Hubertus Kohle

Prof. Hubertus Kohle holds the Chair of Medieval and Modern Art History at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His research focuses on 18th-19th century art, Classical Modernism, media studies, and digital art history. He studied art history, philosophy, and related disciplines in Bonn, Paris, and Florence, earning a doctorate (1986) and habilitation (1996). He co-edits the journal sehepunkte since 2001 and authored seminal works on digital art history. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study in Münster, addressing cultural goods in digital transformation. His work pioneers digitization’s role in redefining art historical practices and museum futures.

Education:

• Studies in Art History, Philosophy, Romance Studies, History, and Urban Planning at Universities of Bonn, Paris, and Florence
• Doctorate (1986): Denis Diderot’s concept of art
• Habilitation (1996): Adolph Menzel’s Friedrichbilder

Research Interests: Bridging historical art studies with digital methodologies, emphasizing media theory, cultural heritage digitization, and the evolution of visual culture in modern societies. His recent works explore digital museums as adaptive memory institutions and computational approaches to image analysis.

Publications: Highlighting his leadership in digital art history, his books like Computer, Art and Art History (2003) and Digital Image Science (2013) establish frameworks for integrating technology into traditional art scholarship. His 2018 work Digital Museums critiques and reimagines museum infrastructure in the digital age.

Affiliations: Combines his professorship with senior fellow roles, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue on cultural access in digital contexts. No specific grants or advising data is provided in texts.

Labs/Teams: Active in the Centre for Advanced Study’s research group on cultural goods in digital transformation, collaborating on exhibitions like Re:Set: From Slide to Database and workshops on FAIR access ontologies.