Institut für Kunstgeschichte

Kunstgeschichte der Neuzeit

MSt Torben Hanhart

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent

Abteilung für Kunstgeschichte der Neuzeit

Religious visual culture in Early Modern Europe; esp. Italy, Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland
Sacred art and its entanglement with Gender History; esp. Masculinities
Political Iconography; esp. in relation to the Reformations
Gendered notions of gesture
Interplay of visual culture, music, and performance

Hanhart, Torben (2024). “Lament of the Hen. Matthew 23:37-39; Luke 13:34-35”, in: King’s College London / Quash, Ben (eds.). VCS. The Visual Commentary on Scripture. https://thevcs.org/lament-hen.
Assistant editor to: Rosenthal, Stephanie (ed.) (2019). Garten der irdischen Freuden. Garden of Earthly Delights. Exhib. Cat. Gropius Bau, Berlin. Milan: Silvana Editoriale.
Rosenthal, Stephanie & Hanhart, Torben (2019). “Garten der irdischen Freuden”, in: MuseumsJournal, (3), pp. 80-1.

Paper: “Pose und Geschlecht”, at: XX. Schweizer Nachwuchskolloquium für Kunstgeschichte, Université de Genève, Switzerland, 11/2023.
Paper: “Cum Matris Corde. Maternal Masculinities and Gendered Notions of Care in Early Modern Catholicism”, at: Age and Care, Universität Graz, Austria, 9/2023.
Public presentation of doctoral research project: “By the Breast of the Lord. God’s Maternal Gestures in 16th- and 17th-century Art”, at: Shop Talks, Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy, 6/2023.
Chair, panel: “Notes in Folds and Margins”, at: Marks of Music: Sound and Visualization in the Early Modern Period, Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy, 5/2023.
Chair, panel at: Aktivierung. Strategien der Inszenierung mobiler Kunstwerke in der hispanischen Welt der Frühen Neuzeit, Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy, 2/2023.
Paper: “A Maternal Godhead. Early Modern Images of the Trinity”, at: Perspectives on Early Modern Art, Universität Bern, Switzerland, 11/2022.
Paper: “Formen des Gartens”, at: Two Days of Earthly Delights, Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany, 7/2019.

Seminar: “Kunst und Bekenntnis — die Konfessionen der Frühen Neuzeit” (Art and the Confessions in the Early Modern Period), Spring Semester 2024, Universität Bern, Switzerland.
Seminar: “Kunst und Christentum in der Frühen Neuzeit” (Art and Christianity in the Early Modern Period), Winter Semester 2023/2024, Universität Bern, Switzerland.

Since 9/2021	Doctoral Candidate I History of Art Universität Bern, Switzerland Thesis: By the Breast of the Lord. Maternal Gestures of the Christian God in 16th- and 17th-century Art Supervision: Professor Dr. Urte Krass
10/2019—8/2020	Postgraduate Studies I History of Art and Visual Culture New College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Degree: Master of Studies (with distinction) Supervision: Professor Geraldine Johnson
10/2016—7/2018	Bachelor Studies I History of Art (Major), Theatre Studies and Musicology (Minor) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Academic Year 2017—2018	Visiting Student I History of Art, Classical and Byzantine Archaeology St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
10/2015—9/2019	Bachelor Studies I Theatre Studies Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
10/2014—9/2015	Law School Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany

Since 9/2023	Walter Benjamin Kolleg, Universität Bern, Switzerland Pre-doctoral fellow, Graduate School, Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
9/2021—8/2023	Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy Scherbarth Fellow (pre-doctoral researcher)
9/2018—8/2019 5—9/2017	Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany Curatorial fellow, exhibition: “Garden of Earthly Delights” (7—12/2019) Freelance assistance to director Stephanie Rosenthal
2015—2017	Internships Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, United Kingdom (3—4/2017) Munich Re Corporate Art Collection, Munich, Germany (6—11/2016) Galerie Klüser, Munich, Germany (3—4/2016) Residenztheater, Munich Germany (7—10/2015)
10/2014—7/2016	BAG Spielmobile e.V., Munich, Germany Workshops and education seminars for volunteers in the “FSJ Kultur” (voluntary cultural community service)
9/2013—8/2014	Staatstheater Nürnberg, Germany “FSJ Kultur” Volunteer (voluntary cultural community service), Dramaturgy Opera

9/2021—8/2023	Ruth & Arthur Scherbarth Stiftung, Bern, Switzerland Pre-doctoral fellowship; Bibliotheca Hertziana –– Max Planck Institute for Art History, Rome, Italy
10/2020—3/2021	Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn, Germany “Exposé-Stipendium” (grant to prepare a doctoral research project)
2014—2020	Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Bonn, Germany Study grant
10/2019—7/2020	Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Bonn, Germany Study abroad grant
3/2017—4/2017	Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales, Munich, Germany Internship abroad grant; Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, United Kingdom