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Prof. Bianca Kühnel

Nominated by

  • European Research Council (ERC)
  • AcademiaNet member since 12.12.2011
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


Employed by

  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • Arts and humanities


Field

Architecture and construction, Arts, Humanities



Area of specialisation

History of Art. Medieval art and architecture.



Research interests

  • Visual Translations of Jerusalem

  • The Holy Land and Europe: Spiritual and Material Bridges

  • The “Holy Lands” of Europe: Architectural Emblems

  • Cult of Sites and Cult of Saints: Studies in the Theory of the Image

  • The Medieval Image of the World: Visual Dimensions of Medieval Science



Distinctions and Awards

  • European Research Council Advanced Grant, 2010 – 2015

  • Research Grant, German-Israeli Foundation, 2000 – 2003; 2009 – 2012

  • Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung and Max Planck Gesellschaft, 2007

  • Research Grant, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, 2006 – 2007

  • Membership, Academic Committee, Open University Israel, 2005 – 2009

  • Membership, Institute for Advanced Study, Hebrew University, 2000 – 2001

  • Research Scholarship, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, 1983 – 1985



Interested in

  • Lectures, Membership in scientific bodies


Languages

English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, modern Hebrew, Romanian



Doctorate

  • 1981


PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation

  • 1986




Short CV/Education and training

  • Study of Medieval History and History of Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Visiting positions (selection)

  • 1976 – 1977
    CESM Poitiers

  • 1983 – 1985
    Free University Berlin

  • 1990
    CASVA, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

  • 1999
    Biblioteca Hertziana, Rome

  • 2000 – 2001
    Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University

  • 2007 – 2008
    Max Planck Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz

  • 2009 – 2010
    Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows"

Selected publications

  • Kühnel, Bianca (2003): The End of Time in the Order of Things: Science and Eschatology in Early Medieval Art. Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner.

  • Kühnel, Bianca (Hrsg.): The Real and Ideal Jerusalem in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Art. Special double issue of the annual Jewish Art 23/24, 1997/1998.

  • Kühnel, Bianca (1994): Crusader Art of the Twelfth Century: A Geographical, an Historical, or an Art-Historical Notion. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag.

  • Kühnel, Bianca (1987): From the Earthly to the Heavenly Jerusalem; Representations of the Holy City in Christian Art of the First Millennium (Rome-Freiburg/Br.-Vienna: Herder Verlag. (Römische Quartalschrift für christliche Altertumskunde und Kirchengeschichte, 42. Supplementheft).



Complete list of publications

Selected projects

  • Projections of Jerusalem in Europe: A Monumental Network (European Research Council Advanced Grant, May 2010 – June 2015)

  • The Holy Land Elsewhere (in cooperation with Bruno Reudenbach, University of Hamburg, and Gerhard Wolf, Max-Planck Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz) (German-Israeli Foundation, January 2010 – December 2012)

Membership in scientific bodies/juries

  • College Art Association (CAA)

  • International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA)

  • IKON Journal of Iconographic Studies (University of Rijeka), editorial board

  • Iconology Research Group (IRG), Universities of Louvain and Utrecht, scientific committee

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