معرفی
Katherine Reinhart is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge's Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), where she contributed to the AHRC-funded project Making Visible: The visual and graphic practices of the early Royal Society. Her research focuses on the intersection of visual culture and early modern scientific institutions, exploring how images served epistemic and political functions in knowledge production.
Education:
- B.A. in Art History and History of Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison
- M.A. in History of Science and Technology from Johns Hopkins University
- PhD in the History of Art from the University of Cambridge
Research interests include the visual practices of scientific academies (e.g., the Académie Royale des Sciences in Paris and the Royal Society), graphic skill, patronage structures, and the socio-political dimensions of early scientific imagery. She has expanded her doctoral work on 17th-century Parisian visual culture to analyze similar themes within the Royal Society context, emphasizing how images mediated scientific authority and institutional identity.
Professional Experience:
- Former role at CRASSH (Sep 2015 – Oct 2019)
- Museum work experience
Lab/Team Affiliation:
- Part of the Making Visible project team at CRASSH
