URL for web site : http://www.kuk.tu

SAVOY, Bénédicte
French
22-05-1972
URL for web site : http://www.kuk.tu-berlin.de/menue/team/
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EDUCATION
2000
Ph.D. in German Studies (Summa Cum Laude), Université Paris 8. Supervisor: Prof.
Michel Espagne (CNRS Paris)
1996
Agrégation in German Studies (National Rank 1st)
1994
M.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in German Studies, Université Paris 8. Supervisor: Prof.
Jacques Le Rider
1993-95
Exchange student at the Departement of German Studies, Humboldt Universität Berlin.
1992-196
Student in the Department of Humanities, École Normale Supérieure (ENS),
Paris/Fontenay.
1992
Admission at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) of Paris/ Fontenay (National Rank 2)
1990-92
Preparatory Classes (Hypokhâgne and Khâgne) to the French "Grandes Ecoles" in
Humanities, Lycée Henri IV, Paris
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CURRENT POSITION(S)
2009-
Full professor (W3) at Department of Art History, Technische Universität, Berlin,
Germany
2003-09
Junior Professor at Department of Art History, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany
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PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2001-02
Research assistant at Centre Interdisciplinaire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur
l’Allemagne (CIERA/EHESS), Paris, France
1997-2001
Reaserach Assistent at Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin. Teaching at Department of Art
History, Freie Universität, Berlin
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FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2014
Opus Magnus Fellowship granted by the Volkswagen Foundation
2014
Prize for excellent teaching granted by the Society of Friends of the Technical
University Berlin
2013
Knight of the National Order of Merit (France)
2011
Richard Hamann Prize for Art History granted by Philipps Universität Marburg
(Germany)
2009
Walter-de-Gruyter-Prize, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
2007-12
Member of the "Young Academy" (Die Junge Akademie) at the Berlin Brandenburg
Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2003-
6 PostDocs / about 20 PhD-Students / about 40 Master Students
Department of Art History, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany
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TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2009 -
Full Professor– Departement of Art history, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany
2003-09
Junior Professor– Departement of Art history, Technische Universität, Berlin,
Germany
1999-2001
Teaching activity – Departement of Art history, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
1997-2001
Teaching activity – Departement of Roman Philology, Freie Universität, Berlin,
Germany
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CONFERENCES CONVENED
2014
Co-Organizer with Dr. Christina Kott (Paris) and Dr. Petra Winter (SMB, Berlin) of the
international conf. Mars & Museum. Museums during the First World War, funded by
the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), Bodemuseum, Berlin, Germany
2012
Co-organizer with Prof. Jacek Purchla of the Section 19 “Restitution” at Congress of the
International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA), Nürnberg, Germany
2012
Co-organizer with David Blankenstein, Dr. Ulrike Leitner and Dr. Ulrich Päßler of the
international conf. “Mein Zweites Vaterland…” – Alexander von Humboldt und
Frankreich” at Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW),
Berlin, Germany
2012
Co-Organizer with Dr. Andrea Meyer of the international conf. “Transnationale
Museumsgeschichte“, funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft),
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
2008
Co-organizer with Prof. Michel Espagne and Prof. Céline Trautmann-Waller of the
international conf. „Franz Kugler, deutscher Kunsthistoriker und Berliner Dichter” at
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW), Berlin, Germany
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EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2014
Les frères Humboldt. L’Europe de l’Esprit at Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France (with
David Blankenstein)
2010
Napoleon und Europa. Traum und Trauma at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal
Republic of Germany, Bonn, Germany (with Yann Potin)
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INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2013-
Advising professor (Vertrauensdozent) of the German National Academic Foundation
(Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
2009-
Member of the Faculty Committee, Faculty for Humanities, Technische Universität,
Berlin
2007-12
Department Head, Department of Art History, Technische Universität, Berlin
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COMMITTEES
2014-
Member of the Academic Advisory Board (wissenschaftlicher Beirat) of the
Germanisches Nationalmuseums (GNM), Nürnberg
2013-14
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (Fachbeirat) for the German Tentative List of
UNESCO-World Heritage Sites
2013-
Member of the Academic Advisory Board (wissenschaftlicher Beirat) of the Prussian
Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und
Gärten)
2012-
Member of the Board of Trustees (Stiftungsrat) of the Federal Cultural Foundation
(Kulturstiftung des Bundes)
Titular member of the German Commitee of CIHA Comité International d’Histoire de
l’Art
20122012-14
Supplementary Member of the SAW Procedure (Leibniz Competition) of Leibniz
Association
2008-9, 11-12 Elected Board member of "Young Academy" (Die Junge Akademie) at the Berlin
Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2009-
Member of the Classics Research Centre (Zentrum für Klassikforschung) at the
Foundation of Weimar Classics, Weimar, Germany
2003-
Member of the labex TransferS (ENS/Collège de France) Paris Sciences et Lettres
Research University