Prof. Dr. Bissera Pentcheva

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGreek and Latin Philology,Art History
KeywordsIcons, Sensory perception, Visuality, Phenomenology of Byzantine icons, Image theory, medieval

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityPalo Alto
InstitutionStanford University
InstituteDepartment of Art and Art History

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Albrecht BergerInstitut für Byzantinistik, Byzantinische Kunstgeschichte und Neogräzistik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Prof. Dr. Gerhard WolfMax-Planck-Institut Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz, Firenze
Prof. Dr. Avinoam ShalemInstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2006

Programme(s)

2005Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2010Bissera Pentcheva: The Sensual Icon: Space, Ritual, and the Senses in Byzantium. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010
2007Bissera Pentcheva: Containers of Power: Eunuchs and Reliquaries in Byzantium. In: Res. Journal of Anthropology and Aesthetics, 2007, 109-120
2006Bissera V. Pentcheva: Icons and Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium . Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006
2006Bissera Pentcheva: The Performative Icon. In: The Art Bulletin , 2006, 631-655