Prof. Dr. Matthias Bruhn

Matthias Bruhn is Professor of Art Studies and Media Theory at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design. He studied Art History and Philosophy in Hamburg (Dr. phil. 1997) where he also directed the research department »Political Iconography« at the Warburg Haus (until 2001).

After several fellowships and a position as coordinator of the World Heritage Studies programme at BTU Cottbus, he worked as a Permanent Research Associate at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and as Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence »Image Knowledge Gestaltung«.

His research focuses on scientific as well as political and economic functions of images, the development of visual media and comparative methods in Art History.