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Saskia Goldschmid

Saskia Goldschmid, M.A.

  • Candoc Stipendiatin / Recipient of the Candoc Doctoral Fellowship

Main Research Interests

East Asian and European print culture; artistic and cultural exchange between Japan and Europe; modern and early modern Japanese printmaking; disability studies; queer and gender studies; photography; museology.

Dissertation (PhD, ongoing)

Working title: Eyes Beyond Sight: Representing Blindness in Japanese Visual Culture

Publications

  • Goldschmid, Saskia. “A Silent Gaze: Visual Representations of Goze in Woodblock Prints.” Andon 118 (2024): 41–58.
  • Goldschmid, Saskia. “Envisioning Performing Arts: Tsukioka Kōgyo and the Nogaku Theatre.” 関西大学大学院文学研究科副専攻「EU-日本学」令和5年度活動報告書 [EU Workshop Report Papers, Kansai University Graduate School of Letters, EU - Japan Studies, Activity Report for 2023] (2024): 30–43.
  • Goldschmid, Saskia. “Goze: The Portrayal of Blind Female Musicians in Edo Period Visual Culture.” 関西大学大学院文学研究科副専攻「EU-日本学」令和5年度活動報告書 [EU Workshop Report Papers, Kansai University Graduate School of Letters, EU - Japan Studies, Activity Report for 2023] (2024): 75–87.

Presentations

  • A Tactile Vision: The Depiction of Blindness in Netsuke. International Netsuke Society Boston Convention, Boston MA, USA, 13 October 2024.
  • Goze: The Portrayal of Blind Female Musicians in Edo Period Visual Culture. The 14th Annual KU-UZH Workshop, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 3 November 2023.
  • Gifts of Diplomacy. Ikiningyō in the Bernisches Historisches Museum. International Symposium “The Art of the Japanese Copy,” University of Zurich, Switzerland, 12 and 19 September 2023.
  • Butai geijutsu o omoi egaku: Tsukioka Kōgyo to nōgaku 舞台芸術を思い描く:月岡耕漁と能楽 [Envisioning Performing Arts: Tsukioka Kōgyo and the Nogaku Theatre]. 第15回KUワークショップ [The 15th KU Workshop], Kansai University, 17 September 2023.

Awards

  • 2024  Heinz Kaempfer Fund Thesis Award

Memberships

  • Association of Art Historians in Switzerland (Vereinigung der Kunsthistorikerinnen und Kunsthistoriker in der Schweiz, VKKS)
  • Society for Japanese Art (SJA)

Additional Information

Contact

Universität Zürich
Department of Art History
Chair of East Asian Art History
Raemistrasse 73 
8006 Zurich
Switzerland
 
Office: RAA-G-05 (2nd floor), Raemistrasse 59, 8001 Zurich