Lecture Hall 3075, Main Building, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin
Which pasts are valued and why? How has this changed historically and in what ways is it changing today? What gets to count as heritage and in what broader global and local transformations is this entangled? How can heritage be proactively changed to help address pressing social, political and environmental problems, including those of decolonization, cultural conflict and climate crisis? And how do the arts, humanities and social sciences need to be done differently to comprehend and enable the potential of such transformations?
This lecture series introduces and showcases exciting trans- and multi-disciplinary humanities approaches to such questions. It does so with a particular focus on the following three strands of ongoing transformation: the decentring of the West (Europe/Global North); the decentring of the Human; and the transformation of value. These three strands structure the research programme of the Humboldt University’s Käte Hamburger Kolleg | Centre for Advanced Study inherit. heritage in transformation. Lecture series contributors will be drawn from international fellows and inherit’s core team, which include artists of various media as well as researchers from a wide range of humanities and social sciences, such as anthropology, art history, history, literature, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
Lectures are followed by open sessions on Wednesdays from 10:00 to 12:00 c.t.at inherit. heritage in transformation, Charlottenstraße 42, 10117 Berlin.
Creativity and Invention in Antiquarian Drawings (1400–1600), Workshop, Ashmolean Museum, September 5–6, 2024
An upcoming workshop to be held at the Ashmolean Museum will center on the creativity and invention of Early Modern drawings of antiquities, which are still too often understood as accurate, archaeological “documents” for the appearance and survival of ancient artifacts. In the past two decades, a wealth of new scholarship has called attention to issues such as artistic agency, creativity, context, technique, patronage, and purpose, in short, issues relevant to Renaissance antiquarian drawings as artworks in their own right. Bringing together international speakers and interdisciplinary participants, the conference aims to re-consider the particular aims and functions of this type of drawing, using the riches of the Ashmolean’s own collection as a point of departure.
The conference is free and all are welcome, but pre-registration is requested.
The conference is organized by Cammy Brothers, Professor of Architectural History, Northeastern University; Kathleen Christian, Professor of Early Modern Art and Director of The Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Jennifer Sliwka, Keeper of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Garlick Professorial Fellow, Balliol College; and Catherine Whistler, Emeritus Research Fellow, St. John’s College.
The workshop is generously funded by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, the Humboldt University in Berlin, the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership / Berlin University Alliance, and Northeastern University.
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Sep 05–06, 2024
Creativity and Invention in Antiquarian Drawings (1400–1600)
5 September and 6 September, 2024, Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum
Thursday 05.06.2024
14:00–14:30 Jennifer Sliwka (Oxford), Cammy Brothers (Boston), and Kathleen Christian (Berlin)
Introduction
14:30–15:00 Giovanni Santucci (Pisa)
Accumulation, Hybridization and Invention in Giovanni Battista Montano’s Antiquarian Drawings
15:00–15:30 Coffee Break
15:30–16:00 Michael Waters (New York)
Architects, Antiquarians, and Enduring Invented Antiquities in the Sixteenth Century
16:00–16:30 Marzia Faietti (Bologna)
The Space of Antiquity in Amico Aspertini. Memory and its Rejection
16:30–17:00 Discussion
Friday 06.09.2024
10:15-10:45 Carolyn Yerkes
Ancient Siege and the Early Modern Landscape
10:45–11:15 Elizabeth Merrill (Ghent)
Francesco di Giorgio’s Antiquarian Empiricism
11:30–12:00 Coffee Break
12:00–12:30 Clare Guest (London)
Essence and Mode: the Sophistic Presence in Antiquarian Aesthetics
12:30–13:00 Robert Gaston (Melbourne)
Historiographic Misprision: Pirro Ligorio’s Antiquarian Drawing and the Conflict of Scholarly Disciplines
13:00–14:15 Lunch, for speakers and registered attendees
14:15–14:45 Anna Rebecca Sartore (Ghent)
The Libro Capponi and Antonio da Sangallo the Elder’s Inventiveness in Drawings after the Antique
14:45–15:15 Tatjana Bartsch (Rome)
Drawing Antiquities with the Eyes of the Painter. Maarten van Heemskerck in Rome
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–16:30 Kathleen Christian (Berlin)
A Census of Supposed Testimonials of Direct or Indirect Observations of Possibly at Least Partially Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance
16:30–17:00 Cammy Brothers (Boston)
Archaeology, Antiquarianism, and the Art Historian
Der Kunsthistoriker Horst Bredekamp ist zum ordentlichen Mitglied der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste gewählt worden.
Horst Bredekamp, seit 1993 Professor für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte an der Humboldt-Universität und seit 2019 Seniorsprecher des Excellenzclusters Matters of Activity, gehört zu den profiliertesten Vertretern seines Fachs. Seine wissenschaftliche Karriere verbindet sich mit klassischen kunsthistorischen Themen ebenso wie mit neueren theoretischen Ansätzen der Bildwissenschaft und umfasst epochenübergreifend die Romanik, die Renaissance, das 19. Jahrhundert bis zu den Neuen Medien der Gegenwart.
