Anna Vierlinger, M.A.

Körnermarkt 13
3500 Krems an der Donau
+ 43 662-8044-4986
anna.vierlinger@plus.ac.at

I am a historian specialising in the cultural and material history of the Middle Ages and the early modern period. From early on in my academic studies, I developed a strong interest in objects as carriers of meaning. One example of this was my engagement with the functions of small caskets, explored through the Ambraser Wappenkästchen in Innsbruck. I deepened this interest in my master’s thesis, in which I investigated the travel equipment of the Franciscan William of Rubruck on the basis of his travel account.

My current doctoral project, funded by the Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich, examines clothing and textiles in double monasteries in the early sixteenth century. A particular interest of my work also lies in the ways in which such questions can be approached through Digital Humanities methods, for example by means of the structured recording, linking, and analysis of object data using ITEM, the database developed and maintained at IMAREAL. It is this object-centred perspective that has led me to IMAREAL, where I continue to explore objects, their materiality, and the meanings they acquire in cultural contexts.