Susanne Meurer

Susanne Meurer is a Senior Lecturer at the UWA Design School, specializing in Art History. Her work bridges archival research, printmaking analysis, and Renaissance/Baroque art historiography.

• Education: PhD from Warburg Institute, University of London
• Previous Roles: Visiting Fellow at Harvard's Houghton Library; Postdoctoral Fellow at Max-Planck Institute, Florence

Her research focuses on:

• Printmaking Techniques (e.g., Gute Ordnung by Johann Neudörffer)
• Cultural Impact of Prints in local/global contexts
• Renaissance Collections of artists’ lives and canon formation

Recent publications explore sixteenth-century Nuremberg woodcuts, calligraphy’s role in art historiography, and emotional histories in the Mediterranean. Grants highlight collaborations on Batavia Silverware and The Material Museum. Scientific awards include the Eleanor M. Garvey Fellowship and Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholarship. She supervises projects in Curatorial Studies and Renaissance Art, with a focus on German palaeography and archival methodologies.