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.
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
Lorenzstraße 15
76135 Karlsruhe
Monographs & Books
Bruhn M., Friedrich K., Kähny L., Queisner M. 2021. Adaptivität. Begriffe des digitalen Bildes. Hildesheim; München: Georg Olms Verlag; Universitätsbibliothek der LMU.
https://doi.org/10.5282/ubm/epub.76331
Edited Volumes & Exhibition Catalogues
Bruhn, M. ed. 2021. Kältebilder. Ästhetik und Erkenntnis am Gefrierpunkt. Edited by Müller-Helle, K., Blümle, C., Bredekamp, H., Bruhn, M. Bildwelten des Wissens 17. Berlin: De Gruyter.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110746952/html?lang=de
Articles
Picht, T., Calvé, M. L., Tomasello, R., Fekonja, L., Gholami, M. F., Bruhn, M., Zwick, C., Rabe, J. P., Müller-Birn, C., Vajkoczy, P., Sauer, I. M., Zachow, S., Nyakatura, J. A., Ribault, P., Pulvermüller, F. 2021. »Letter: A Note on Neurosurgical Resection and Why We Need to Rethink Cutting.« Neurosurgery. E289–E291.
https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyab326
External Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships & Residencies
Bruhn, M. 2019. Adaptive Bilder. Technik und Ästhetik situativer Bildgebung. DFG, DFG project funding, SPP 2172: Das digitale Bild.