My second monographic book project Objectivity, Viewed Obliquely: Rethinking the Neue Sachlichkeit orbits the human subject, psychoanalysis and phenomenology in the era before sound film, and aims to rethink the often-maligned realism of interwar art. Aspects of that project have been published in October, and presented at invited talks at New York University's Deutsches Haus, Gothenburg University, Sweden, St. Andrews University, Scotland, and Concordia University, Canada, and supported by the Center for Advanced Study of the Visual Arts, National Gallery, Washington DC.
Biography
I earned my Ph.D. in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley, mentored by T.J. Clark, Anne Wagner, Martin Jay, and Anton Kaes. My intellectual commitments remain in critical aesthetics embedded in material analysis, feminism, cultural theory and intellectual history. I also hold an M.A. from the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art, where object-centered research was facilitated by extraordinary museum collections, and a B.A. in Political Economies from the University of California, Berkeley, with a specialization in international mass media. I spent a year studying political science and art history at the Université Lumière Lyon II. Before joining the academic staff at UCC in 2004, I worked at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., collaborating on the pathbreaking Dada exhibition of 2005 and assisting in the Department of Photographs.
My work, broadly speaking, lies in the intersections of subject formation and the aesthetic-material world of modernity. I have published widely on photography and photography theory, political photomontage, Dada tactics, artists' magazines and social intervention, and gender politics. My work has appeared in journals such as Oxford Art Journal, October, New German Critique, and Kritische Berichte, in major international exhibition catalogues and foundational texts on photography, and has been supported by the Social Science Research Council/Berlin Program, the Fulbright Foundation, DAAD, the Mellon Foundation, the Hans Arp Stiftung, Athena Swan, and the Center for Advanced Study of the Visual Arts. "Manufacturing Discontent: John Heartfield's Mass Medium" of 2009 was among the top three downloads on UCC's Open Research Archive for several years. https://cora.ucc.ie
My work, broadly speaking, lies in the intersections of subject formation and the aesthetic-material world of modernity. I have published widely on photography and photography theory, political photomontage, Dada tactics, artists' magazines and social intervention, and gender politics. My work has appeared in journals such as Oxford Art Journal, October, New German Critique, and Kritische Berichte, in major international exhibition catalogues and foundational texts on photography, and has been supported by the Social Science Research Council/Berlin Program, the Fulbright Foundation, DAAD, the Mellon Foundation, the Hans Arp Stiftung, Athena Swan, and the Center for Advanced Study of the Visual Arts. "Manufacturing Discontent: John Heartfield's Mass Medium" of 2009 was among the top three downloads on UCC's Open Research Archive for several years. https://cora.ucc.ie
I also serve as Contributing Writer for Source Magazine: Thinking Through Photography, a magazine of contemporary photography in Ireland and Britain.
My first monograph Revolutionary Beauty: The Radical Photomontages of John Heartfield (University of California Press, 2014) offers a groundbreaking study of Heartfield's pioneering AIZ montages, probing the intersections of affective pictures, radical politics and technologies of mass replication in interwar Europe. The book was lauded as foundational in a wide range of reviews including CAA Reviews: A Publication of the College Art Association, Oxford Art Journal, History of Photography, American Historical Review, German Studies Review, among others. A study of capitalism and democracy in crisis, the book traces the complex history of leftist photographic retort during the rise and consolidation of fascism in Europe, and implicitly sheds light on our own moment of economic destabilisation and technological immersion.
My first monograph Revolutionary Beauty: The Radical Photomontages of John Heartfield (University of California Press, 2014) offers a groundbreaking study of Heartfield's pioneering AIZ montages, probing the intersections of affective pictures, radical politics and technologies of mass replication in interwar Europe. The book was lauded as foundational in a wide range of reviews including CAA Reviews: A Publication of the College Art Association, Oxford Art Journal, History of Photography, American Historical Review, German Studies Review, among others. A study of capitalism and democracy in crisis, the book traces the complex history of leftist photographic retort during the rise and consolidation of fascism in Europe, and implicitly sheds light on our own moment of economic destabilisation and technological immersion.
My second monographic book project Objectivity, Viewed Obliquely: Rethinking the Neue Sachlichkeit orbits the human subject, psychoanalysis and phenomenology in the era before sound film, and aims to rethink the often-maligned realism of interwar art. Aspects of that project have been published in October, and presented at invited talks at New York University's Deutsches Haus, Gothenburg University, Sweden, St. Andrews University, Scotland, and Concordia University, Canada, and supported by the Center for Advanced Study of the Visual Arts, National Gallery, Washington DC.
I welcome Ph.D. proposals on modern and contemporary art that investigate aesthetics, politics and activism; gender and body politics; photography and photomontage. Current PhD projects that I am advising include feminist sculptural aesthetics in 1990s Ireland, the memorialization of Mother and Baby Homes, the phenomenology of exhibition design, and new media art.
Research Interests
My research focuses on the interpenetrations of art, materiality and politics, investigating the ways in which artists mobilize the qualities of specific media--photography, photomontage, collage, drawing, sculptural objects, painting, and the human body--to stage interventions and encourage cognitive shifts in the socio-political sphere. The dialogue between object and beholder is of particular interest, as is the specific historical matrix that gives rise to an aesthetic retort.
My research has been supported by the Fulbright Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, DAAD, and the Social Science Research Council.
