Visiting Professor Dr. Uli Sigg
Dr. Uli Sigg, Visiting Professor at the Chair of East Asian Art History Teaches a Lecture Course in Autumn Semester 2025
Photo: Christian Scholz
The Chair of East Asian Art History is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Uli Sigg—Swiss entrepreneur, former ambassador to PR China, North Korea and Mongolia, and the leading patron and collector of contemporary Chinese art—as Visiting Professor for the Autumn Semester 2025.
Uli Sigg will be teaching the course “Inside the Art World: Collecting, Curating, and Cultural Diplomacy in the Chinese Cultural Sphere,” which bridges academic inquiry with professional practice. The course offers first-hand insights into how contemporary art is curated, circulated, and canonized, while critically examining the socio-economic and institutional forces that shape these processes—drawing on Sigg’s unique role in the making of contemporary Chinese art history.
The 3 ECTS lecture course takes place Tuesdays 16:15-18:00.
September
Session 1. Tue 16 Sept
Session 2. Tue 23 Sept
October
Session 3. Tue 7 Oct
Session 4. Tue 14 Oct
Session 5. Tue 28 Oct
November
Session 6. Tue 4 Nov
Session 7. Tue 11-Sun 23 November: Individual Museum Exercise
Session 8. Tue 25 Nov
December
Session 9. Tue 2 Dec
Session 10. Tue 9 Dec: Public lecture, 18.15-20.00, followed by Apéro (until 21.00)
Session 11. Tue 16 Dec: Final Written Exam
Open to BA, MA, and PhD students across disciplines, the course bridges academic study and professional practice, contributing to the interdisciplinary training objectives of the Chair of East Asian Art History.
- To sign up, please visit the course catalogue.
- A public lecture will take place December 9, 2025 at 18:15 - 20:00. Registration (free, required): https://ema.uzh.ch/RTRFX
- If you have questions about the course or the public lecture on December 9, feel free to write an email to insideartworld-sigg@khist.uzh.ch .