Bredekamp ist Mitglied in mehreren wissenschaftlichen Akademien sowie des Ordens Pour le mérite. Als Autor von mehr als 30 Büchern und über 700 Artikeln hat er zahlreiche Auszeichnungen erhalten, darunter 2023 die Ehrenpromotion in Philosophie seitens der Universität Turin.
Über Kunst sprechen – Ein Podcastprojekt zu mittelalterlichen Reliquiaren aus den Berliner Museen
Im Rahmen der Praxisorientierten Lehrveranstaltung ist im WS 2023/24 eine Podcastfolge von Studierenden unter der Leitung von Caroline Herma entstanden.
Wenn menschliche Überreste zum Objekt religiöser Verehrung werden: In “Knochen, Gold und Glaube” enthüllt unsere Seminargruppe des Instituts für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte der HU alles Spannende zum Thema mittelalterliche Reliquienverehrung.
Mit der Hilfe des Kunsthistorikers und Ausstellungsleiters Dr. Jan Richter und der Restauratorin Wibke Bornkessel vom Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin nehmen wir ein mittelalterliches Reliquiar unter die Lupe und zeigen euch, wie Kunsthistoriker*innen eigentlich arbeiten – ganz nebenbei wollen wir eure Begeisterung für das Mittelalter wecken.
Unser besonderer Dank für die Unterstützung bei der technischen Realisierung des Podcasts gilt Laura Stuth und Tim Bosse von ALEX Berlin. Auch Wibke Bornkessel und Jan-Friedrich Richter möchten wir ganz herzlich für die engagierte Beteiligung am Podcastprojekt danken.
Schaltet gerne ein und lasst euch für eine Stunde in das Mittelalter entführen.
Ringvorlesung
inherit‘s Lecture Series „Heritage in Transformation“
Which pasts are valued and why? How has this changed historically, and in what ways is it changing today? What gets to count as heritage, and in what broader global and local transformations is this entangled? How can heritage be proactively changed to help address pressing social, political, and environmental problems, including those of decolonisation, cultural conflict, and the climate crisis? And how do the arts, humanities, and social sciences need to be done differently to comprehend and enable the potential of such transformations? This lecture series introduces and showcases exciting trans- and multi-disciplinary humanities approaches to such questions. It does so with a particular focus on the following three strands of ongoing transformation: the decentring of the West (Europe/Global North); the decentring of the human; and the transformation of value. These three strands structure the research programme of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin’s new Käte Hamburger Kolleg | Centre for Advanced Study inherit. heritage in transformation. Lecture series contributors will be drawn from inherit’s core team and international fellows, which include artists of various media as well as researchers from a wide range of humanities and social sciences, such as anthropology, art history, history, literature, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
Programm:
08.05. Launch of Käte Hamburger Kolleg | Centre for Advanced Study inherit. heritage in transformation
(Tieranatomisches Theater, Campus Nord – Haus 3, Philippstraße 13, 10115 Berlin)
Welcome Address:
Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal – President, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dr. Christina Norwig – Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Opening Lecture:
Prof. Dr. Sharon Macdonald, Prof. Dr. Eva Ehninger – Directors, inherit. heritage in transformation
15.05. Overview Presentation of inherit. heritage in transformation Fellows
Chair: Margareta von Oswald
22.05. Mathhieu Picas
“More-than-Human Archaeological Heritage Ownership: Beyond the Institutional Management of Sacred Sites in the Maya Regions of Guatemala and Mexico”
Chair: Eva Ehninger
29.05. Kyrill Kunakovich
“A History of Heritage: UNESCO and the Invention of Heritage Discourse”
Chair: Sharon Macdonald
05.06. Gizem Zencirci
“The Politics of Reviving Ottoman-Islamic Civilizational Heritage in Turkey”
Chair: Habiba Insaf
12.06. Pansee Abou El Atta
“Hurma: Counter-Colonial Valuations of Egyptian Things”
Chair: Tal Adler
19.06. Christof Lammer
“Panda Heritage: Kinship Measurements and Life’s Value in Species Conservation”
Chair: Yoonha Kim
26.06. Ganna Liulikova
“What Is Meant When Talking about Soviet Culture? Unveiling the Concept of Unified Soviet Culture in the Context of Present-Day Society”
Chair: Elisaveta Dvorakk
03.07. Chunjie Zhang
“Philosophy, Life, and World Culture in the Early Twentieth Century”
Chair: Sharon Macdonald
10.07. Javier Toscano
“Computing Time Otherwise. Ancient Devices, Surviving Traces, Co-Existent Rhythms”
Chair: Elisaveta Dvorakk
Organisation: Käte Hamburger Kolleg | Centre for Advanced Study inherit. heritage in transformation
Veranstaltungsreihe “Full Screen Time” im Sommersemester 2024
Start: 07.05.2024, 18:15 Uhr
Ort: Medientheater im Erdgeschoss der Georgenstraße 47, 10117 Berlin
In dieser Reihe möchten wir im kommenden Semester Videokunst zeigen und gemeinsam diskutieren. Im Namen Full-Screen-Time soll bereits anklingen, dass wir einerseits einen Rahmen schaffen möchten, in dem Videokunst in angemessener technischer Qualität (Full-Screen) und mit der nötigen Aufmerksamkeit angeschaut werden kann. Andererseits möchten wir durch das Gespräch mit den anwesenden Künstler:innen, insbesondere uns Studierenden eine zusätzliche Möglichkeit bieten, sich dem Medium intensiv zuzuwenden (Screen-Time).
