SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
Bénédicte Savoy is Professor for Modern Art History at the TU Berlin and holds the International Chair for “Cultural History of Artistic Heritage in Europe, 18th – 20th Century” at the Collège de France in Paris. She is an internationally leading historian specializing in the translocation of cultural assets, the transfer of art and culture and the history of museums and collecting. For her contributions to these fields she received the highly coveted Leibniz Prize from the DFG in 2016. This award recognizes PI Savoy’s research into the emergence of public museums in Germany as an undertaking of political and historical significance. She is a leading voice in the current public debates on the history of collecting under imperial and colonial circumstances and issues of restitution.
Selected Publications:
1. Savoy, B. Die Provenienz der Kultur. Von der Trauer des Verlusts zum universalen Mensch-heitserbe. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz Berlin, 2018. [in print]*
2. Savoy, B. and C. Kott, ed. Mars & Museum. Europäische Museen im Ersten Weltkrieg. Köln: Böhlau, 2016.
3. Savoy, B., Bernau, N. and H. D. Nägelke, eds. Museumsvisionen. Der Wettbewerb zur Erweiterung der Berliner Museumsinsel 1883/84. Kiel: Ludwig, 2015.
4. Savoy, B. Vom Faustkeil zur Handgranate. Filmpropaganda für die Berliner Museen 1934-1939. Köln: Böhlau, 2014.
5. Savoy, B. and A. Meyer, eds. The Museum is open. Towards a transnational history of museums 1750-1940. München: De Gruyter, 2014.
6. Savoy, B. and P. Sissis, eds. Die Berliner Museumsinsel. Impressionen internationaler Be-sucher 1830-1990. Vienna/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau 2013.
7. Savoy, B. Kunstraub. Napoleons Konfiszierungen in Deutschland und die europäischen Folgen. Wien: Böhlau, 2010.
8. Savoy, B. Tempel der Kunst. Die Entstehung des öffentlichen Museums in Deutschland 1701-1815. Mainz: Böhlau, 2006.
9. Savoy, B., trans. Bertina, Mona Lisa in Bangoulap. Die Fabel vom Weltmuseum. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2016.
10. Savoy, B. “Plunder, Restitution, Emotion and the Weight of Archives: A Historical Approach.” In Echoes of Exile. Moscow Archives and the Arts in Paris 1933-1945, edited by I. Rotermund-Reynard, 27-44. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015.