Research Grants
| Project | Funding Body | Start Date | End Date | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions: Activist photomontage and photography in the modern era | ERASMUS | 10-JUL-23 | 14-JUL-23 | €1,075.00 | |
| An Archaeology of Machine Vision: The Technical Image in Systems Art | Irish Research Council | 01-SEP-22 | 01-OCT-26 | €82,500.00 | |
| Paul Mellon Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of Visual Art Washington DC | Mellon Foundation | 01-NOV-21 | 31-DEC-21 | €12,000.00 | |
| The Curated Encounter: Experiencing the Contemporary Art Exhibition. | Irish Research Council | 01-SEP-21 | 01-SEP-21 | €27,500.00 | |
| IRC"GOIPG/2015/2370 Sarah Kelleher"Dr S Kriebal [X] | Irish Research Council | 01-OCT-15 | 31-MAR-19 | €71,740.00 | |
| Stiftung Arp, Berlin: Arp Constructed: Photography and the Reproduction of Legacy | 01-JUN-18 | 31-JUL-18 | €2,400.00 | ||
| All Too Human: Rethinking the Neue Sachlichkeit/ Athena Swan Grant | 17-SEP-18 | 06-APR-18 | €5,000.00 | ||
| “The Traumatic Memory and Legacy of World War I in the Work of Otto Dix, 1914-1934” | Irish Research Council | 01-OCT-12 | 30-SEP-15 | €65,000.00 | |
| The antifascist montages of John Heartfield | Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies | 01-JAN-98 | 31-MAY-00 | €48,000.00 | |
| German Media Cultures | Fulbright IIE (US) | 01-JUN-04 | 01-AUG-04 | €8,000.00 | |
| John Heartfield, Radical Photomontage, and the Crisis of the European Left, 1929-1938 | Mellon Foundation | 01-SEP-97 | 30-MAY-97 | €24,000.00 | |
| German aesthetics and politics | Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) | 01-JUN-96 | 01-AUG-96 | €4,000.00 |
Publications
Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2014) | Revolutionary Beauty: John Heartfield's Radical Photomontages. Sabine T. Kriebel (2014) Revolutionary Beauty: John Heartfield's Radical Photomontages. U.S.A: University of California Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2022) | Bauhaus Effects in Art, Architecture and Design Sabine T. Kriebel, Kathleen James-Chakraborty (Ed.). (2022) Bauhaus Effects in Art, Architecture and Design New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2016) | Photography in Doubt Sabine Kriebel and Andrés Zervigón (Ed.). (2016) Photography in Doubt London: Routledge. [Details] |
Editorship
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2019) | “Is Photomontage Over?” Special Issue of History of Photography, volume 43, issue 2. Sabine Kriebel and Andrés Mario Zervigón (2019) “Is Photomontage Over?” Special Issue of History of Photography, volume 43, issue 2. Editorship [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | 'Florence Henri Composit/ion' Sabine T Kriebel (2023) 'Florence Henri Composit/ion'. Transbordeur photographie, (7):28-37 [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Florence Henri's Oblique' Sabine Kriebel (2020) 'Florence Henri's Oblique'. October, 172 :8-34 [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'Sparks of Discomfiture: On the Promise of Photomontage (or, Return to Suture)' Sabine Kriebel (2019) 'Sparks of Discomfiture: On the Promise of Photomontage (or, Return to Suture)'. History of Photography, [Details] | |
| (2017) | '“Nervenaufpeitschende Aufklärung!: Satire as Excess Affect'' Sabine Kriebel (2017) '“Nervenaufpeitschende Aufklärung!: Satire as Excess Affect''. Oxford German Studies, v 47, Satires of Dehumanisation (Number 1):92-105 [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Germaine Krull's Shadowplay' Sabine T. Kriebel (2017) 'Germaine Krull's Shadowplay'. Photoresearcher, (27):30-41 [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Touch, Absorption and Radical Politics in the Magazine' Sabine Kriebel (2012) 'Touch, Absorption and Radical Politics in the Magazine'. Kritische Berichte, 40 (4):21-31 [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Manufacturing Discontent: John Heartfield's Mass Medium' Sabine Kriebel (2009) 'Manufacturing Discontent: John Heartfield's Mass Medium'. New German Critique 107, 2 (107):53-88 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Photomontage in the Year 1932: John Heartfield and the National Socialists' Sabine Kriebel (2008) 'Photomontage in the Year 1932: John Heartfield and the National Socialists'. Oxford Art Journal, 31.1.2008 (31.1.2008):97-127 [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2022) | 'Bauhaus Effects: Florence Henri and Modernist Photography in Paris' Sabine T Kriebel (2022) 'Bauhaus Effects: Florence Henri and Modernist Photography in Paris' In: Kathleen James-Chakraborty and Sabine T. Kriebel (eds). Bauhaus Effects. New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2020) | '“Saving Face: Gisèle Freund’s Portraits of Walter Benjamin,”' Sabine Kriebel (2020) '“Saving Face: Gisèle Freund’s Portraits of Walter Benjamin,”' In: Thresholds: Interwar Lens Media Cultures. Germany: Walter Koenig. [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Photography's Histories' Sabine T. Kriebel (2020) 'Photography's Histories' In: Stephen Bull (eds). Companion to Photography. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Photomontage, Subjectivity and Modernity' Sabine Kriebel (2018) 'Photomontage, Subjectivity and Modernity' In: The New Berlin 1912-1932, Inga Rossi-Schrimpf, ed. Brussels: Royal Museums of Fine Arts Belgium. [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Montage as Meme: Learning from the Radical Avant-Gardes' Sabine T. Kriebel (2018) 'Montage as Meme: Learning from the Radical Avant-Gardes' In: Elizabeth Otto, Deborah Asher Barnstone (eds). Art and Resistance in Germany. UK: Bloomsbury. [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Sexology's Beholders' Sabine T. Kriebel (2017) 'Sexology's Beholders' In: Annette Timm, Michael Thomas-Taylor, Rainer Herrn (eds). Not Straight from Germany. USA: University of Michigan. [Details] | |
