A Transdisciplinary Approach to Mughal Studies
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On the occasion of Professor Ebba Koch’s 80th birthday, a symposium will take place at the Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Based on the scientific achievements of the internationally renowned art historian on the Mughal Empire and its exchange with other Empires of its time, new interdisciplinary research approaches will be discussed.
The focus is on studies of Indo-Islamic culture, architecture and garden art, of the relationships between Mughal India and Europe as well as of the Millionenzimmer of Schönbrunn Palace, which take up and critically examine recent developments, particularly in relation to transcultural and global research. For this purpose, international experts from different disciplines are invited: art history, architectural history, global history, Iranian studies, linguistics, and cultural anthropology.
The symposium will be accompanied by an exhibition of Ebba Koch’s archive material (architectural drawings and photographs), some of which have not yet been published. The aim of the symposium is - apart from honoring Ebba Koch's merits - to revitalize Vienna as a scientific center for research on the Mughal Empire and to strengthen the interdisciplinary collaboration between leading experts of the field.
Ebba Koch. Pioneering Survey Drawings and Studies of Mughal Architecture
The exhibition gives insight into Ebba Koch’s extraordinary practice and research methodology with regard to the documentation and analysis of Mughal architecture and culture in India and in Pakistan. The processing of this unique archive – together with the Architect Richard A. Barraud – resulted in the first detailed production of plans of major Mughal monuments.
Friday, 15 March 2024, 10.00–18.00
Austrian Academy of Sciences,
PSK, Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Wien
Seminar room 2, 3rd floor
This exhibition is curated by Christine Bruckbauer and Christiane Kalantari.