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Prof. Dr. Ewa Machotka is Full Professor and Chair of East Asian Art History at the University of Zurich's Institute of Art History since 2023. She leads Switzerland's only academic chair dedicated to East Asian art history, covering China, Japan, and Korea across historical periods through contemporary practices.
Her educational background includes a PhD in Japanese art history from Gakushuin University, Tokyo (2008), funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Previous positions encompass Professor of Japanese Language and Culture at Stockholm University (2017-2023), Assistant Professor at Leiden University (2011-2017), and Curator of Japanese Art at Kraków's National Museum (1999-2008).
Machotka's research centers on Japanese visual culture with dual emphasis on Edo-to-modern print traditions and contemporary socially engaged/eco-art. Methodologically, she integrates global art history, postcolonial theory, ecocriticism, gender/queer frameworks, and digital analysis to examine transnational interactions, canon formation, and socio-ecological dimensions of East Asian visual artifacts. Her work critically engages with Orientalism, collection histories, and multimodal text-image relationships.
Under her leadership, the department organizes the Zurich Lectures series featuring international scholars, collaborates with Museum Rietberg on projects like the 2025 'Korean Wave(s)' symposium, and offers object-based pedagogy through seminars, museum excursions, and courses such as 'Curating Surimono'. Current initiatives include Dr. Uli Sigg's visiting professorship on Chinese cultural diplomacy and hands-on workshops exploring Hokusai's legacy.