Unser erster Gast ist Young-jun Tak (geb. 1989 in Seoul, Südkorea), mit dem wir gemeinsam zwei seiner Videoarbeiten schauen und diskutieren werden. Tak, der u.a. durch seine Teilnahme an den letzten Biennalen von Istanbul (2017), Berlin (2020) und Lyon (2022) bekannt ist, wird mit Wohin? und Wish You a Lovely Sunday zwei Werke zeigen, die mit der Kirche am Südstern, dem Club SchwuZ und der Stadtautobahn spezifische Berliner Orte in den Blick nehmen. Ausgehend von der ausgewählten Architektur, Geschichte und kulturellen Bedeutung der jeweiligen Räume lässt Tuk mit Tänzer:innen und Musiker:innen ortsspezifische Choreografien entstehen, die er filmisch aufnimmt.
Wenn ihr Lust habe, euch einen Abend intensiv mit zeitgenössischer Medienkunst zu beschäftigen, gemeinsam zu diskutieren und Young-jun Tak eure Fragen zu stellen, freuen wir uns, euch am 7. Mai zu sehen!
The Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History, and the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, are pleased to announce a fellowship in Berlin, Rome, and London, offered at either the predoctoral or postdoctoral level. These fellowships grow out of the longstanding collaboration between the Humboldt, the Hertziana, and the Warburg in the research project Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance (https://www.census.de).
The fellowships extend the traditional chronological boundaries of the Census and are intended for research and intellectual exchange on topics related to the reception of antiquity in the visual arts between c. 1350 and c. 1900. In the context of the fellowships, the topic of the reception of antiquity is also broadly conceived without geographical restriction. Proposals can optionally include a digital humanities perspective, engage with the database of the Census (https://database.census.de/), or make use of the research materials of the Census project available in Berlin, Rome, and London.
The Humboldt, the Hertziana, and the Warburg co-fund a research grant of 6–9 months for students enrolled in a PhD program, or 4–6 months for candidates already in possession of a PhD. Fellows can set their own schedule and choose how to divide their time between the three institutes, but they should plan to spend at least one month in residence at each of the three institutions.
The stipend will be set at c. 1,500 EUR per month at the predoctoral level and c. 2,500 EUR per month at the postdoctoral level, plus a travel stipend of 500 EUR. The fellowship does not provide housing.
Candidates can apply via the portal available on the Hertziana website (https://recruitment.biblhertz.it). They should upload the requested PDF documents in English, German, or Italian by April 30, 2024, with details of their proposed dates for the fellowship during the academic year 2024/25 (July 2024–July 2025).
The Käte Hamburger Kolleg | Centre for Advanced Studyinherit. heritage in transformation, based at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, invites applications from both experienced and early career post-doc researchers for fellowships to begin in October 2025. The application deadline is 29 April 2024.
Applications for fellowships for 2025–6 should address questions of inheritance – such as, its legal, economic, material and biological dimensions and implications; its articulation with generation(s) and related concepts and practices, as well as with certain conceptions of time and space; its mobilization for constructions of identity and, or justifications for exclusions; its visualization or other multimodal renderings; and alternative (‘inheritance otherwise’) or overlapping notions and practices. Applications should also relate to one or more of our guiding themes: decentring the west, decentring the human, and transforming value. Successful projects are likely to be based in original empirical or archival study/analysis of source material (which may have already been undertaken) or creative work.
Researchers and topics from areas currently underrepresented in heritage scholarship, including the global South and Eastern Europe, are especially encouraged to apply. We also welcome applications from artists, film-makers and curators.
Luisa Feiersinger
Reflexionen des stereoskopischen Spielfilms
Eine bildhistorische Analyse
Der stereoskopische Unterhaltungsfilm, der sogenannte 3D-Film, ist integraler Bestandteil der Filmgeschichte. Luisa Feiersinger verfolgt in einer longue durée die sich wandelnden narrativen, technischen und diskursiven Anordnungen am Beispiel ausgewählter Unterhaltungsfilme. Dabei zeigt sie, dass gerade im populären Format diese Anordnungen immer wieder selbstreflexiv in die Narrationen verwoben werden. Filmwissenschaftliche Untersuchungsmethoden zur Beschreibung der nur in der Wahrnehmung existierenden stereoskopischen Bewegt- und Raumbilder dienen als exemplarischer Vorschlag zur Integration von Bewegtbildern in die Kunst- und Bildgeschichte.
12. Dezember 2023, 348 Seiten, 49,-€
ISBN: 978-3-8376-6603-8
