Dr. Elika Palenzona-Djalili Scientific Assistant, Main Responsible for Persian Language Teaching Fachbereich Mittlerer Osten und muslimische Gesellschaften E-Mail elika.palenzona-djalili@unibe.ch Postal Address University of Bern Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies SACS Lerchenweg 36 3012 Bern Consultation Hour by arrangement via email
Academic career FS 2022 – Teaching assignment at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Zurich 2019 PhD thesis defended – "The Reception of European Painting in the Persian Painting of the 19th Century based on the Oriental Collection in Historical Museum of Bern" Since 2018 – Teaching fellow and main responsible for the teaching of the Persian language and literature at the Institute for the Study of Middle East and Muslim Societies (ISNO), University of Bern HS 2017 – Research Associate/Lecturer at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich 2013 until present – Researcher at the Historical Museum of Bern on the Objects of Henri Moser/Oriental Collection 2011 – Lizentiat in the European History of Art and Persian and Arabic Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Zurich
Research interests Figurative representation and illustrations in book illumination from the 15th to the 19th century in Iran Transfer, adaptation and reception in Persian art and architecture Modern and contemporary literature and art in Iran
Concluded projects PhD project: The Reception of European Painting in Persian Painting of the 19th Century based on the Oriental Collection of the Historical Museum of Bern (University of Zurich, concluded in 2019)
