Theresa Georgen (born 1946) is a German
art historian
Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...
and retired professor.
Career
Born in
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
in 1946. Georgen studied art history and
archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
in
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
,
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...
, and London obtained her
doctorate
A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...
in 1976 in Vienna on the topic ''
Liber ad honorem Augusti
The ''Liber ad honorem Augusti sive de rebus Siculis'' ("Book in honour of the Emperor, or on Sicilian affairs"; also called ''Carmen de motibus Siculis'', "Poem on the Sicilian revolt") is an illustrated narrative epic in Latin elegiac couplets, ...
'' of
Petrus de Ebulo by
Otto Pächt
Otto Pächt (7 September 1902, Vienna - 17 April 1988, Vienna) was an Austrian art historian and one of the representatives of the second wave of the Vienna School of Art History. He mostly wrote on the medieval and Renaissance art of Europe. An ...
. After working as benevolent
curator
A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...
and lecturer at Darmstadt, Berlin and Bern art museums, she was appointed professor for art history at the
Fachhochschule Kiel
The Kiel University of Applied Sciences (German: ''Fachhochschule Kiel'') is a University of Applied Sciences, established in 1969. It is one of three public institutions of higher learning in Kiel, Germany.
It provides around 30 Bachelor‘s and ...
in 1986, and since 1994 at the
Muthesius Academy of Art
Muthesius Academy of Art (German: ''Muthesius Kunsthochschule'') is an art school and is located in the city of Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The school was named for architect Hermann Muthesius. The school was founded in 1907 as an Art ...
, where Georgen was prorectorin, from 1995 to 1999.
In 1993, Georgen was the founding director of the "Instituts für Frauenforschung (IGD)" at the Kiel University of Applied Science
Institute for Women's Studies (IGD)and from October 2000 to July 2004 she was the director of the "Forum for Interdisciplinary Studies" at the Muthesius Academy of Art. Georgen is a member of the jury of the
Körber Foundation
The Körber Foundation (German: ''Körber-Stiftung'') is a nonprofit organization, established in 1959 by German businessman Kurt A. Körber. It provides a platform to discuss present political topics and develops operational projects on social an ...
for the and member of the "
public art
Public art is art in any Media (arts), media whose form, function and meaning are created for the general public through a public process. It is a specific art genre with its own professional and critical discourse. Public art is visually and phy ...
" commission of the Prime Minister of the State of
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...
.
Her research interests are the body in modern art and the constructions of femininity in art. "Bühnen des Selbst" (2006) is dedicated to the special autobiographical positions of contemporary women artists.
Further reading
* Theresa Georgen, Carola Muysers: ''Bühnen des Selbst.'' Muthesius-Kunsthochschule, Kiel 2006, .
* Theresa Georgen, Ines Lindner, Silke Radenhausen: ''Ich bin nicht ich, wenn ich sehe.''
''Ich bin nicht ich, wenn ich sehe''
on WorldCat Reimer, Berlin 1991, .
* Theresa Georgen: ''Lotte Marx-Colsman. Künstlerische Arbeiten zwischen Bauhaus und Gegenwart.'' Benteli, Bern 1985, .
References
External links
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Women's studies academics
German art historians
Women art historians
1946 births
Living people
Writers from Mainz