Jeffrey F. Hamburger

Jeffrey F. Hamburger is the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art & Culture at Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, within the Department of History of Art and Architecture. His research focuses on medieval art, particularly illuminated manuscripts, diagrams, and the interplay between art, mysticism, and theology. He has held visiting professorships at institutions such as the University of Zurich and the University of Fribourg. Prof. Hamburger has curated major exhibitions, including Krone und Schleier (2005), Imperial Splendor (2021), and contributed to collaborative projects like the Unter Druck exhibition series (2015–2016).

His academic achievements include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, NEH, and the Humboldt Foundation. He is a member of prestigious societies such as the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Recent scholarly contributions include work on Nicholas of Cusa's diagrams, medieval authorship practices, and the art of female monasticism. He delivered the 2022 Panizzi Lectures at the British Library on Diagrams in Medieval Art and Thought.

Prof. Hamburger's teaching spans the High Middle Ages to the Renaissance, emphasizing text-image relationships and the history of visual culture. He has advised numerous graduate students and contributes to editorial boards for journals like Umění/Art Journal and series such as Image—Text—Context.