Professor Dr. Christian Freigang
Department for Art History
Deputy Managing Director
Room A 292
14195 Berlin
Office hours
Please use the following e-Mail address in order to make an appointment with Prof. Freigang:
ab-freigang@geschkult.fu-berlin.de
Office hours during the 2016 summer term:
Mondays, 9.30 am to 11.30 am (please make an appointment)
Administrative office: Evelyn Smit
Room A 293
Tel.: +49-(30)-838-53800
Fax: +49-(30)-838-453810
E-mail: kunsthistorisches-institut@geschkult.fu-berlin.de
Office Hours:
Monday 11 am - 12.30 pm
Tuesday 11 am - 12.30 pm; 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
Wednesday 11 am - 12.30 pm
Research Assistants
Dr. Antje Fehrmann
Dr. Christine Beese (Substituted by Dr. Maxi Schreiber starting '16 summer term)
Student Assistant
Florian Abe
Final Papers
Colloquium Summer Term 2016
The dates for the colloquium in the 2016 summer term have been determined and are as follows:
April 29th
May 27th
June 26th
always from 4 pm - 6 pm in room A 124
Personal Profile
Studies in Art History, Classical Archaeology, Auxiliary Science of History and Library Science in Munich, Bonn and Berlin (FU), Doctorate in 1990 with the dissertation ‘Imitare ecclesias nobiles. Die Kathedralen von Narbonne, Toulouse und Rodez und die nordfranzösische Rayonnantgotik im Languedoc.‘
1987 – 1991 assistant, later Suppléant maître assistant for early history of architecture at the Ecole d’architecture at the University Genf, 1991 – 1999 research assistant at the Seminar for Art History of the University Göttingen, 1995 – 1997 leave of absence for a research stay in Paris (habilitation grants from the DFG and the Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris); 1999 Habilitation with the dissertation ‘Auguste Perret, die Architekturdebatte und die ‘konservative Revolution’ in Frankreich, 1900-1930.’ 1999 – 2003 associate professor at the University Göttingen; 2001 – 2002 interim professor at the University Hannover and University Freiburg/Br. 2000/2001: Guest lecturer at the Centre Allemand d’Histoire De l’Art (subject of the study cycle: ‘Bauhaus in France’)
2003 – 2012 Professor of Art and Architecture History at the University Frankfurt
SUMMER TERM 2016
Prof. Freigang
- 13400 Basic Course
Basic Course Architecture (Christian Freigang)
Tues 2 pm - 4 pm (First Session: April 19th 2016)
Room A 127 (Koserstr. 20)
- 13405 Lecture
Gothic Architecture in France I (Christian Freigang)
Thur 12 pm - 2 pm (First: April 21st2016)
Hs B Hörsaal (Koserstr. 20) - 13440 Seminar
Branded Architecture and Signature Buildings (Christian Freigang)
Tues 10 am - 12 pm (First Session: April 19th 2016)
Room A 124 (Koserstr. 20) - 13442 Seminar
From Jerusalem via New York to Palmyra: Stations of Architecture Destruction (Christian Freigang)
Mon 2 pm - 4 pm (First Session: April 25th 2016)
Room A 121 (Koserstr. 20) - 13446Colloquium
Colloquium (Christian Freigang)
Fri 4 pm - 6 pm -
29.4.2016
27.5.2016
24.6.2016
Room A 124 (Koserstr. 20)
Main Focus
History of Medieval Architecture and Architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a main focus on Germany and France.
Architecture Theory and Perception, Art of the late Middle Ages, History of Art History.