How to Cite

Hinrichsen, Birte and Hubrich, Ann-Kathrin: Macht KSK(-Archiv)! Die Kunstgeschichte sammelt sich selbst, in Avrutina, Alexandra et al. (Eds.): VER – WANDLUNG – EN: Tagungsband anlässlich des 100. Kunsthistorischen Studierendenkongresses in München, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 2024, p. 71–88. https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.1096.c18709

Identifiers (Book)

ISBN 978-3-98501-116-2 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-98501-117-9 (Softcover)

Published

11/27/2024

Authors

Birte Hinrichsen, Ann-Kathrin Hubrich

Macht KSK(-Archiv)!

Die Kunstgeschichte sammelt sich selbst

Since 2010, the Archive for the Art History Student Congress (KSK), or KSK-Archive for short, is being established at the Department of Art History at the University of Hamburg, Germany. It collects all documents related to the congresses. Founded in 1969, the KSK is an important institution in art and cultural studies research in German-speaking countries. This text provides an insight into selected archival documents and the archive's heterogeneous holdings and, with topics such as its foundation, organisation and self- image, reveals a piece of academic history shaped by students The KSK-Archive is run on a voluntary basis and thrives on the commitment and submissions of those involved.

Birte Hinrichsen is an art historian and curator for contemporary art. Her research focuses on the material and cultural turn, gender and body debates as well as representations of nature in art and museums. After working at the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, she has been curator at the Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, since 2021. Currently she lives and works in
Hamburg and Osnabrück. She is co founder of the Hamburg Archive for the Art History Student Congress (KSK-Archive).

Ann-Kathrin Hubrich is an art historian and curator. Currently she works as a scientific researcher at the Hamburger Kunsthalle. She studied art history, Italian, political science and museum management in Hamburg and Genoa. In 2019, she completed her doctorate at the University of Hamburg's Department of Art History with her thesis on the equipment of Early Modern court rooms, for which she received the Lüneburg History Research Prize in 2020. As co-founder of the archive for the Art History Student Congress (KSK-Archive) at the Department of Art History at the University of Hamburg and a former board member of the Ulmer Verein, she is interested in the
political potential of visual art and art history.