Prof. Dr. Viktoria Tkaczyk, science and media historian in the Department of Media Studies at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and member of the Zentrum für Kulturtechnik, was awarded the Caroline von Humboldt Professorship in early December. The endowed professorship comes with one year of project funding in the amount of €80,000.

Viktoria Tkaczyk teaches and conducts research as professor of media and knowledge on technologies and knowledge techniques of the early modern and modern periods. She is the head oft he DFG project “Raw Materials of the Humanities: Material Provenances of Research Media” and is currently part of the teaching faculty of the International Max Planck Research School Knowledge and Resources.

We warmly congratulate ZfK member Viktoria Tkaczyk on this success!

Further information on the award and ceremony can be can be found under “Latest News” on the HU website.
For more insights into her research and teaching, please visit the Media Studies website.