Sigrid Ruby

Sigrid Ruby, Professor of Art History at the Justus Liebig University of Giessen, specializes in French Renaissance court art, post-1945 transatlantic art relations, and gendered visual culture. Her work bridges portraiture, ecological art, and security discourses.

• Born in 1968, she studied in Bonn, Frankfurt, and Cambridge (MA).
• Doctorate (1998) and Habilitation (2007) at Bonn University.
• Research assistant at Giessen (1998-2014) before ascending to professorships at Munich, Marburg, Saarland, Vienna, and Giessen (since 2016).

Research Interests include:

• French 16th-century court art and portraiture
• Gender dynamics in early modern domestic spaces
• Security as a cultural construct in art
• Ecological themes in contemporary art
• Historical intersections of architecture and modernity

Publication Trends reflect interdisciplinary work on household security, gendered spatial norms, and Surrealism's exile trajectories. Her recent articles explore domestic spaces, dream imagery, and Renaissance political symbols.

Projects:

• DFG-funded project on Surrealism revision through Kay Sage
• Subproject C03 of TRR138: 'The House as Security and Gender (In)Security'
• Exhibition 'Made in Hesse' on industrial heritage narratives
• Collaborative research on Hugo von Ritgen's architectural legacy

Affiliations:

• Editorial roles at Kunstform and sehepunkte
• Member of the Hessian Historical Commission, GCSC, and ZMI directorates
• Advisory Board for Giessen's Art in Public Spaces