Professor of Artistic Research
Amalia Barboza is professor of Artistic Research at the Institute of Fine Arts and Cultural Studies. She heads the Artistic Knowledge Practices department and the Bachelor Cultural Studies, which is run by the Linz University of Art in cooperation with the JKU Linz, the Catholic Private University of Linz and the Anton Bruckner Private University.
1972 Born in Buenos Aires Argentina
1977 Move to Spain
1990 – 1995 Study of Sociology, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, and Universität Konstanz, Germany; Study of visual arts, Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artísticos, Madrid;
1998 – 2003 Study of visual arts at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, with Eberhart Bosslet, Ulrike Grossarth and Lutz Dammbeck
2002 PhD thesis (sociology), TU Dresden, by Karl-Siegbert Rehberg
2004 – 2006 Postgraduate of visual arts, Hochschule für bildende Künste Dresden, by Eberhard Bosslet
1998 – 2005 Lecturer, Institut für Soziologie, Technische Universität Dresden
2005 – 2012 Lecturer of Sociology and member of the scientific staff, Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
2012 Temporary Professor of “Theories and Methods of Culture Studies”, Faculty of Philosophy, Saarland University, Saarbrücken Scholarships and Awards
1993 – 1994 Scholarship, Universität Konstanz, awarded by Erasmus
1996 – 1997 Scholarship, Universität Dresden, awarded by Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der TU Dresden
1998 – 2001 Scholarship, PhD thesis, Dresden, awarded by Sächsisches Landesstipendium für die Graduiertenförderung, Dresden
2004 Hegenbarth-Art Award, awarded by Stiftung ür Kunst und Kultur der Stadtsparkasse Dresden
2006 Art Award of the city of Dresden, awarded by Landeshauptstadt Dresden, as member of the artgroup ‘7.Stock’
1998 – 2005 Lecturer, Institut für Soziologie, Technische Universität Dresden
2005 – 2012 Research assistant in the department “History and Systematics of Social Science Theory Formation” in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
2013 – 2019 professor for “Theories and Methods of Cultural Studies” at Saarland University
Since 2019 professor for “Artistic Research” at the Artuniversity Linz
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