Alice Detjen

Dr. Alice Detjen is a Researcher at the Department of Art and Visual Media at Europa-Universität Flensburg since 2017. She holds a PhD in Art History from Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (2019), with a thesis on Victorian-era artists’ houses in England. Her academic journey includes an M.A. in Art History from Universität Hamburg (2008) and studies at the Universities of Tübingen and Hamburg (2000–2008). She was a scholarship holder at the DFG Research Training Group Practices of Subjectivation (2011–2014).

Her research focuses on art history, photography, and architecture, particularly exploring domestic spaces, 19th-century artistic practices, and contemporary urban transformations. Recent work includes analyses of Julia Margaret Cameron’s photographic techniques and their cultural contexts, as well as urbanism in North Macedonia. She actively engages in academic discourse through conferences and lectures, such as discussions on Turbo-Urbanism and Disneyfication in post-socialist societies. Her publications include a monograph and peer-reviewed articles on photography’s role in cultural and architectural history.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed, but her contributions to academic talks and publications highlight her scholarly engagement. She currently advises no formal students, and her role as a research assistant does not include grants mentioned in the provided texts.