Vorträge
07.12.2024 Vortrag beim Internationalen Forum "Hospitality of the Glories of the Nation. The historical, cultural and heritage manifest of the Algerien Emir Abdelkader": "Decors, materials and techniques of the interior decoration of Emir Abdelkader's houses in Damascus", Algier
30.11.2023 Zoom-Vortrag für International Academic Projects Ltd (IAP): "Examining and Conserving Painted Interiors in Historic Syrian houses...in-situ and in the museum setting"
03.11.2023 Keynote lecture bei der Konferenz im VITROCENTRE ROMONT "Interiors Reconfigured: Changing Materiality and Craftsmanship in the Decorative Arts of the Middle East and North Africa (18th-20th centuries)": “Variety of Materials and Techniques in the Interior Decoration of Domestic Spaces in Damascus between the 18th and 20th centuries – Changes in Taste and Materiality”
17.09.2023 Zoom-Vortrag für die Cincinnati Asian Art Society im Taft Museum Cincinnati: "The Damascus Room at the Cincinnati Art Museum: a fascinating journey to 18th century Damascus"
03.03.2023 Vortrag beim Biennial Symposium der HIAA (Historians of Islamic Art Association), The Museum of Fine Arts and Rice University, Houston: "‘Damascus Rooms’ in Dresden and Doha: multifunctional architectural spaces in museum displays"
03.11.2022 Vortrag für The Hajji Baba Club, New York City: "Brocades, Carpets and Silk Fabrics: Painted Textiles in 18th and 19th century Private Homes in Damascus"
31.05.2022 Vortrag bei der Deutsch-Arabischen Gesellschaft e.V. (DAG), Berlin: "Einblicke in die Restaurierungsprojekte von holzgetäfelten Zimmern aus Damaskus an Museen in Dresden und Doha"
19.02.2020 Vortrag im Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem: "Relatives of the Persian Card Room at the Graylyn Estate: 'Damascene Rooms' in Collections Around the World between 1880 and 2020"
18.02.2020 Vortrag im Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem: "The Persian Card Room at the Graylyn Estate - Secrets of a Rare Interior from Damascus Revealed"
12.11.2019 Vortrag über das Berliner Aleppo-Zimmer im Konzert "Das Herz der Karawanenstraße" mit Ibrahim Keivo, Bassem Hawar, Saad Mahmood Jawad und Thomas Friedländer, Palais im Großen Garten, Dresden
13.06.2019 Vortrag beim Workshop "Gezimmertes Morgenland. Orientalische und orientalisierende Holzinterieurs in Mitteleuropa im späten 19. Jahrhundert: Phänomenalität, Materialität, Historizität", Wien, Hermesvilla, organisiert von Maximilian Hartmuth, Universität Wien: "Damaszener Zimmer in Europa: Authentische und orientalisierende Raumkreationen zwischen 1880 und 1930"
24.04.2019 Vortrag am Museum for Islamic Art, Doha, Katar: "Brocades, Carpets and Silk Fabrics - Painted Textiles in 18th and 19th Century Private Homes in Damascus"
27.10.2018 Vortrag beim Volkmann-Treffen, Museum für Islamische Kunst/Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin: "Brokat, Chintz und Seidengewebe - gemalte Textilien in Damaszener Wohnhäusern des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts"
19. - 22.05.2016 Vortrag über Wohnkultur und Innenausstattung Damaszener Häuser im 18. Jahrhundert, jeweils eine Stunde vor dem Konzert des Tafelmusik Orchestra, Toronto: Tales of Two Cities: The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
09.04.2016 ICOM-CC Konferenz Potsdam: "Ornate panels from 18th and 19th century Damascene 'ajami interiors: Conservation issues and Western perceptions of the ‘Orient’ revealed"
23.11.2015 Vortrag "Syrien - Land und Leute" in der Kleinen Galerie Torgau, Torgauer Kunst- und Kulturverein "Johann Kentmann"
03.10.2015 Vortrag beim Study Day "Introducing Damascus Rooms: The Decorated Interiors of 18th and 19th Century Syria" am Victoria and Albert Museum, London: "Damascene 'ajami Rooms - Forgotten Jewels of Interior Decoration"
13.09.2015 Vortrag am Museum of Islamic Art Kairo: "Conservation of 'Ajami Rooms"
17.06.2015 Lunchtime Lecture am Victoria and Albert Museum, London: "Damascene interior decoration - forgotten masterpieces of interior design"
