Talk and Discussion
Memories and Mementos
A Talk About The Wulff Archive Project
Jacqui Strecker, Head of Curatorial at the Powerhouse Museum, has the pleasure to present and introduce this talk by Prof. Pedram Khosronejad about Dr Hans Eberhard Wulff, a German-born engineer who was given an official position to go to Persia in the 1930s.
As part of a German foreign aid project for the Iranian government, Wulff’s role was to plan and set up schools for technical education. He established the first college in 1937 and prepared the encyclopaedia of Traditional Crafts, Technology, Science, Material Culture and Art of Persia.
During the Second World War, Wulff’s wife and children were sent back to Germany, while he, along with 500 other Germans who were working in Iran, were sent to Australia as war internees. Prof. Khosronejad will talk about the importance of his collection documenting traditional craft, art and technology in the Middle East as well as the untold history of the German civilians of Persia and their experiences in internment camps during wartime Australia.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A with Pedram Khosronejad, moderated by Jacqui Strecker.
Speaker Biography:
Prof. Pedram Khosronejad is Curator of Persian Arts at the Powerhouse Museum, an Adjunct Professor in the Religion and Society Research Cluster at the University of Western Sydney, and a Fellow of the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, USA. His research interests include cultural, social and visual anthropology, as well as ethnographic film with a particular interest in Iran, Persianate societies and the Islamic world.
Links:
- This talk will be recorded for academic purposes.
- Inside the hut. Loveday war internment camp. Linoleum print on paper by internee Carl von Brandenstein (R36413), 1943. Wulff Collection. © Curator, P. Khosronejad
Details
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Language: English
Price: Free Entry with Registration
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