Nathalie Dietschy

Nathalie Dietschy is an Assistant Professor with conditional pre-tenure (PTC) in the Art History Section at the Faculty of Arts, University of Lausanne (UNIL), a position she has held since August 1, 2020. She is a specialist in the contemporary period, with a research focus on the intersections of photography, religious symbolism, and digital media.

Her academic journey includes serving as a Senior FNS Researcher at UNIL, where she investigated the relationships between artist books, photography books, and digital technology. She completed her doctoral thesis, Christ in the Mirror of Contemporary Photography (1981–2011), in 2012, later publishing it as a richly illustrated monograph in 2016 and again in English as The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography (Reaktion Books, 2023). She is currently working on a new monograph exploring artists' books in the context of digital evolution.

Nathalie Dietschy’s research spans visual culture, contemporary religious imagery, and the material and digital transformations of photographic and artistic publishing. Her work bridges art historical analysis with media studies, particularly in how digital platforms reshape traditional forms of artistic documentation and dissemination.

The available texts do not list specific journal articles, but her publications indicate a consistent scholarly trajectory focused on the representation of Christ in modern visual culture and the evolving formats of artistic books in the digital age. These themes reflect broader interests in digital humanities, visual theology, and the sociology of art.

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Nathalie Dietschy has been actively involved in curatorial work, having curated or collaborated on exhibitions at the Swiss National Library, Le Locle Museum of Fine Arts, and the Alt+1000 Festival. She served as an associate curator at the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography (FEP) and contributed as an art critic for the RTS program "Culture au Point." There is no mention of doctoral or master’s students she may be advising. She is not described as part-time, retired, or former staff, and no grants are explicitly referenced.

She is embedded in a vibrant research environment at UNIL, particularly within the Art History Section, which supports interdisciplinary projects in visual studies and contemporary cultural production. Her ongoing monograph project suggests a forward-looking engagement with digital transformations in artistic practice and scholarly communication.