| (2015) | '“Verflechtungen: Angelika Hoerles Avantgardismus,”' Sabine Kriebel (2015) '“Verflechtungen: Angelika Hoerles Avantgardismus,”' In: Ina Boesch (eds). Die Dada: Wie Frauen Dada prägten. Zurich: Scheidegger & Spiess. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Chapter 35: Radical Left Magazines in Berlin' Sabine T. Kriebel (2013) 'Chapter 35: Radical Left Magazines in Berlin' In: Peter Brooker, et. al (eds). Modernist Magazines: A Critical and Cultural History. Volume 3: Europe 1880-1940. UK: Oxford University Press. [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'John Heartfields 1929 Selbstporträt' Sabine T. Kriebel (2009) 'John Heartfields 1929 Selbstporträt' In: John Heartfield: Zeitausschnitte. Fotomontagen 1918-1938. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz. [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Drawing Angelika Hoerle' Sabine T. Kriebel (2009) 'Drawing Angelika Hoerle' In: Angelika Hoerle: The Comet of Cologne Dada. Cologne, Germany: Walter König Verlag/Art Gallery of Ontario and Museum Ludwig Cologne. [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Art History: Using Photography as Weapon' Sabine T. Kriebel; (2007) 'Art History: Using Photography as Weapon' In: Visual Practices Across the University. Munich, Germany: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Conversations on Art: Stephen Bann' S.Kriebel James Elkins, Stephen Bann, Paul Hegarty, Margaret MacNamidhe; (2007) 'Conversations on Art: Stephen Bann' In: Ways Around Modernism. Routledge: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'The Art Seminar: Photography Theory' S.Kriebel James Elkins, Jan Baetens, Diarmuid Costello, Jonathan Friday, Margeret Iversen, Margaret Olin, Graham Smith, Joel Snyder; (2006) 'The Art Seminar: Photography Theory' In: Photography Theory. Routledge: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2006) | 'Theorizing Photography: A Short History' Kriebel, Sabine; (2006) 'Theorizing Photography: A Short History' In: Photography Theory. London: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Die Gestaltung der Ruine. Caspar Walter Rauh und die Nachkriegszeit' Kriebel, Sabine; (2005) 'Die Gestaltung der Ruine. Caspar Walter Rauh und die Nachkriegszeit' In: Caspar Walter Rauh. Schwierige Verzauberung. Germany: Bauman Verlag. [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Cologne Dada' Kriebel, Sabine T.; (2005) 'Cologne Dada' In: Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hanover, Cologne, New York, Paris. Germany: Distributed Art Publishers. [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Biographies of: Louis Aragon, Johannes Baader, Johannes Baargeld, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, Wieland Herzfelde, Hannah Höch, Angelika Hoerle, Heinrich Hoerle, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris' Sabine T. Kriebel; (2005) 'Biographies of: Louis Aragon, Johannes Baader, Johannes Baargeld, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, Wieland Herzfelde, Hannah Höch, Angelika Hoerle, Heinrich Hoerle, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris' In: Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, New York, Paris. Distributed Art Publishers: Distributed Art Publishers. [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Agitprop' S. Kriebel; (2005) 'Agitprop' In: Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography. Routledge: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (1995) | 'Antiquity as a Model (of Desire)' Sabine Kriebel; (1995) 'Antiquity as a Model (of Desire)' In: The Persistence of Classicism`. Clark Art Institute: Clark Art Institute. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2006) | Joseph Koerner: Last Experiences of Painting Elkins, James; Kriebel, Sabine; Stuhlmann, Andreas; Beug, Joachim; MacNamidhe, Margaret; Hoffmann, Gert; (2006) Conversations on Art: Joseph Leo Koerner . In: Elkins, James eds. Joseph Koerner: Last Experiences of Painting Univesity College Cork, , 24-MAY-06 - 25-MAY-06 , pp.*-* [Details] | |
| (2005) | Stephen Bann: Ways Around Modernism Elkins, James; Kriebel, Sabine; MacNamidhe, Margaret; (2005) Conversations on Art: Stephen Bann . In: Elkins, James eds. Stephen Bann: Ways Around Modernism University Collge Cork, , 27-MAY-05 - 28-MAY-05 , pp.*-* [Details] | |
| (2005) | Photography Theory Kriebel, Sabine; Elkins, James; Iversen, Margaret; Snyder, Joel; Friday, Jonathan; Olin, Margaret; Baetens, Jan, et. al.; (2005) A Roundtable on Photography Theory . In: Elkins, James eds. Photography Theory University College Cork, , 26-FEB-05 - 27-FEB-05 , pp.*-* [Details] |
Curated Exhibition
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2007) | Embodied Time: Embodied Time: Video Art, 1970-Present, Lewis Glucksman Gallery Cork. Sabine T Kriebel and René Zechlin (2007) Embodied Time: Embodied Time: Video Art, 1970-Present, Lewis Glucksman Gallery Cork. Curated Exhibition [Details] |
Invited Lectures
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | “Corban Walker: As Far As I Can See,” Crawford Art Gallery. Sabine Kriebel (2023) “Corban Walker: As Far As I Can See,” Crawford Art Gallery. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2023) | Art, Design, Empathy, Cork Decorative and Fine Arts Society. Sabine Kriebel (2023) Art, Design, Empathy, Cork Decorative and Fine Arts Society. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2022) | Expert Panel “documenta 15 and the Controversy over Anti-Semitism,” American Contemporary German Studies (AICG/Johns Hopkins University. Sabine T Kriebel (2022) Expert Panel “documenta 15 and the Controversy over Anti-Semitism,” American Contemporary German Studies (AICG/Johns Hopkins University. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2022) | “Aesthetics and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” MX2010 DEM2 Visual Culture of Medicine, Health, and Illness. Sabine Kriebel (2022) “Aesthetics and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” MX2010 DEM2 Visual Culture of Medicine, Health, and Illness. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2022) | “Photo-poeisis: reflections on light’s poetry,” public lecture, Roseanne Lynch: Semblance, Lavit Art Gallery. Sabine Kriebel (2022) “Photo-poeisis: reflections on light’s poetry,” public lecture, Roseanne Lynch: Semblance, Lavit Art Gallery. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2022) | “Flattened: Montage Under Pressure, Or, Paper’s Affects,” Avant-Garde Art on Paper in Europe 1905-1950, BePAPER Research Project, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium. Sabine T. Kriebel (2022) “Flattened: Montage Under Pressure, Or, Paper’s Affects,” Avant-Garde Art on Paper in Europe 1905-1950, BePAPER Research Project, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2022) | “From Heartfield to Memes,” National Sozialistisches Dokumentationzentrum (National Socialist Documentation Center) Munich. Sabine T Kriebel (2022) “From Heartfield to Memes,” National Sozialistisches Dokumentationzentrum (National Socialist Documentation Center) Munich. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2021) | “Propaganda Machines: Nazi Culture and Anti-Fascist Resistance,” New York University. Sabine Kriebel (2021) “Propaganda Machines: Nazi Culture and Anti-Fascist Resistance,” New York University. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2021) | Art and propaganda, Scripps College. Sabine Kriebel (2021) Art and propaganda, Scripps College. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2020) | John Heartfield From Montage to Meme, London Four Corners Gallery. Sabine Kriebel (2020) John Heartfield From Montage to Meme, London Four Corners Gallery. London: Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2019) | “Production/Reproduction: Photography at the Bauhaus,” National Gallery of Ireland. Sabine Kriebel (2019) “Production/Reproduction: Photography at the Bauhaus,” National Gallery of Ireland. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2019) | “Florence Henri,” Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Sabine Kriebel (2019) “Florence Henri,” Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2019) | “Florence Henri Oblique,” University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Sabine Kriebel (2019) “Florence Henri Oblique,” University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2019) | “Saving Face: The Portraits of Gisèle Freund,” Våland Academy/Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg Sweden. Sa (2019) “Saving Face: The Portraits of Gisèle Freund,” Våland Academy/Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg Sweden. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2017) | “Heartfield und Surrealismus,” Montage 16, Willi Münzenberg Forum, 7 December 2017. Sabine Kriebel (2017) “Heartfield und Surrealismus,” Montage 16, Willi Münzenberg Forum, 7 December 2017. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2017) | “obvious and enigmatic…also flowing backward: Reconsidering the Neue Sachlichkeit,” New York University, Deutsches Haus, 11 October 2017. Sabine Kriebel (2017) “obvious and enigmatic…also flowing backward: Reconsidering the Neue Sachlichkeit,” New York University, Deutsches Haus, 11 October 2017. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2017) | “Is Photomontage Over?” The Developing Room, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 12 October 2017. Sabine Kriebel (2017) “Is Photomontage Over?” The Developing Room, Rutgers University, New Jersey, 12 October 2017. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2016) | “Photomontage: From Cut-and-Paste to Mechanical Replication,” tēte, Berlin, Germany, 12 May 2016. Sabine Kriebel (2016) “Photomontage: From Cut-and-Paste to Mechanical Replication,” tēte, Berlin, Germany, 12 May 2016. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2015) | “The Impact of War on Modernism,” National Gallery of Ireland, 8 February 2015. Sabine Kriebel (2015) “The Impact of War on Modernism,” National Gallery of Ireland, 8 February 2015. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2015) | “Bild und Schrift – Fotomontagen,” Das Auge des Arbeiters, Stadtmuseum Dresden, Germany, 27 March. Sabine Kriebel (2015) “Bild und Schrift – Fotomontagen,” Das Auge des Arbeiters, Stadtmuseum Dresden, Germany, 27 March. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2015) | “Benütze Foto als Waffe!” Internationaler Willi Münzenberg Kongress, Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2015. Sabine Kriebel (2015) “Benütze Foto als Waffe!” Internationaler Willi Münzenberg Kongress, Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2015. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2015) | “Benütze Foto als Waffe!” Internationaler Willi Münzenberg Kongress, Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2015. Sabine Kriebel (2015) “Benütze Foto als Waffe!” Internationaler Willi Münzenberg Kongress, Berlin, Germany, 20 September 2015. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2014) | “Death’s Haunting Countenance: War’s Memory as Warning,” First World War and Avant-Garde Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 28 June 2014. (canceled due to parental illness). Sabine Kriebel (2014) “Death’s Haunting Countenance: War’s Memory as Warning,” First World War and Avant-Garde Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia, 28 June 2014. (canceled due to parental illness). Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2014) | “Otto Dix’s Photographic Imagination,” Neue Forschung zum Werk Otto Dix, University of Potsdam, Germany, 20 June 2014. (canceled due to parental illness). Sabine Kriebel (2014) “Otto Dix’s Photographic Imagination,” Neue Forschung zum Werk Otto Dix, University of Potsdam, Germany, 20 June 2014. (canceled due to parental illness). Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2013) | “World War I and Photography, Public Lecture, Friends of the Crawford, 22 March 2013. Sabine Kriebel (2013) “World War I and Photography, Public Lecture, Friends of the Crawford, 22 March 2013. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2013) | “Lachen Links,” Das politische (Ver)Lachen. Visuelle Satire, Ingelheim, Germany, 6 May 2013. Sabine Kriebel (2013) “Lachen Links,” Das politische (Ver)Lachen. Visuelle Satire, Ingelheim, Germany, 6 May 2013. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2018) | “Florence Henri’s Oblique Subjects,” Speaking of Photography, Concordia University, Canada. Sabine Kriebel (2018) “Florence Henri’s Oblique Subjects,” Speaking of Photography, Concordia University, Canada. Invited Lectures [Details] | |
| (2012) | “Left-Wing Laughter,” Department of Art, SUNY Stony Brook. Sabine Kriebel (2012) “Left-Wing Laughter,” Department of Art, SUNY Stony Brook. Invited Lectures [Details] |
Invited Seminars
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2011) | Revolution and Representation, Rice University, sponsored by DAAD and the Department of German. Sabine Kriebel (2011) Revolution and Representation, Rice University, sponsored by DAAD and the Department of German. Invited Seminars [Details] | |
