Christina KOTT

Christina Kott is a lecturer in Languages at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University's Language Center, specializing in German language and civilization for non-specialists. She is affiliated with the Institut d'histoire du temps présent (IHTP) and the Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin.

• Doctoral research (EHESS/Free University Berlin) focused on German art preservation services in occupied Belgium and France during WWI
• Co-editor of key works on Kunstschutz operations and wartime heritage
• Current research explores transnational cultural transfers, European mediators, and 20th-century heritage policies

Her scholarly output reveals institutional frameworks of art protection in conflict zones, analyzing motivations behind German cultural policies in Belgium (1914-1924) versus strategic confiscation in France. Recent publications examine: militarized art protection (2021), Gerhard Bersu's cultural diplomacy (2022), and transnational museum history (2016). While not explicitly listing awards, her 2021-2022 publications demonstrate ongoing research productivity. Affiliated with multiple European institutions, she contributes to debates about wartime heritage management and its contemporary implications for cultural diplomacy.