History of Architecture and Urban Planning from circa 1800 until today. Geographic focusses: Europe, Israel and the US
Architectural Theory and Spatial Sociology: Constructing Identity and Power in public spaces
Auratic concepts of architecture and space: processes of sacralization in modernity
Historiografies and mediation strategies und Historiografie
Preservation of monuments and cultures of memory
Research stays, erasmus+ mobilities
from - until research topic (Type of mobility - teaching or staff mobility), institution, place, country
01.05.1998 - 05.12.1998 Internship, Art Institute of Chicago, Architecture-Department, Chicago, USA
01.06.2000 -30.09.2000 3-months research grant, Minerva-Seed-Grant, Max-Planck-Society for for postgraduate research in Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel
01.06.2001 -30.09.2001 3-months dissertation grant, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for postgraduate research in Israel, Jerusalem, Israel
01.09.2006 -30.09.2006 1-month Postdoc Fellowship, United States Capitol Historical Society, Washington D.C., USA
01.06.2010 - 31.07.2010 2-months Senior Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
07.01.2014 -17.01.2014 Erasmus STA-Teaching Mobility: Tallinn, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estland
2021/22 (Winter term) Erasmus+ Staff mobility, Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Georgia
2022 (Summer term) Erasmus+ Staff mobility, Tbilisi State Academy of Art, Georgia
2023/24 (Winter term) Erasmus+ Staff mobility and Teaching, Faculty of Polytechnics, University of Donja Gorica (Podgorica), Montenegro
Externaly funded projects
from - until topic of the project, funding body, link
2004 Ph.D. Publishing Grant: Axel Springer Stiftung 5.000 Euro and Ludwig Siewers Stiftung 5.000 Euro
2008 Helvetian Curiosities. Perception and representation of Switzerland in art and cultural history since the 18th century, conference at Bern University, Department of Art History in cooperation with the Department Architecture of the ETH Zurich; Bern University Young Scholar Funding: 5.000 CHF
2011 American Dream. Ideologies and artistic manifestations in transnational perspectives, research colloquium in cooperation with the Dept. of American Studies, Jena University and Department of Postcolonial Studies: Bern University Young Scholar Funding: 5.000 CHF 5.000 CHF
2014 RaumKleider – „dressed for architecture“,international conference in cooperation with K. Kegler and N. Naehrig, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture, gta, ETH Zurich: gta ETH Zurich 4.500 CHF und Bern University Young Scholar Funding: 5.000 CHF 5.000 CHF
6/2014 – 12/2018 Holy Spaces in Modernity. Transformations and Architectural Manifestations: Research project in context of a SNFS-Professorship including 3 mid-faculty positions, Zurich University, Department of Art History, hereafter KU Linz: Swiss National Foundation SNFX 1,4 Mio CHF
2015 Auratic sites in modernity. On the performative character of public institutions, international conference in cooperation with Frank Schmitz, Hamburg University, Dept. of Art History: Zurich University Foundation 2500 CHF + SNFS 3200 CHF
2015 Habilitation Publishing Grant: VG Wort 8.500 Euro
2016 Workshop (Post)Nature / Natur(T)Räume, KU Linz, 1./2. Dezember 2016, SNFS-Funding.
2018 Raumkult - Kultraum. Architecture and Interior in (post)traditional communities, interdisciplinary conference, KU Linz: SNFS-Funding, , Günter-Rombold-Privatstiftung 2500 Euro.
2019 Publishing Grant conference papers «Raumkult – Kultraum». Günter-Rombold-Privatstiftung 2500 Euro and Bischöflicher Fonds zur Förderung der KU Linz 2560 Euro
