Natasha Kimmet

Dr. Natasha Kimmet is an associated researcher in the Numismatics research group at the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, located at Dominikanerbastei 16 in Vienna. She holds a doctoral degree in art history from the University of Vienna. Her academic trajectory includes a Curatorial Fellowship at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York (2015-2017), followed by post-doctoral research positions at the University of Vienna’s Institute of Art History and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Documentation of Inner and South Asian Cultural History (2019–2021), before joining the ÖAI in 2021.

Her research focuses on Buddhist art and architecture, with specialization in Afghanistan and Historical Northwest India, alongside studies of vernacular architecture in Tibet and the Himalayas. She explores material culture and sacred spaces, employing methodologies in borderland and cultural transfer studies to analyze cross-cultural exchanges.

No specific grants, awards, or supervised students are listed in the provided information. She contributes to the ÖAI’s interdisciplinary research initiatives, particularly in numismatic and cultural heritage studies.