Bianka-Isabell Scharmann
Bianka-Isabell Scharmann (M.A.) studied Theater, Film and Media Studies, Art History and History of Knowledge in Frankfurt am Main and Stockholm. Scharmann currently holds a position as assistant professor (non-tenure track) at the chair for Art and Media History of Image Media at the University of Cologne. Scharmanns is also a PhD Candidate at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), writing a feminist historiography of textile filters in film. In 2024, Scharmann received the Karsten-Witte-Preis for an outstanding contribution in Film Studies, conferred by the AG Filmwissenschaft. Research interests include queer-feminist theory and history of knowledge of film, aesthetics and textil(ity), feminist media historiography, experimental film history and mediality of textiles.
