Prof. Dr. Bianca Kühnel

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsArt History
KeywordsImages of the Holy Land in Europe, Re-creations of loca sancta in Germany, Tensions between two visual realities, Tensions between word and image, Art of the Holy Land

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityJerusalem
InstitutionHebrew University of Jerusalem
InstituteInstitute for European Studies
Homepageies.huji.ac.il

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Victor H. ElbernKunsthistorisches Institut (WE 2), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Rudolf PreimesbergerKunsthistorisches Institut (WE 2), Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Avinoam ShalemInstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Gerhard WolfMax-Planck-Institut Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz, Firenze
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/1983

Programme(s)

1983Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2007Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Kühnel is one of the leading international experts on Crusader art and on the role of Jerusalem for monotheistic religions. Her publications on the representation of the real and the heavenly Jerusalem were groundbreaking and have become standard references. During her stay in Germany, she will study the European tradition of conceiving Jerusalem. The results of her research project "Jerusalem in Europe" are expected to have a fundamental impact far beyond the boundaries of her academic field.

Publications (partial selection)

2003Bianca Kühnel: The End of Time in the Order of Things. Schnell + Steiner GmbH, 2003