Kadoi Yuka

Dr. Kadoi Yuka is a Research Fellow at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies, Department of Art History, where she currently leads the FWF-funded project 'Persica Centropa: Cosmopolitan Artefacts and Artifices in the Age of Crises, 1900-1950' (2023-2027). Her academic journey includes prestigious positions such as Senior Core Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study / Central European University (Budapest, 2022-2023) and leader of the earlier FWF project 'Persian Art in Vienna, 1900-1945' (2019-2022). Prior to her current position, she served as a guest professor at the Lebanese American University (2015-2016) and held research and teaching positions at the University of Edinburgh (2012-2015). Her extensive museum experience includes curatorships at the Art Institute of Chicago (2008-2011) and the Museum for Islamic Art in Doha (2007-2008).

Dr. Kadoi's research focuses on the cross-cultural artistic relationships in Islamic Eurasia, particularly during the Mongol period, with special attention to Persian art in the eastern periphery of the Muslim world. Her work explores portability and materiality in Islamic Eurasian arts, revivalism of Islamic art in modern contexts, and the historiography of Persian art in the early 20th century. She also investigates curatorial practices, exhibition history, and the development of Islamic and Asian archaeological collections, with particular focus on provenance, connoisseurship, and the politics of display.

Her publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output across multiple prestigious venues, with recent work examining topics such as the historiography of Islamic art, Buddhist influences in Ilkhanid Iran, and the role of photography in shaping perceptions of Persian architecture. Her research shows a consistent pattern of examining cross-cultural connections, particularly between Persia and China, and the movement of artistic ideas and objects across Eurasia.

• Honourable Mention, Saidi-Sirjani Book Award 2008-9, International Society for Iranian Studies (2010)
• Visiting Senior Fellowship, Centre for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (2015)
• Multiple research grants from the Iran Heritage Foundation, Barakat Trust, and other prestigious institutions
• Albin Salton Fellowship at the Warburg Institute, University of London (2007)

Dr. Kadoi's academic supervision combines rigorous scholarly training with practical museum experience. Her current FWF project provides substantial research opportunities for graduate students interested in Persian art history, material culture studies, and the history of collecting. She has curated significant exhibitions including 'The Blue Road: Mastercrafts from Persia' at the Liang Yi Museum in Hong Kong and 'Arthur Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art' at the Art Institute of Chicago, demonstrating her ability to translate academic research into public-facing presentations of Islamic art.