Saskia Quené

Saskia Quené is a researcher at the Institute of Art History within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Tübingen. She has held postdoctoral positions at Utrecht University and the University of California, Berkeley, and previously worked at institutions including the University of Bern and the Max-Planck-Institut in Florence.

• Current Role: Wissenschaftliche Assistentin, University of Tübingen (2023–present).
• Postdoctoral Fellowships: SNSF Postdoc.Mobility (2022–2024), University of Bern (2018–2021).

Her research explores pictorial space, time, and perspective, with a focus on artistic materials, techniques, and practices. She investigates global art historiography, medieval diagrams, and interdisciplinary intersections between art, music, and literature. Her work often bridges historical analysis with contemporary theoretical frameworks like Bildwissenschaft and knowledge history.

Notable scientific awards include the Willibald Sauerländer-Preis (2021), Hans-Janssen-Preis (2024), and Jan van Gelderprijs (2024). Her publications span monographs, book chapters, and journal articles, examining topics such as gold grounds in Renaissance art, musical notation in manuscripts, and medieval liminality in book design.