Education

PhD in Art History, University of Vienna, 2019

Magister (MA) in Art History, University of Vienna, 2010

Blog Posts

    Publications

    Illuminations: Studies Presented to Lioba Theis, Vienna: Phoibos 2022 (edited with G. Fingarova und M. Mullett).

    A Theory of Byzantine Architecture for a Monumental Church by Louis Van Overstraeten (1818-1849), in: G. Fingarova, F. Gargova, & M. Mullett (eds.), Illuminations: Studies Presented to Lioba Theis, Vienna: Phoibos 2022, pp. 161-174.

    Situating Sephardi Spaces Between Vienna and the Balkans: An Introduction, in: The
    Leo Baeck Institute Year Book 67 (2022), ybac009,
    https://doi.org/10.1093/leobaeck/ybac009.

    The Impact of Choir and Organ on Synagogue Architecture. Preliminary Thoughts on the Role of Musical Performance in Balkan Sephardic Communities, in: L. James, O. Nicholson, & R. Scott (eds.), After the Text: Byzantine Enquiries in Honour of Margaret Mullett, London: Routledge 2021, pp. 328-350.

    Marcus Ehrenpreis in an International Context, in: Nordisk Judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies 32:2 (2021), pp. 88-90 (with M. Hultman).

    Remembering Sofia’s Romaniote Jewish Community, in: T. di Carpegna Falconieri, P. Savy, & L. Yawn (eds.), Middle Ages Without Borders: a Conversation on Medievalism / Medioevo senza frontiere: una conversazione sul medievalismo / Moyen Âge sans frontières: conversation sur le médiévalisme, Rome: Publication de l’École française de Rome 2021, https://doi.org/10.4000/books.efr.27800.

    Marcus Ehrenpreis and the Literary Circle Misal , in: R. Hansen-Kokoruš, & O. Terpitz (eds.), Jewish Literatures and Cultures in Southeastern Europe. Experiences, Positions, Memories, Wien: Böhlau 2021, pp. 47–62.

    The Central Synagogue of Sofia and the ‘Modernization’ of Sofia’s Jewry, in: R. Stojsavljević (ed.), Synagogues and Jewish Heritage in Southeastern Europe, Novi Sad: Archives of Vojvodina 2021, pp. 193-214.

    Appendixes: Introduction, in: M. Mullett, R. Ousterhout, & F. Gargova (eds.), The Holy Apostles: A Lost Monument, a Forgotten Project, and the Presentness of the Past, Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 2020, pp. 293-297.

    Appendixes A-J, in: M. Mullett, R. Ousterhout, & F. Gargova (eds.), The Holy Apostles: A Lost Monument, a Forgotten Project, and the Presentness of the Past, Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 2020, pp. 299-430.

    The Alhambra and the Dream of Sepharad, in: A. Varela Braga, & F. Giese (eds.), The Power of Symbols. The Alhambra in a Global Context, Bern 2018, pp. 141-156.

    Medievalism, Byzantinism, and Bulgarian Politics through the Archival Lens, in B. Bildhauer, & C. Jones (eds.), The Middle Ages in the Modern World, Oxford 2017, pp. 152-167.

    The Holy Apostles – Visualizing a Lost Monument: The Underwood Drawings from the Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 2015 (exhibition booklet with B. Daskas).

    The Meteora Icon of the Incredulity of Thomas Reconsidered, in: L. Theis, M. Mullett, M. Grünbart, G. Fingarova, & M. Savage (eds.), Female Founders in Byzantium and Beyond, Vienna 2013, pp. 369-381.

    Understanding Artifacts through Geographies – Perceiving Geographies through Artifacts, in: K. Kriz, W. Cartwright, & M. Kinberger (eds.), Understanding Different Geographies, Heidelberg 2013, pp. 67-78.

    DiFaB – A Databased Visual Archive of Byzantium and the Challenges of Indexing Historical Material Culture, in: K. Kriz, W. Cartwright, & L. Hurni, Mapping Different Geographies, Heidelberg 2010 (with S. Teetor, D. Terkl, U. Unterweger), pp. 201-217.

    Projects

    I am a postdoc researcher for the project “Synagogen-Gedenkbuch Hessen”

    Memberships

    Association for Jewish Studies
    Byzantine Studies Association of North America
    DArtHist
    Society of Architectural Historians
    Verband österreichischer Kunsthistorikerinnen und Kunsthistoriker

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