| (2011) | Berlin-Moscow 1913-1933, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University. Sabine Kriebel (2011) Berlin-Moscow 1913-1933, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University. Invited Seminars [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2018) | CAA reviews: A Publication of the College Art Association: Louis Kaplan, Photography and Humour, (London: Reaktion Books, 2017). Sabine Kriebel (2018) CAA reviews: A Publication of the College Art Association: Louis Kaplan, Photography and Humour, (London: Reaktion Books, 2017). Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2013) | History of Photography, Volume 37, Issue 3, August 2013: Elizabeth Otto and Vanessa Rocco, eds., with a foreword by Linda Nochlin, The New Woman International: Representations in Photography and Film from the 1870s through the 1960s, (The University of Michigan Press and The University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor. Sabine Kriebel (2013) History of Photography, Volume 37, Issue 3, August 2013: Elizabeth Otto and Vanessa Rocco, eds., with a foreword by Linda Nochlin, The New Woman International: Representations in Photography and Film from the 1870s through the 1960s, (The University of Michigan Press and The University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor. Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2013) | CAA reviews: A Publication of the College Art Association: Sarah E. James, Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures across the Iron Curtain (Yale University Press, 2013); Daniel H. Magilow, The Photography of Crisis: The Photo Essays of Weimar Germany, (Penn State University Press, 2012). Sabine Kriebel (2013) CAA reviews: A Publication of the College Art Association: Sarah E. James, Common Ground: German Photographic Cultures across the Iron Curtain (Yale University Press, 2013); Daniel H. Magilow, The Photography of Crisis: The Photo Essays of Weimar Germany, (Penn State University Press, 2012). Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2011) | Gender & History, April 2011: Anton Kaes, Shellshock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009), Jana F. Bruns, Nazi Cinema’s New Women, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Sabine T. Kriebel (2011) Gender & History, April 2011: Anton Kaes, Shellshock Cinema: Weimar Culture and the Wounds of War, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009), Jana F. Bruns, Nazi Cinema’s New Women, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Gender and History: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2011) | Vu: The Story of a Magazine that Made an Era; Petite Histoire du magazine Vu. Sabine T. Kriebel (2011) Vu: The Story of a Magazine that Made an Era; Petite Histoire du magazine Vu. History of Photography: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2011) | Arbeiterfotografie International. Sabine Kriebel (2011) Arbeiterfotografie International. Germany: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2010) | Art History, 33/4/September 2010, pp. 727-730: Matthew Biro, The Dada Cyborg:Visions of the New Human in Weimar Berlin, (University of Minnesota Press, 2009) and Ruth Hemus, Dada’s Women, (Yale University Press, 2009). Sabine T. Kriebel (2010) Art History, 33/4/September 2010, pp. 727-730: Matthew Biro, The Dada Cyborg:Visions of the New Human in Weimar Berlin, (University of Minnesota Press, 2009) and Ruth Hemus, Dada’s Women, (Yale University Press, 2009). Art History: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] |
Podcast - Media
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2019) | “Bauhaus Effects,” interview with Des Fitzgerald on Artbeat, 103.2 DublinCity FM, 23 January 2019. Podcast Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dcfm-1032/artbeat-23rd-january-2019. Sabine Kriebel (2019) “Bauhaus Effects,” interview with Des Fitzgerald on Artbeat, 103.2 DublinCity FM, 23 January 2019. Podcast Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dcfm-1032/artbeat-23rd-january-2019. Podcast - Media [Details] | |
| (2015) | Podcast at: https://soundcloud.com/ngireland/the-impact-of-war-and-conflict-on-modernism-with-dr-sabine-kriebel-ucc. Sabine Kriebel (2015) Podcast at: https://soundcloud.com/ngireland/the-impact-of-war-and-conflict-on-modernism-with-dr-sabine-kriebel-ucc. Podcast - Media [Details] |
Invited Review Articles
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | Anne Collier: Eye, at Lismore Castle Arts, Source: Thinking Through Photography. Sabine Kriebel (2023) Anne Collier: Eye, at Lismore Castle Arts, Source: Thinking Through Photography. Belfast: Invited Review Articles [Details] | |
| (2022) | “Saturation: The Everyday Transformed,” Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Source: Thinking Through Photography. Sabine Kriebel (2022) “Saturation: The Everyday Transformed,” Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Source: Thinking Through Photography. Invited Review Articles [Details] | |
| (2020) | “John Heartfield: Photography Plus Dynamite,” Akademie der Künste Berlin, 2 June-2 August 2020, The Burlington Magazine. Sabine Kriebel (2020) “John Heartfield: Photography Plus Dynamite,” Akademie der Künste Berlin, 2 June-2 August 2020, The Burlington Magazine. Invited Review Articles [Details] | |
| (2019) | “Well Crafted Illusions: PhotoIreland Festival,” Source: Thinking Through Photography, Summer 2019, #098, 70-71. Sabine Kriebel (2019) “Well Crafted Illusions: PhotoIreland Festival,” Source: Thinking Through Photography, Summer 2019, #098, 70-71. Invited Review Articles [Details] | |
| (2013) | Meret Oppenheim Retrospective, Berliner Festspiele, Martin-Gropius Bau Berlin, 2013, Enclave Review, 10, 2013. Sabine Kriebel (2013) Meret Oppenheim Retrospective, Berliner Festspiele, Martin-Gropius Bau Berlin, 2013, Enclave Review, 10, 2013. Invited Review Articles [Details] | |
| (2010) | The Gaze Exposed, exhibition and catalogue review, Artefact (Irish Association of Art Historians), Issue 4, April 2010. Sabine (2010) The Gaze Exposed, exhibition and catalogue review, Artefact (Irish Association of Art Historians), Issue 4, April 2010. Invited Review Articles [Details] |
Encyclopedia Entries
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2013) | Berlin Dada, Photomontage, John Heartfield in Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Sabine T. Kriebel (2013) Berlin Dada, Photomontage, John Heartfield in Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Routledge. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
| Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | National University of Ireland Publication Grant | National University of Ireland | |
| 2013 | CACSSS Research Support Fund | UCC College of Arts Celtic Studies and Social Studies | |
| 2013 | CACSSS Research Publication Fund | UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences | |
| 2012 | CACSSS Research Support Fund | College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC | |
| 2010 | School of History Research Fund | University College Cork | |
| 2009 | CACSSS Research Publication Fund | University College Cork | |
| 2002 | Mellon Dissertation Year Fellowship | Mellon Foundation | |
| 1995 | UC Berkeley Chancellor's Humanities Fellowship | UC Berkeley | |
| 1993 | Full Scholarship, Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art | Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Art Association | Professional Organization, USA | / | |
| Photography Network | global network for photo historians | / | |
