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type: source
title: "CDFI: PD Dr. Gerrit Walczak Profile"
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created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
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# CDFI: PD Dr. Gerrit Walczak Profile

This source is a professional academic profile of PD Dr. Gerrit Walczak, documenting his tenure as a substitute professor at the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut (CDFI) and his broader academic career.

## Key Information
- **Role at CDFI:** Substitute professor for Prof. Dr. [[kilian-heck]] during the Winter Semester 2017/18 and Summer Semester 2018.
- **Current Affiliation:** Institute for Art Science and Historical Urbanism at TU Berlin.
- **Academic Background:** Habilitated at the University of Hamburg (2009) and TU Berlin (2014).

## Research Specializations
The profile outlines several core research areas:
- **Artist Migration:** Study of artistic transfer processes and the migration of artists between the 17th and 19th centuries.
- **French Revolution:** The intersection of art, politics, and public spheres during the French Revolution.
- **Portrait Miniatures:** The practices and cultural functions of the *Bildnisminiatur* (portrait miniature) from 1500–1900.
- **War and Media:** Analysis of war and image media from the 19th to the 21st century, including contemporary "video wars" and WikiLeaks.
- **Institutional History:** Research into art institutions, exhibition practices, and the public.

## Teaching Focus
Walczak's teaching expertise includes:
- French art (17th–19th century) and 17th-century Dutch painting.
- Art academies and exhibition systems.
- Practical seminars focusing on catalog and source work.

## Notable Publications
- *Artistische Wanderer: Die Künstler(e)migranten der Französischen Revolution* (2019).
- *Bürgerkünstler: Künstler, Staat und Öffentlichkeit im Paris der Aufklärung und Revolution* (2015).
- *Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun: Eine Künstlerin in der Emigration* (2004).
