Dr. Carolin Ott
Carolin Ott studied Art History, Classical Archeology, and Italian Literature in Berlin and Bologna. She was a Research Associate at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz and spent several years in various functions for the Berlin office of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities.
In 2017 she joined »Image Knowledge Gestaltung« as a Consultant to the Scientific Manager and took increasingly over internal communication tasks and the coordination of the Cluster's final conference.
At »Matters of Activity«, she has been responsible for science communication since April 2019 together with Antje Nestler and takes care of events, public relations, public image, and press.
carolin.ott [at] hu-berlin.de
Cluster of Excellence
»Matters of Activity«
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sophienstr. 22a
10178 Berlin
Art and Science Collaborations
Monographs & Books
Ott, C. 2023. Georg Schweigger (1613–1690): Das Werk des Nürnberger Bildhauers im Spiegel der Dürer-Rezeption des 16.–20. Jahrhunderts. Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net-ART-Books.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.1159
Wuttke, U., Ott, C., Adrian, D., Worthington, S. 2017. AGATE: Concept for a European Academies Internet Gateway for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.806179
Articles in Edited Volumes
Ott, C. 2019. »Der liegende weibliche Akt. Ein auffällig beliebtes Motiv unter den Braunschweiger Werken aus Stein und seine möglichen Hintergründe.« In Werke aus Stein und Gips, edited by Luckhardt, J., Luchterhandt, M., Warncke, C.-P., Grein, K. Sammlungskataloge des Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museums, 21. Dresden: Sandstein Verlag, 57-73.
Ott, C. 2015. »Georg Schweigger – Medailleur? Voraussetzungen und Wirkung der Porträtmedaillons des Nürnberger Bildhauers.« Akten der gleichnamigen Tagung 2011 an der Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. In Le arti a dialogo. Medaglie e medaglisti tra Quattro e Settecento, edited by Simonato, Lucia Collana: Seminari e Convegni. Pisa: Edizioni della Normale Superiore di Pisa, 213-230.
Ott, C., Schäfer-Arnold, S. 2012. »Antike(s) für Deutschland – Antiquarische Aspekte in der 'Teutschen Academie'.« In Unter Minervas Schutz - Bildung durch Kunst in Joachim von Sandrarts ‚Teutscher Academie‘, edited by Schreurs, A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 191-196.
Ott, C. 2012. »»nach den Regeln unserer Studie inventirt« - Zu Sandrarts Umgang mit graphischen Vorlagen und ihren Autoren.« In Unter Minervas Schutz - Bildung durch Kunst in Joachim von Sandrarts ‚Teutscher Academie‘, edited by Schreurs, Anna Wiesbaden: Harassowitz, 87-98.
Exhibitions
Schreurs, A. (Project Leader), Kleinbeck, J. (Curator), Posselt, C. (Curator), Ott, C. (Curator), Schäfer-Arnold, S. (Curator) Unter Minervas Schutz - Bildung durch Kunst in Joachim von Sandrarts 'Teutscher Academie'. Exhibition. Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz. Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. 2 September 2012 - 24 February 2013.
Talks & Presentations
Ott, C. AGATE Service and Information Hub – Community and User Involvement. Talk at the 2. AGATE-Workshop der Akademienunion »Open – Connective – Sustainable, AGATE: A Community Driven Digital Infrastructure for SSH Research(ers) at the European Academies«, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wisenschaften, Berlin. 16 January 2017.
Wuttke, U., Adrian, D., Ott, C. AGATE – European Academies Internet Gateway: Konzept für eine digitale Infrastruktur für die geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschungsvorhaben der europäischen Wissenschaftsakademien. Poster presentation at the Conference »Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum« 2017, Bern. Hybrid. 16 February 2017.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3684825
Ott, C. Georg Schweiggers Kleinplastik und ihr Verhältnis zur Druckgraphik von Albrecht Dürer. Poster presentation at the 33. Internationaler Kunsthistoriker-Kongress CIHA, Postgraduierten-Programm. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg. 17 July 2012.
Ott, C. Georg Schweigger, medaglista? Fonti figurativi e fortuna visiva dei medaglioni con ritratti fusi dallo scultore norimberghese. Talk at the Le arti a dialogo – medaglie e medaglisti tra Quattro e Settecento, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa. Scuola Normale Superiore. 2 December 2011.
Events & Workshops
Nestler, A., Ott, C., Wegener, F. (organizers), with contributions by Akbal, Z., Almpani-Lekka, D., Beyer, B., Dierichs, K., Eder, M., Farmer, J., Fekonja, L., Krauthauen, K., Miodragović, N., Queisner, M., Rodrigues, L., Singer, N., Stein, C, Winkler, C. Open Space – Active Matter on Stage. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Berlin. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 8 November 2023 - 9 November 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/11681/open-space-active-matter-on-stage
Menges, A. (lecturer), Dierichs, K., Ott, C. (organizers). Talking Matters: Computational Material Culture in Architecture. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 12 July 2022.
Dörfler, K., Rust, R. (lecturers), Dierichs, K., Ott, C. (organizers). Talking Matters: Human-in-the-Loop – How Human-Machine Collaboration Could Shape the Future of Digital Design and Fabrication. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 18 May 2021.