Media Scientist Petra Löffler appointed

Dr. Petra Löffler has been appointed Professor of Theory and History of Contemporary Media at the Institute of Art and Visual Culture.

Prior to her appointment in Oldenburg she held a teaching position at the Humboldt University of Berlin and was a project leader in the Cluster of Excellence "Matters of Activity". Löffler studied German, art history and Slavic Studies at the University of Cologne, where she received her doctorate in 2003. After her studies she worked as a research assistant in the Collaborative Research Centre "Media and Cultural Communication" at the universities of Cologne, Bonn and Aachen and at the University of Regensburg.

In 2008, Löffler became a University Assistant at the University of Vienna, where she obtained her authorization to teach film and media studies in 2012. She has held various guest professorships and was a Senior Fellow in international Collaborative Research Centres at the Universities of Weimar and Lüneburg. Löffler's research interests include contemporary media practices in the sharing and migration of images, digital infrastructures and archives of the future