Olaf Peters

Olaf Peters serves as Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg since 2006, specializing in art theory, the history of art history, and 20th-century German artistic production within political contexts.

His research critically examines art during the Third Reich and post-1945 European art discourse through the "Postwar Futures Europe 1945–65" framework, analyzing how artistic practices engaged with historical trauma and political reconstruction. Key thematic pillars include:

• Intersections of art, history, and power structures
• German art's evolution across totalitarian regimes
• Transnational dialogues in mid-20th century European art