Elisabetta Scirocco

Elisabetta Scirocco is a researcher at the Bibliotheca Hertziana—Max Planck Institute for Art History, affiliated with the department directed by Prof. Tanja Michalsky since 2015. She holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Naples Federico II (2010) and has held academic positions at the Kunstgeschichtes Institut in Florence (2010–2015) and the University of Naples (2013–2014). Her research focuses on medieval and early modern art and architecture in Central and Southern Italy, with emphases on sacred spaces, funerary sculpture, and the impact of natural disasters on cultural heritage.

Education:

• PhD in Art History, University of Naples Federico II, 2010
• Studies in Italian Philology and Art History, University of Naples Federico II

Research Interests:

• Medieval Art and Architecture in Southern Italy
• Concepts of Sacred Space in Western Christianity
• Funerary Sculpture and Epigraphy
• Cultural Heritage Preservation and Post-Disaster Studies
• Applications of Digital Art History

Key Projects:

• "Concepts and Practices of Sacred Space in Medieval South Italy"
• "Naples and Natural Disasters: An Art Historical Disaster Research"
• Co-editor of Visualizing Complexities (2023) and From Words to Space (2023)

Collaborations:

• Grants from PRIN, DFG, and EU H2020 programs
• Contributions to interdisciplinary projects on medieval liturgical furnishings and disaster-affected cultural heritage

Labs/Teams: Active in the Michalsky Department and international collaborations on digital modeling and textual analysis.