About the Speaker

Bachelor studies in Art History, Cultural Studies, and Romance Studies in Greifswald und Berlin. 2000 PhD with dissertation on the book illustration and use of images of Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672–1733). 2002 to 2010 Fellow of the special research division 447 of the German Research Association Kulturen des Performativen [Cultures of the Performative] (FU Berlin). 2011 Habilitation at the Humboldt University in Berlin on the theme Naturform und bildnerische Prozesse. Elemente einer Wissensgeschichte in der Kunst des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts [Natural form and sculptural processes: Elements of a history of knowledge in the art of the 16th and 17th centuries]. Since 2011 among others fellowships und visiting stays at the college research group Bildakt und Verkörperung (Image-as-act and Embodiment) (2011/12, HU Berlin), at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence (2012/13) as well as adjunct and guest professorships at the University of Hamburg (2011) and the University of the Arts in Berlin (2013). Primary research focuses are the history of Early Modern collecting, the history of printmaking, image theory and the relationship between the arts and sciences in the Early Modern period. Since 2010 on the editorial board of the periodical kritische berichte [critical reports].