Prof. Dr. Melanie Trede
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Prof. Dr. Melanie Trede
Professor, Histories of Japanese Art
Room: | 120.01.01 | |
Tel.: | 06221 - 54 15376 | |
Fax: | 06221 - 54 3387 | |
E-Mail: | melanie.trede@zo.uni-heidelberg.de |
Currently Professor Trede is not accepting new graduate students.
Research Interests
- histories of Japanese art
- pictorial narratives
- gender issues in the visual field
- political iconographies
- art historiography and terminologies
- collecting histories
- exhibition strategies
- transcultural studies
- materiality studies
- the concept of the "frame"
Member of Professional Organisations, Advisory Boards
- Founding Member, European Association of East Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA), since 2013
- Member, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, since November, 2012
- Member, International Advisory Board, „Presentation of non-European Collections in the Humboldt-Forum,” Berlin National Museums, since 2010
- Art Association, Heidelberg (Heidelberger Kunstverein), Deputy Director, Advisory Board since July, 2009
- Association of Asian Studies, Inc.
- European Association of Japanese Studies
- Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunstgeschichte, Berlin
- Impressions, advisory and editorial board since 2002
- Japanese Art History Forum, USA
- The Japan Art History Society
- Japanese Art Association (formerly: Ukiyoe Society of America, Inc.), board member, 2000-2003
Administration, Service to the Field
- 2013-2015: Director, Center for East Asian Studies, Heidelberg University
- November 2012: Member, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- October 2012: Member, Academia Europaea
- November 2012-October 2017: Cluster of Excellence: “Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows,” Heidelberg University, Principal Investigator; German Research Foundation
- July 2011-June 2015: Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 933) “Material text cultures: Materiality and Presence in non-typographical Societies”, Heidelberg University, Head of Subproject B07: Aspects of Mediality and Materiality of illuminated handscrolls in medieval Japan
- Since 2011: Scientific Advisory Board, with Jan-Christian Gertz, Markus Hilgert, Bernd Schneidmüller, Christian Witschel of the book series “Materiale Textkulturen”, deGruyter Publishers, Berlin
- Since 2010 Member, International Advisory Board, "Presentation of non-European Collections in the Humboldt-Forum", Berlin National Museums
- Since 2010: Speaker, Institute of East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University
- Since 2010: Editor, with Susanne Enderwitz and Stefan Weinfurter (in 2013, replaced by Niklas Jaspert) of the book series “Heidelberger Transkulturelle Studien,” Winter Publishers, Heidelberg
- October 2007-2012: Cluster of Excellence: “Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows,” Heidelberg University, Principal Investigator; German Research Foundation
- Since 2007: Evaluations for applications at the German Research Foundation (DFG).
- Since 2006: Screening committee member for the Olympia Morata Program, scholarship for women scholars working on their second PhD (Habilitation), Heidelberg University,
- 2005-2010: Dean of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Heidelberg University (re-elected 2008)
- 2004-2010: Deputy Director, Institute of East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University
- Since 2002: Editorial board of the refereed journal Impressions
Responsible:
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Latest Revision:
2024-07-12