Jeffrey F. Hamburger

Jeffrey F. Hamburger, born in 1957, serves as the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture at Harvard University, where he has taught since 2000. After completing his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Yale University, he held positions at Oberlin College and the University of Toronto before joining Harvard's faculty. His groundbreaking research focuses on medieval religious art, manuscript illumination, and the relationship between art, mysticism, and theology. His major works include "The Rothschild Canticles" (1990), "Nuns as Artists" (1997), and "The Visual and the Visionary" (1998), along with recent publications such as "Color in Cusanus" (2021) and "The Birth of the Author" (2021). His scholarly excellence has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Charles Rufus Morey Prize, the Jacques Barzun Prize, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He was elected to the Medieval Academy of America (2001), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009), and the American Philosophical Society (2010). His current work includes research on medieval diagrams, female monasticism, and the organization of major exhibitions showcasing medieval manuscripts