| German Studies Association | Member | / | |
| Association of Art Historians | Professional Organization, UK | / | |
| Historians of German and Central European Art | Professional Organization, USA | / | |
| Word and Image Studies | Professional Organization | / |
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2020) | “Abschied von der Fotomontage?” Akademie der Künste, Berlin, https://www.akademie-der-kuenste.eu/de/projekte/2020/heartfield/programm/Symposium/Einleitung.htm, Sabine Kriebel (2020) Invited talk. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], “Abschied von der Fotomontage?” Akademie der Künste, Berlin, https://www.akademie-der-kuenste.eu/de/projekte/2020/heartfield/programm/Symposium/Einleitung.htm, Berlin, Germamny . [Details] | |
| (2020) | Another Eye: Women Refugee Photographers in Britain after 1933, Sabine Kriebel (2020) Four Corners Gallery. [Chair Sessions at Symposia], Another Eye: Women Refugee Photographers in Britain after 1933, London . [Details] | |
| (2019) | Cities in Conflict, University College Cork, 17 June 2019, Sabine Kriebel (2019) Women and the Production of Space. [Chair Sessions at Symposia], Cities in Conflict, University College Cork, 17 June 2019, Cork . [Details] | |
| (2019) | Co-Organizer and Session Chair, “Bauhaus Effects,” international conference, collaborators: University College Dublin, National College of Art & Design, Goethe Institute, German Embassy, Sabine Kriebel (2019) Ireland's contribution to the international Bauhaus Centenary, Opened by the German Ambassador to Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Co-Organizer and Session Chair, “Bauhaus Effects,” international conference, collaborators: University College Dublin, National College of Art & Design, Goethe Institute, German Embassy, Dublin . [Details] | |
| (2019) | Co-Organizer and Moderator, “Design for Living: A Day of Conversation on Design and the Bauhaus,” Crawford Art Gallery, 10 February 2019, Sabine Kriebel (2019) Bauhaus/Cork Design. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Co-Organizer and Moderator, “Design for Living: A Day of Conversation on Design and the Bauhaus,” Crawford Art Gallery, 10 February 2019, Cork . [Details] | |
| (2018) | European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies, Sabine Kriebel (2018) “’obvious and enigmatic’: Psychoanalytic Realisms,”. [Oral Presentation], European Network for Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies, University of Münster, Germany, . [Details] | |
| (2017) | Photography at the Threshold: Experiments and Social Change, a collaboration between the Hasselblad Foundation and the Våland Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sabine Kriebel (2017) “Passing Through: Three Women Abduct the Face of Weimar Photography,” Photography at the Threshold: Experiments and Social Change, a collaboration between the Hasselblad Foundation and the Våland Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 21 November 2017. [Plenary Lecture], Photography at the Threshold: Experiments and Social Change, a collaboration between the Hasselblad Foundation and the Våland Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden . [Details] | |
| (2014) | Neue Forschung zum Werk Otto Dix, Sabine T. Kriebel (2014) “Otto Dix’s Photographic Imagination,”. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Neue Forschung zum Werk Otto Dix, University of Potsdam, Germany , 20-JUN-14 - 20-JUN-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | European Association ofModernists Conference, Sabine T. Kriebel (2014) “Insult, Regression, and Harmonic Totalities: Post-Dada as Anti-Dada?. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], European Association ofModernists Conference, Helsinki, Finland, , 30-AUG-14 - 31-AUG-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | First World War and Avant-Garde Art, Sabine T Kriebel (2014) Death’s Haunting Countenance: War’s Memory as Warning,”. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], First World War and Avant-Garde Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia , 28-JUN-14 - 29-JUN-14. [Details] | |
| (2013) | “Prophetic Mourning: John Heartfield's Antifascist Imaginary” University College Cork: War in the Visual Arts: An International, Interdisciplinary Conference, University College Cork/, Sabine Kriebel (2013) “Prophetic Mourning: John Heartfield's Antifascist Imaginary”. [Plenary Lecture], “Prophetic Mourning: John Heartfield's Antifascist Imaginary” University College Cork: War in the Visual Arts: An International, Interdisciplinary Conference, University College Cork/, Cork . [Details] | |
| (2013) | University College Cork: War in the Visual Arts: An International, Interdisciplinary Conference, Sabine T. Kriebel (2013) Plenary Lecture: Prophetic Mourning: John Heartfield's Antifascist Imaginary. [Plenary Lecture], University College Cork: War in the Visual Arts: An International, Interdisciplinary Conference, University College Cork/Crawford Art Gallery , 12-SEP-13 - 21-SEP-13. [Details] | |
| (2013) | College Art Association Annual Conference, Sabine T. Kriebel; Andres Mario Zervigon (2013) Co-chairs: Photography in Doubt, Parts I&II. [Conference Organising Committee Member], College Art Association Annual Conference, New York City, U.S.A , 13-FEB-13 - 16-FEB-13. [Details] | |
| (2013) | War in the Visual Arts, Sabine T. Kriebel (2013) Panel Chair: Documentary Photography and Reportage. [Other], War in the Visual Arts, University College Cork , 13-SEP-13 - 13-SEP-13. [Details] | |
| (2012) | University College Cork: Michelangelo Antonioni Centenary Workship, Sabine Kriebel, Matilde Nardelli (2012) Antonioni's Photographic Counter-Consciousness: A Response to Matilde Nardelli. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], University College Cork: Michelangelo Antonioni Centenary Workship, University College Cork , 24-JAN-12 - 24-JAN-12. [Details] | |
| (2012) | Princeton University: Objects of Affection: Towards a Materiology of Emotions, Sabine Kriebel (2012) Left-Wing Laughter: John Heartfield's Mischievous Communist Subject. [Oral Presentation], Princeton University: Objects of Affection: Towards a Materiology of Emotions, Princeton University; Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies; Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies , 04-MAY-12 - 06-MAY-12. [Details] | |
| (2012) | Lewis Glucksman Gallery: Developing Pictures. One day symposium exploring the conditions of photography, Sabine Kriebel, Caroline von Courten (2012) The Photograph as Object. Discussion between Sabine Kriebel, History of Art, University College Cork, and Caroline von Courten, Managing Editor, Foam Magazine, Amsterdam. [Invited Oral Presentation], Lewis Glucksman Gallery: Developing Pictures. One day symposium exploring the conditions of photography, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork , 25-FEB-12 - 25-FEB-12. [Details] | |
