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type: entity
title: Dr. Michael Lissok
tags: [person, art-historian, architecture]
related: [kilian-heck, denkmalpflege, sepulkralkultur, pommerschen-landesmuseum-greifswald, kunstverein-art-sieben]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_kunstgeschichte_lehrstuehle_juniorprofessur_lehrstuhl_fue.md"]
---

# Dr. Michael Lissok

**Dr. Michael Lissok** is an art historian and former research associate (*wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter*) at the Chair of Art History under [[kilian-heck]] at the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut (CDFI), where he served from 1990 to 2024.

## Academic Focus
His research and teaching center on the architecture and theory of Europe from the late Middle Ages to the early Modern period. He is particularly noted for his work on:
- **Regional Architecture:** Documentation of church architecture, manor houses, and urban fortifications in Mecklenburg, Pomerania, and Brandenburg.
- **Sepulchral Art:** The study of [[sepulkralkultur]], specifically the grave monuments of the Pomeranian nobility and the reception of Egyptian forms in funerary art.
- **Modernism:** Research into "New Building" (*Neues Bauen*) and Bauhaus influences in Greifswald during the interwar period.
- **Caspar David Friedrich:** Archival research and guided tours focusing on the artist's spatial presence in Greifswald.

## Methodology
Lissok advocates for an [[interdisciplinary-art-history]] approach, combining art history with building archaeology and social history.

## Professional Roles
- **Board Member:** [[historische-kommission-fuer-pommern]], [[ag-fuer-pommersche-kirchengeschichte]], and [[kunstverein-art-sieben]].
- **Curator:** Has curated numerous exhibitions and contributed to catalogs for the [[pommerschen-landesmuseum-greifswald]].
