PhD Position: “Spaces of visualisation
Applications are welcomed for a PhD position to become part of the research team of the Emmy Noether group “Spaces of visualisation – topographies of knowledge. Early modern anatomical theatres between art, nature and science” at RUB. The project is led by Jun.-Prof. Christine Beese at the Department of Art History and is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The research project examines the role of anatomical theatres as built spaces in the formation of science as an independent realm and in the implementation of epistemological shifts in the early modern period. As spaces that crossed the borders between art, technology and science, and between sensual experience and rational examination, anatomical theatres are designed to reflect the negotiation and formation of scientific beliefs. As a building type that was established across various nations, they are particularly suitable for analysing the role of architecture in the visualization and implementation of science as a ta