East Central European Art Histories and Austria

Julia Allerstorfer is an art historian, curator, and assistant professor at the Institute of History and Theory of Art at Katholische Privat-Universität Linz. Her teaching and research focus on contemporary art in Iran, modern art in Austria, artistic practices in the context of migration, postcolonialism and transculturality, global and entangled art history, and transdisciplinary approaches in art history with an emphasis on postcolonial theory.

Karolina Majewska-Güde is a researcher, art historian, and curator at the Institute of Art History at the University of Warsaw. From 2019 to 2021, she worked as an assistant professor at the Institute for the History and Theory of Art at Katholische Privat-Universität Linz and is currently leading a research project on collective artistic women's work under socialism at the University of Warsaw. She is involved in several international collaborative research projects that address the rewriting of the art history of East Central Europe from a transnational and feminist perspective.

Monika Leisch-Kiesl is a professor of art history and aesthetics at Katholische Privat-Universität Linz and a curator. She lives and works in Linz, Basel, and Krakow. Her recent projects include Tango Osobiste at Cricoteka Krakow (August 2022) and Tango Wielopole at Kantorówka Wielopole (April 2024).