Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch
Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch (* 1955) is a South-Korean art historian specialising in Chinese painting and archaeology, Korean art, Buddhist art and East Asian ceramics. From 2003 to 2021 she has been the Professor of East Asian Art History in the Art History Institute (Department of History and Culture) at the Free University Berlin.
Life[edit]
Before going to Germany to study art history, sinology and Japanese studies at the University of Cologne, Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch received her Bachelor of Fine Art in South Korea.[1] In 1987 she completed her M.A. Thesis titled “The Four Delights of Nan Shenglu; An Enquiry into Chinese Figure Painting, Using the Example of a Scroll by Chen Hongshou, from the Charles A. Drenowatz collection in the Rietberg Museum, Zürich”. Upon completion of her Master’s degree, she began working as a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Roger Goepper in the Asia Department of the Art History Institute of Cologne University and, in 1989, worked as a curator at the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne. Subsequently, Lee-Kalisch completed her doctorate (Dr. Phil.) at the University of Cologne. There she wrote her dissertation, titled “"The Lustre of Nobility (junzi zhi guang). The moon in Chinese landscape painting" which was published in 2001 as part of the Monumenta Serica Monography Series.
The first large scale exhibition in which Lee-Kalisch played a pivotal role as a staff research member was “The Old China - Humans and Gods in the Middle Kingdom” (Das Alte China. Menschen und Götter im Reich der Mitte) financed by the Kulturstiftung Ruhr in Essen.[2] The exhibition, curated by Roger Goepper, was lauded for its presentation of early Chinese art and laid the foundation for Lee-Kalisch’s curatorial career. From 1995 - 2000, she was the head curator of the acclaimed exhibition “Korea - The Ancient Kingdoms” (Korea, die Alten Königreiche) financed by the Kulturstiftung Ruhr in Essen. This marked the first time that Korean art, ranging from the Bronze Age to the end of the Joseon Dynasty (1392 - 1910), was introduced to Europe in a distinguished exhibition, allowing it to seen independent of China and Japan as its own distinctive East Asian art tradition.
In 2003, whilst working as head curator of the exhibition "Tibet – Treasures from Tibetan Monasteries"(Tibet, Klöster öffnen ihre Schatzkammern) financed by the Kulturstiftung Ruhr in Essen, Lee-Kalisch was appointed to the professorship for East Asian Art History in the Art History Institute (Department of History and Culture) at the Free University Berlin. In her teaching and research she has devoted herself to various fields such as Buddhist art, garden art, East Asian painting and art of the Silk Road. During her professorship she has initiated numerous research projects, including the joint research project “Silk Road Fashion”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)[1], and has organised a variety of workshops and international conferences. Today, Jeong-Hee Lee-Kalisch is a member of the board of trustees in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst e.V. and serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Humboldt-Forum in Berlin.
Publications (Selection)[edit]
Ritual and Representation in Buddhist Art (Editor with Antje Papist-Matsuo and Author), Studies of East Asian art history / Studien zur ostasiatischen Kunstgeschichte, Vol./Band 2. Weimar: VDG 2015 (ISBN: 978-3-89739-641-8 )
Tibet: Klöster öffnen ihre Schatzkammern (Editor and Co-Author with Andreas Kretschmar etc.). Exhibition catalogue, München: Hirmer 2006 (ISBN: 10 3-7774-3115-X, 13 978-3-7774-3115-4)
Korea - Das Land der Morgenstille (Author). München: Hirmer 2002(ISBN: 3-7774-9350-3)
Korea - Die Alten Königreiche (Editor and Author with Roger Goepper). Exhibition catalogue, München: Hirmer 1999 (ISBN: 3-7774-8220-X)
Das Alte China: Menschen und Götter im Reich der Mitte (Editor and Author with Roger Goepper and Peter Wiederhage). Exhibition catalogue, München: Hirmer 1995 (ISBN: 3-7774-6640-9)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elegante Zusammenkunft im Gelehrtengarten : Studien zur Ostasiatischen Kunst zu Ehren von Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch = Elegant Gathering in a Scholar's Garden : studies in East Asian Art in Honor of Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch. Weimar: VDG (Verlag und Datenbank für Geisteswissenschaften). 2015. p. 13. ISBN 978-3-89739-850-4. Search this book on
- ↑ "Zur Emeritierung von Professor Jeong-Hee Lee-Kalisch". Ostasiatische Zeitschrift. 41 (2021): 58–59.
External Links[edit]
- Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch: Free University Berlin Profile
- Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch; Video Interview (German) Gerda Henkel Stiftung
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