| (2012) | Onderzoekschool Kunstgechiedenis: Contemporary Art’s Confrontation with the Monstrous, Sabine T. Kriebel (2012) “The Political Grotesque: Repulsion and the Monstrous in Interwar Montage,”. [Oral Presentation], Onderzoekschool Kunstgechiedenis: Contemporary Art’s Confrontation with the Monstrous, Onderzoekschool Kunstgechiedenis, Amsterdam , 04-DEC-12 - 05-DEC-12. [Details] | |
| (2011) | National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh: August Sander and Weimar Germany, Sabine Kriebel (2011) Sander's Surfaces. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh: August Sander and Weimar Germany, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh , 13-MAY-11 - 13-MAY-11. [Details] | |
| (2010) | AAH Annual Conference, University of Glasgow: Dada and Surrealism in Play, Sabine Kriebel (2010) “Left-wing Humour, or, Heartfield’s Holy Hate,”. [Oral Presentation], AAH Annual Conference, University of Glasgow: Dada and Surrealism in Play, AAH Annual Conference, University of Glasgow , 16-APR-10 - 16-APR-10. [Details] | |
| (2010) | Kunsthochschule an der Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany: Künstlerzeitschriften und ihre visuellen Strategien, Sabine Kriebel (2010) “Disgust and the AIZ: How John Heartfield Mobilized Laughter (and Photography) as a Political Weapon”. [Oral Presentation], Kunsthochschule an der Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany: Künstlerzeitschriften und ihre visuellen Strategien, Kunsthochschule an der Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany , 10-DEC-10 - 13-JAN-12. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Art and the Memory of Revolution, 1789-1939, College Art Association Conference, Sabine Kriebel; (2009) The Revolutionary Future Anterior: John Heartfield¿s 1930s Photomontages. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Art and the Memory of Revolution, 1789-1939, College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA USA , 28-FEB-09 - 29-FEB-08. [Details] | |
| (2009) | University of Sussex: Modernism, Cultural Exchange, and Transnationality, Sabine Kriebel; (2009) The Second Conference of the Modernist Magazines Project. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], University of Sussex: Modernism, Cultural Exchange, and Transnationality, University of Sussex , 13-JUL-09 - 15-JUL-09. [Details] | |
| (2009) | John Heartfield und die Weimar Republik, Prof. Dr. Ursula Büttner (Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte, Hamburg); Dr. Andrés Zervigón (Rutgers University, New Jersey); Freya Mühlhaupt, Curator, Berlinische Galerie, Thomas Friedrich, Independent Scholar; (2009) Heartfields AIZ Montagen. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], John Heartfield und die Weimar Republik, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin , 18-JUN-09 - 18-JUN-09. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Word, Image and Censorship, 8th International Conference on Word and Image Studies: Efficacy / Efficacité, S.Kriebel; (2008) 'The more pictures they remove, the more visible becomes reality!' : John Heartfield and his Nazi Censors, Word and Image Conference. [Oral Presentation], Word, Image and Censorship, 8th International Conference on Word and Image Studies: Efficacy / Efficacité, Institut Nationale de l'Histoire de l'art, Paris, France , 07-JUL-08 - 11-JUL-08. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Real Things: Matter, Materiality, Representation 1880 to the Present, S.Kriebel; (2007) The Politics of Ruptures and Sutures: John Heartfield's 1930s Photomontages. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Real Things: Matter, Materiality, Representation 1880 to the Present, University of York, England , 07-JUL-07 - 07-JUL-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Making Audiences, Creating Readers, S.Kriebel; (2007) Stop Reading, Look! Revolutionizing the Viewer in 1930s Germany, Making Audiences, Creating Readers Conference. [Oral Presentation], Making Audiences, Creating Readers, University College Cork , 17-APR-07 - 17-APR-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Making Audiences, Creating Readers, Kriebel, SAbine; (2007) Panel Moderator. [Oral Presentation], Making Audiences, Creating Readers, University College Cork , 17-APR-07 - 30-DEC-99. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Real Things: Matter, Materiality, Representation 1880 to the Present,, Kriebel, Sabine; (2007) Panel Moderator: Photography, Language, and Philosophy. [Other], Real Things: Matter, Materiality, Representation 1880 to the Present,, University of York, England , 05-JUL-07 - 08-JUL-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Trockel's Beuys: A Troubled Inheritance, Association of Art Historians, S.Kriebel; (2007) Trockel's Beuys: A Troubled Inheritance, Association of Art Historians. [Oral Presentation], Trockel's Beuys: A Troubled Inheritance, Association of Art Historians, Belfast, Northern Ireland , 16-APR-07 - 16-APR-07. [Details] |
Committees
| Committee | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elected Member, Academic Council | Elected Member | 2021 / | |
| CACSSS Graduate Studies Committee | Member | 2019 / | |
| CACSSS Research and Innovation Committe | Member | 2018 / | |
| CACSSS Sabbatical Committee | Member of Board | 2015 / 2018 | |
| Board of Architectural Studies, CIT, Cork Centre for Architectural Education | Member | 2010 / | |
| School of History Executive Committee | Member | 2017 / | |
| School of History Research Committee | Member | 2017 / | |
| School of History Equality and Diversity Committee | Member | 2018 / | |
| School of History Graduate Studies Committee | Member | 2019 / 2020 | |
| Chair, GSC, History of Art | Chair | 2008 / | |
| Language and Cultural Studies Liason | member | 2005 / |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| University College Cork | Lecturer, History of Art | / | |
| National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. USA | Graduate Researcher | / | |
| University of California, Berkeley | Lecturer | / | |
| University of California, Berkeley | Graduate Student Instructor | / |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | University of California, Berkeley | PhD | History of Art | |
| 1995 | Williams College | Master of Arts | History of Art | |
| 1991 | University of California, Berkeley | BA | Political Economies of Industrial Societies |
