Author Biography
Nadia von Maltzahn is the principal investigator of the ERC-funded project “Lebanon’s Art World at Home and Abroad: Trajectories of Artists and Artworks in/from Lebanon since 1943” (LAWHA), based at the Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) where she previously held the positions of deputy director and research associate. Her publications include The Syria-Iran Axis: Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations in the Middle East (London 2013/2015), the volume The Art Salon in the Arab Region: Politics of Taste Making co-edited with Monique Bellan (Beirut 2018), and other publications revolving around cultural practices in Lebanon and the Middle East. She holds a DPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from St Antony’s College, Oxford. Her research interests include cultural politics, artistic practices, and the circulation of knowledge. LAWHA examines the forces that have shaped the emergence of a professional field of art in Lebanon in local, regional, and global contexts.
