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Jolanda Saal is a Junior Fellow in the DFG-funded Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe (KFG) 33 "Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change" at the University of Münster, where she is pursuing doctoral research in Art History. She concurrently serves as Assistant to the Director of Kunsthalle Münster through October 2025.
Her academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and History (2016–2021) and dual Master of Arts degrees in the same disciplines (2021–2025), both from the University of Münster. Her master's thesis analyzed restitution practices in divided Germany using the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation as a case study.
Saal's research centers on museum studies, colonial heritage, and decolonization. Her dissertation examines state museums as negotiation arenas for colonial heritage during the 1970s, investigating tensions between institutional preservation and transnational decolonization. She also explores restitution politics, post-war German art institutions, and colonial representation in contemporary art.
Her publications and presentations reveal consistent engagement with ethical and political dimensions of cultural property. Key trends include historical analyses of German art associations, restitution debates in cultural policy, and colonialism's intersection with sculpture projects since 1977.
As part of KFG 33 (2023–2027), she contributes to interdisciplinary research on digital access to cultural goods, focusing on art historical, curatorial, and ethical frameworks. She is an active member of the German Association for Art History since November 2024.
