Mirjam Brusius

Mirjam Brusius holds a Masters in Art History from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and a Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge. Her main research areas include the history of museums, collecting, and visual representation in nineteenth-century Europe and the Middle East. She is currently working on a book project concerning the meaning of Middle Eastern archaeological objects during the transition period on their way to Europe when the finds seemed to have "no status." The project investigates the subsequent processes of canonization and decanonization these objects caused upon their arrival in the leading museums of London, Paris, and Berlin. Additional projects include articles on the history of photography in the Middle East, and a monograph on the archive and scholarly practices of the British pioneer of photography W.H.F. Talbot. She is co-editor of William Henry Fox Talbot: Beyond Photography (Yale University Press 2013).