (Consecutive English and Japanese interpretation available) |
| Organizers | Keio University Faculty of Letters; Global Mediterranean at ILCAA |
| Contact | gmed.ilcaa[at]gmail.com (Replace [at] with @.) |
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Markus Ritter (University of Vienna)
Title: Die Erfindung “islamischer Kunst” in deutschen Weltkunstgeschichte-Büchern des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts
Bio:
Markus RITTER is Professor for History of Islamic Art at the Department of Art History, University of Vienna, Austria. His research interests include the visuality and functions of art objects and architecture from the medieval through pre-modern periods in Iran and the Arab Levant, transfer and adaptation processes, and the historiography of Islamic art. His books include Moscheen und Madrasabauten in Iran 1785–1848 (2006), The Golden Qur’an from the Age of the Seljuks and Atabegs (with N. Ben Azzouna, 2015), Der umayyadische Palast des 8. Jahrhunderts in Ḫirbat al-Minya am See von Tiberias (2017), and several co-edited volumes and anthologies, among them The Indigenous Lens? Early Photography in the Near and Middle East (with St. G. Scheiwiller, 2018), and most recently, Islamic Art at the Vienna World’s Fair 1873: Displays, Framings, and Perceptions at the Weltausstellung and Its Time (with S. Göloğlu, forthcoming).