Peter J. Schneemann#
| Membership Number: | 3388 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MUSICOLOGY & ART HISTORY |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ikg.unibe.ch/content/institut/personal/prof_dr_peter_j_schneemann/index_ger.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2001 Chair, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art History, institute of Art History, Bern University, Bern, Switzerland
- 7-9/2008 Visiting Professor at NSCAD, Hallfax, Canada
- 10/2000 Venia docendi - Postdoctoral teaching qualification for Art History, Bern, Switzerland (Habilitiation: Von der Apologie zur Theoriebildung. Die Geschichtsschreibung des Abstrakten Expressionismus, Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2003)
- 1993 - 2001 Senior Assistant, Institute of Art History, Bern University, Switzerland
- 4/1993 Ph.D. in Art History, University of Glessen, Germany (Dissertation: Geschichte als VOrblld. Die Modelle der französischen Historienmalerei, 1747-1789, Berlin: Akademie Verlag 1994, summa cum laude)
- 10/1989 M.A. in Philosophy, German Language and Literature, university of Giessen, Germany, Professors: Odo Marquard, Gerhard Kurz (with distinction)
- 9/1988 M.A. in Art History, University of Essex, Colchester, England. Master Course: Art History and Theory/School of Comparative Studies, Professors: Micahel Podro, Thomas Puttfarken) (with distinction)
- 1884 - 1987 Studies in Art History, Philosophy, German Language and Literature, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- 18th Century
- Methodology
- Historiography of Abstract Expressionism
- Education and Formation of the Artist's Identity
- Artists’ Nomadism
- History of Art Perception in Modern and Contemporary Art
Honours and Awards
- 6-9/2011 Chercheur invité, Institut d'histoire de l’art (INHA), Paris, France
- 6-7/2009 visiting Senior Fellow, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, USA
- 7-9/2008 Visiting Professor NSCAD, Halifax, Canada
- 7-9/2005 Fellow, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
- 2002-2010 Travel grants on basis of academic excellence, Embassy of the United States, Bern, Switzerland
- 2001 "Art-Focus Award Senior" of the "Vereinigung der Kunsthistorikerinnen und Kunsthistoriker in der Schweiz" (VKKS) (Swiss Association of Art Historians)
- 1998-1999 Senior Fellow, Centre Allemand d'Histoire de I’Art, Paris, France
- 8-9/1998 Visiting Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA
- 1997 Scholarship of the Swiss American Cultural Exchange Council (SACEC)
- 7-10/1996 Travel Grant of the University of Bern (Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C., USA)
- 1992-1993 Fellow, German Academic Scholarship Program (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
