Institut für Kunstgeschichte

Kunstgeschichte der Neuzeit

MSt Torben Hanhart

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent

Abteilung für Kunstgeschichte der Neuzeit

Religious visual culture in Early Modern Europe; esp. Italy, Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland
Sacred art and its entanglement with Gender History; esp. Masculinities
Political Iconography; esp. in relation to the Reformations
Gendered notions of gesture
Interplay of visual culture, music, and performance

Hanhart, Torben (2024). “Wer zum Schwert greift. Über die vier kleinen Männer am Berner Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen”, in: Institut für Historische Theologie, Universität Bern. (ed.). theos. Theologisch bedeutsame Orte der Schweiz. https://www.theos.unibe.ch/gerechtigkeitsbrunnen.
Hanhart, Torben (2024). “Lament of the Hen. Matthew 23:37-39; Luke 13:34-35”, in: King’s College London / Quash, Ben (eds.). VCS. The Visual Commentary on Scripture. https://thevcs.org/lament-hen.
Assistant editor to: Rosenthal, Stephanie (ed.) (2019). Garten der irdischen Freuden. Garden of Earthly Delights. Exhib. Cat. Gropius Bau, Berlin. Milan: Silvana Editoriale.
Rosenthal, Stephanie & Hanhart, Torben (2019). “Garten der irdischen Freuden”, in: MuseumsJournal, (3), pp. 80-1.

Paper: “Pose und Geschlecht”, at: XX. Schweizer Nachwuchskolloquium für Kunstgeschichte, Université de Genève, Switzerland, 11/2023.
Paper: “Cum Matris Corde. Maternal Masculinities and Gendered Notions of Care in Early Modern Catholicism”, at: Age and Care, Universität Graz, Austria, 9/2023.
Public presentation of doctoral research project: “By the Breast of the Lord. God’s Maternal Gestures in 16th- and 17th-century Art”, at: Shop Talks, Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy, 6/2023.
Chair, panel: “Notes in Folds and Margins”, at: Marks of Music: Sound and Visualization in the Early Modern Period, Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy, 5/2023.
Chair, panel at: Aktivierung. Strategien der Inszenierung mobiler Kunstwerke in der hispanischen Welt der Frühen Neuzeit, Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy, 2/2023.
Paper: “A Maternal Godhead. Early Modern Images of the Trinity”, at: Perspectives on Early Modern Art, Universität Bern, Switzerland, 11/2022.
Paper: “Formen des Gartens”, at: Two Days of Earthly Delights, Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany, 7/2019.

Seminar: “Kunst und Bekenntnis — die Konfessionen der Frühen Neuzeit” (Art and the Confessions in the Early Modern Period), Spring Semester 2024, Universität Bern, Switzerland.
Seminar: “Kunst und Christentum in der Frühen Neuzeit” (Art and Christianity in the Early Modern Period), Winter Semester 2023/2024, Universität Bern, Switzerland.

Since 9/2021	Doctoral Candidate I History of Art Universität Bern, Switzerland Thesis: By the Breast of the Lord. Maternal Gestures of the Christian God in 16th- and 17th-century Art Supervision: Professor Dr. Urte Krass
10/2019—8/2020	Postgraduate Studies I History of Art and Visual Culture New College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Degree: Master of Studies (with distinction) Supervision: Professor Geraldine Johnson
10/2016—7/2018	Bachelor Studies I History of Art (Major), Theatre Studies and Musicology (Minor) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Academic Year 2017—2018	Visiting Student I History of Art, Classical and Byzantine Archaeology St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
10/2015—9/2019	Bachelor Studies I Theatre Studies Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
10/2014—9/2015	Law School Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Since 9/2023	Walter Benjamin Kolleg, Universität Bern, Switzerland Pre-doctoral fellow, Graduate School, Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
9/2021—8/2023	Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy Scherbarth Fellow (pre-doctoral researcher)
9/2018—8/2019 5—9/2017	Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany Curatorial fellow, exhibition: “Garden of Earthly Delights” (7—12/2019) Freelance assistance to director Stephanie Rosenthal
2015—2017	Internships Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, United Kingdom (3—4/2017) Munich Re Corporate Art Collection, Munich, Germany (6—11/2016) Galerie Klüser, Munich, Germany (3—4/2016) Residenztheater, Munich Germany (7—10/2015)
10/2014—7/2016	BAG Spielmobile e.V., Munich, Germany Workshops and education seminars for volunteers in the “FSJ Kultur” (voluntary cultural community service)
9/2013—8/2014	Staatstheater Nürnberg, Germany “FSJ Kultur” Volunteer (voluntary cultural community service), Dramaturgy Opera

9/2021—8/2023	Ruth & Arthur Scherbarth Stiftung, Bern, Switzerland Pre-doctoral fellowship; Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy
10/2020—3/2021	Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn, Germany “Exposé-Stipendium” (grant to prepare a doctoral research project)
2014—2020	Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn, Germany Study grant
10/2019—7/2020	Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Bonn, Germany Study abroad grant
3/2017—4/2017	Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales, Munich, Germany Internship abroad grant; Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, United Kingdom