20.02.2015 Vortrag beim internationalen Symposium “Studies on Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (1815-1905): Manuscripts, Politics and Oriental Studies”, Staatsbibliothek Berlin: “Living in mid-19th century Damascus – insights into lifestyle of foreigners and locals in Damascus‘ Old City”
30.09.2014 Vortrag beim internationalen Orient-Symposium, Slovakisches Nationalmuseum, Schloss Bojnice: “Damascene interior decoration in Bojnice Castle – a gem of refined urban home decor and its original context”
04.04.2014 Birmingham Museums Trust, Workshop "Empires of the Eye: Ottoman Material Culture and its Place in Birmingham": "Painted Worlds: Interior decoration in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century Residences in Damascus"
14.03.2014 Architectural Paint Research Conference, Stockholm: "Changing minds through sharing research: the preservation of historic Damascene 'ajami rooms"
26.02.2014 Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "Forgotten Juwels of Interior Decoration: The Materials, Techniques and Preservation of historic Reception Rooms from Damascus"
19.02.2014 Vortrag in der Kapi'olani Community College Library, Honolulu: "Damascene Interiors in Dresden, Honolulu, and New York City"
15.02.2014 Salon Talk, Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu: "Roses and Jasmine, Gold and Lapis Lazuli: The Interior Decoration Program of Private Residences in Syria"
29.10.2013 ICOM-CC Konferenz Warschau: "Historic 'ajami interiors in Syrian residences of the 18th & 19th centuries: research and conservation"
31.08.2013 Salon Talk, Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu: "Syrian Jewels: Damascene Interiors in Context"
26. - 28.04.2013 Nachwuchsworkshop der Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft, Otto-Friedrichs-Universität Bamberg: "Historic interior decoration of Damascene 18th/19th cent. private homes - complex decoration techniques using a wide variety of materials: stone, plaster, glass, metal, wood, mother-of-pearl, polychromy and textiles"
27./28.06.2012 Internationales Symposium "The Damascus Room in Context: Acquisition, Furnishings and Conservation", Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Shangri La, Honolulu, Hawaii, Vortrag: "Rare treasures of 18th - early 19th century Damascus: Discoveries of originally preserved 'ajami interiors and glimpses into recent conservation projects"
20. - 24.09.2010 IIC-Konferenz Istanbul: "Insight into a sophisticated painting technique - results of an investigation into three polychrome wooden interiors from Ottoman Syria in German collections and field research in Damascus"
23.10.2008 Jahrestreffen des Advisory Boards des Danish Institute Damascus, Damaskus: "Damascene interiors in the Western world, its history, painting technique and conservation"
26.09.2008 ICOM-CC Konferenz, Neu Delhi: "'Ajami Rooms - Polychrome Wooden Interior Decorations from Syria of the 17th to the 19th Centuries: A View into Art Technology and Conservation Problems"
25.05.2006 Vortrag in der Altstadtverwaltung von Damaskus: "Damascene interiors in the Western world, its history, painting technique and conservation"
24. - 26.05.2004 Internationales Symposium "Preserving a Sense of Awe, The History and Conservation of Interiors from Ottoman Syria", Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Shangri La, Honolulu, Hawaii, Bericht über die bisher erfolgten kunsttechnologischen Untersuchungen an den syrischen Zimmern in Berlin, Dresden, Potsdam und Damaskus
12. - 18.10.2003 Internationaler Workshop "Untersuchung und Entwicklung einer Konzeption für die Konservierung/Restaurierung des Suq Haraj, eines mittelalterlichen Handelsgebäudes", Vortrag über die Kunsttechnologie, Konservierung und Restaurierung des Dresdner Damaskuszimmers
12. - 14.04.2002 Internationales Symposium des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, "Das Berliner Aleppo-Zimmer von 1600": "Ergebnisse der kunsttechnologischen Untersuchungen und die Schadensphänomene des Dresdner Damaskuszimmers"