Languages
| Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| French | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| Spanish | Functional | Functional | Functional |
Outreach Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
'Closing Tour. Corban Walker, As Far As I Can See,' public lecture, Crawford Art Gallery, 12.1.23 | |
Prints and Persuasion, Cork Printmakers, 19 May 2022 | |
Interview on John Heartfield’s photomontages, CRY104FM Community Radio Youghal, 12 May 2020. | |
“From Montage to Meme,” Four Corners Gallery, London, 23.1.2020 | |
'Print Culture in Interwar Europe' Cork Printmakers, 29.1.2020 | |
Co-Organizer and Moderator, “Design for Living: A Day of Conversation on Design and the Bauhaus,” Crawford Art Gallery, 10 February 2019. | |
“Bauhaus Effects,” interview with Des Fitzgerald on Artbeat, 103.2 DublinCity FM, 23 January 2019. Podcast Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dcfm-1032/artbeat-23rd-january-2019 | |
Moderator, Martino Stierli, Montage and Metropolis, Dublin Art Book Fair, 2.12. 2019. | |
“Production/Reproduction: Photography at the Bauhaus,” Public Talk, National Gallery of Ireland, 20.11.2019 | |
Exhibition Launch, Architecture/Structure, Pluck Projects, Boole Library, 31.1.2017 | |
'The Impact of War on Modernism,' Public Talk, National Gallery of Ireland, 8.2.15 | |
Public Lecture, Friends of the Crawford Gallery, "Photography and World War I" March 21 2014 | |
Exhibition Launch, Spectrum, Stefania Sapio, Boole Library, 15.4.2014 | |
Public Lecture: “Eileen Gray and Photographic Portraits of the 1920s,” Irish Museum of Modern Art, 22 November 2013 | |
'World War I and Photography,' Friends of the Crawford, Public Talk, 22.3.13 | |
Public Lecture, Friends of the Crawford, "What is Surrealism?" 29 November 2013 | |
Exhibition Opening Presentation, Cork City Council and Cork County Arts Exhibition Space, Cork County Library: Tristan Hutchinson, "Took Strength to Tackle Those Hills," February 7, 2013, 1:30 p.m. | |
Exhibition Opening, Lavit Gallery, Cork: "Graphic Studios, Dublin," June 2, 2011, 8:00 p.m. | |
Book Launch, Our Lady of Controversy: Alma Lopez’s Irreverent Apparition, Alma Lopez and Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Centre for Mexican Studies, University College Cork, June 24, 2011 |
Journal Activities
| Journal | Role | To / From | |
|---|---|---|---|
| History Of Photography | Editor | 01-NOV-14 - 01-NOV-17 | |
| Qui Parle | Editor | 01-JAN-96 - 01-SEP-99 | |
| Media History | Peer Reviewer | - | |
| Humanities | Peer Reviewer | - | |
| Art History | Peer Reviewer | - | |
| Modernism/Modernity | Peer Reviewer | - | |
| German Studies Review | Peer Reviewer | - |
Other Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Peer Manuscript Review, University of Chicago Press | |
Advisory Board, Swiss National Science Foundation, "Law, Politics, and Popular Visual Culture in Weimar Germany" 2022- | |
PhD External Examiner, Trinity College Dublin, 2019, 2022 | |
Advisory Board, Tomi Ungerer Acquisitions Strategy, UCC, 2014-2016 | |
External Assessor, BRAIN-BELSPO, Belgian Research Action, 2019 | |
Advisory Board, Immediations, Courtauld Institute, 2016- | |
PhD External Examiner, University of Amsterdam, 2019-2020 | |
External Assessor, European Commission, ERC Grant, 2019 | |
External Examiner, University of St. Andrews, History of Art Department, 2015-2020 | |
Peer Manuscript Review, MIT Press | |
Peer Manuscript Review, Stanford University Press | |
Peer Manuscript Review, University of Minnesota Press | |
Book Endorsement, Stanford University Press | |
Book Endorsement, University of Chicago Press | |
Peer Reviewer, Manchester University Press | |
Peer Reviewer, Routledge Press |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
My courses in modern and contemporary art, which have ranged from early twentieth century revolutionary aesthetics to new media art, intertwine visual representations and history, close formal analyses and theoretical approaches.
In my classes, as in my research, I employ an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates literature, film, intellectual and political history, gender studies, and critical theory. My aim is to place visual artifacts, be they fine art or popular culture, into a vivid dialogue with other cultural products, encouraging students to explore these deep-seated interrelationships. In my teaching as in my work, I insist that an image is a site of cultural and historical information in its own right, rather than permitting it to serve, as it often does, as an underprivileged accompaniment to text.
Recent Postgraduates
| Graduation Year | Student Name | Institution | Degree Type | Thesis Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ann Murray | University College Cork | PHD | The traumatic memory and legacy of World War I in the work of Otto Dix, 1914-1934 | |
| 2008 | Emma Rowe | University College Cork | MPhil: Mexican Muralism in the 1930: Beyond Revolution and the Pre-Columbian |
Research Information
Internal Collaborators
| Name | Institute | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ciara Chambers, Dr. Barry Monahan | UCC Film Studies | IRELAND | |
| Dr. Kylie Thomas | University College Cork/Radical Humanities Lab | IRELAND |
External Collaborators
| Name | Organisation / Institute | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICLO | Irish Circle of Lacanian Orientation | IRELAND | |
| BePaper Project | Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium | BELGIUM | |
| Bauhaus Centennial: Professor Kathleen James Chakraborty, Dr. Francis Halsall, Sarah Pierce | UCD, NCAD, NGI, Goethe Institute | IRELAND | |
| Photography at the Threshold: Experiments and Social Change | Hasselblad Foundation, University of Gothenburg | SWEDEN | |
| The Developing Room | Rutgers University | U.S.A. | |
| Professor Annette Timm, Professor Michael Taylor Thomas, Rainer Herrn | University of Calgary, Charité Berlin | CANADA | |
| Curatorial Team, Dada: Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, Zurich, Paris, New York | National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | U.S.A. | |
| Professor Ara Merjian | New York University | U.S.A. | |
| Professor Steffen Siegel | Folkwang University of the Arts | GERMANY | |
| Carla Mitchel | Four Corners Gallery | UNITED KINGDOM | |
| Kathleen James Chakraborty | University College Dublin | IRELAND | |
| Luke Gartlan | St Andrews University | SCOTLAND | |
| Deborah Lewer | University of Glasgow | SCOTLAND |
Contact details
- Sabine Tania Kriebel
- S.Kriebel@ucc.ie
- +353-21-490-3000
- Lecturer BA - BERKLEY, PHD - BERKLEY, MA - WILLIAMS COLLEGE
- 490-2124