Research Focus

Fachgruppe

Humanities

Schwerpunkte

Transcultural links in the Buddhist painting of Japan and India in the early 20th century / Nihonga in the tension of Pan-Asianism, imperialism and nationalism in the early 20th century; Youth magazines and juvenile book illustration of Taishō and early Shōwa time; Visualization and Reception History of the Genji monogatari; Japanese woodcuts and letterpress printing in the 19th century; Comic Book Research

Research Projects

• Female Deities across Borders of Cultural Identities: Japanese-Indian Artistic Exchanges in Early Twentieth Century Buddhist Painting in the Context of Modern Art Movements

  Completed Dissertation History and Cultural Studies