Art and Culture cluster staff
Art and Culture cluster staff
An overview of the staff of cluster Art and Culture
prof. dr. Alec Badenoch
Endowed chair of transnational media , History of broadcasting, transnational media networks
![Alec Badenoch](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/6ea3451d-8dfb-44ca-aa9b-51600fa82542/Alec%20Badenoch.jpg)
dr. Angela Bartholomew
Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History, Production and presentation of contemporary art
![Angela Bartholomew](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/65a8931c-4b96-4727-b92d-110295c4ca07/Angela%20Bartholomew.jpeg)
dr. Jos ten Berge
Assistant professor of modern art history, Psychedelic art, 19th- and 20th-century European painting
![Jos ten Berge](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/7f600c61-257b-4f45-8478-f2d5486b0814/Jos%20ten%20Berge_1%20icpr%202022a.jpg)
dr. Ivo Blom
Assistant Professor of Comparative Arts and Media, Film history, film theory, intermediality
![Ivo Blom](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/96fcfa6a-ba87-47b0-a922-3545930db4e2/Ivo%20Blom.webp)
dr. Klazina Botke
Assistant Professor, Art Patronage in Florence and Early Modern Prints and Drawings
![Klazina Botke](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/88502bba-3d00-4a57-98a3-8aa9b572613e/klazina_botke.jpeg)
prof. dr. Gert-Jan Burgers
Professor, Heritage Studies, Mediterranean archaeology, critical heritage studies
dr. Iris Burgers
Assistant professor of architecture history, Contemporary architecture, Schiphol
![Iris Burgers](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/5691056e-bbb6-4403-8db1-9c736df99e12/Iris%20Burgers.jpeg)
dr. Javier Gimeno Martinez
Associate professor of design history and theory, Design culture, national identity
![Javier Martinez](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/10f39ad4-4178-47c9-87e2-3d5c2b45f32e/Javier%20Gimeno%20Martinez.jpeg)
dr. Imke van Hellemondt
Researcher, Architectural History, Environment and design, sustainability, Dutch landscape architecture
![dr. Imke van Hellemondt](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/672895c4-8d40-458b-b181-4bb431c223dc/Imke%20van%20Hellemondt.jpeg)
dr. Marek Jancovic
Assistant professor of media studies, Materialities of the moving image, film preservation practices, media and the environment
![Marek Jancovic](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/1fd70f4a-9117-4de2-8a86-4d0132f9453d/Marek%20Jancovic.jpg)
dr. Gaila Jehoel
External cooperation coordinator, Operations, 16th-century and early modern Dutch painting, art markets, connoisseurship
![Gaila Jehoel](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/a8de3561-888e-4492-98ba-39f2aeb3a12d/Gaila_Jehoel.jpg)
prof. dr. Katja Kwastek
Professor, Art History of the Modern Age, Contemporary art, media aesthetics
![Katja Kwastek](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/f57add8a-fee1-4ab2-8c5b-94425d3a4487/Katja%20Kwastek.jpeg)
prof. dr. Rob van der Laarse
Westerbork endowed chair of war and conflict heritage emeritus, Holocaust and genocide, war heritage, memory politics
![Rob van der Laarse](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/ddd038de-bbc1-453e-80b5-6fcb3650d03d/Rob%20van%20der%20Laarse.jpg)
prof. dr. Wayne Modest
Endowed chair of Material Culture and Critical Heritage Studies, Material and visual culture, histories of collecting, colonial heritage
![Wayne Modest](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/c75df79d-9e32-48fb-813b-128306457ad0/wayne-modest-19-3000px-2320x1340.jpg)
Joana Ozorio de Almeida Meroz
Assistant Professor, Heritage Studies, Design history, the environmental humanities, and public policy
![Joana Ozorio de Almeida Meroz](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/6a0407e9-e67e-4fb8-95ac-ec5e8d6656a7/Joana%20Ozorio%20de%20Almeida%20Meroz.jpg)
prof. dr. Freek Schmidt
Full Professor, Architectural History, Early modern and modern built environment
![Freek Schmidt](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/6d077798-775c-4f1d-9a83-9212a535cb85/Freek-Schmidt_tcm261-946451.png)
dr. Sebastian Scholz
Assistant professor of media studies, Media and STS, environmental media, surveillance
![Sebastian Scholz](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/bc3205c0-ebd9-4913-b706-440d0b8eed88/Sebastian%20Scholz.jpeg)
dr. Jane Tynan
Assistant Professor, Design History and Theory, Fashion Studies, Material Cultures of Militarism
![Jane Tynan](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/aefd3767-f147-4a34-b765-3a9544873fbc/Jane%20Tynan.jpeg)
dr. Ingrid Vermeulen
Associate professor of early modern art history, History of art collecting, early modern drawings and print and Western European art of the 18th century
![Ingrid Vermeulen](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/4ee0181d-77df-4698-a474-9127e5cf4622/Ingrid%20Vermeulen.jpeg)
prof. dr. Ginette Verstraete
Professor of Comparative Arts and Media, Media and cultural theory; mobility, space and place; media and cities
![Ginette Verstraete](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/793c02dc-f276-45b0-909a-b6e5b5827fdb/Ginette%20Verstraete.jpeg)
Minke Walda, MA
PhD Candidate, Architectural History, Architectural history, 17th-century Netherlands
![Minke Walda](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/3f69348b-0a5d-4a34-b529-63c6269fc187/Minke%20Walda.jpeg)
Klaas de Zwaan
Assistant professor of media studies , Media archaeology, cinema history
![Klaas de Zwaan](https://assets.vu.nl/d8b6f1f5-816c-005b-1dc1-e363dd7ce9a5/51a32272-75aa-4026-b5e0-ad94358e8119/klaas%20de%20zwaan.jpeg)