Institute of Art History

Early Modern Art History

Research interests

  • Art and Expansion in the Early Modern Era
  • Political uses of images in the Portuguese Empire
  • Reliquaries and Relics in Global Context
  • Italian Renaissance Art and Art Theory
  • Holy Images and Images of Saints (from the Icon to Photography)
  • Political Iconography

Memberships and Responsibilities

  • Member of the research commission, University of Bern (since 2023)
  • Member of the evaluation body, SNF Doc.CH (since 2021)
  • Jury member VKKS-Förderpreis Kunstwissenschaft Junior and Senior (since 2023)
  • Responsible for Studium 30+ (since 2023)
  • Member of the Board of the Seniorenuniversität, University of Bern (since 2018)
  • Q-Responsible at the Institute of Art History (since 2018)
  • Director of the Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities and the Interdisciplinary Research network of the Walter Benjamin Kolleg, University of Bern (2019 - 2023)