The JMW research team
Dr. Danielle Spera, Director
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31-1519
Dr. Astrid Peterle, Chief Curator
Phone: +43-1-535 04 31 - 1520
astrid.peterle@jmw.at
Dr. Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz, Curator, Collection management
Management of the collections in the Visible Display (three-dimensional objects)
Inventory development: Judaica
Loan request management
Design of temporary exhibition projects
Research interests: Judaica, research on objects in the collection, History and culture of eastern European Jewry, Gender studies, Cultural exhibitions
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1523
gabriele.kohlbauer@jmw.at
Priv. Doz. Dr. Mag. Marcus G. Patka, Curator
Design of temporary exhibition projects
Development of digital media archive (photographs and films)
Inventory development: culture and modern history
Research interests: Jewish modern and cultural history in central and eastern Europe, and Israel, Modern historical photographs and documentary films, Exile and Nazi era, Literature, cabaret, music, Human rights, pacifism, social reform, civil society
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1522
marcus.patka@jmw.at
Mag. Andrea Winklbauer, Curator
Curator for fine arts within the JMW collection (paintings, graphic art)
Research and extension of inventory of modern and historical art
Design of temporary cultural and art exhibitions
Editing of object database
Research interests: Art and cultural history since 1789, Pictures as historical sources, Photography, Modernist myths, Viennese avant-garde, International contemporary art, Representations of history, Intellectual cultures
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1525
andrea.winklbauer@jmw.at
Mag. Sabine Bergler BA, Collection management, Object database administration
Phone: +43-1-535 04 31 – 1524
sabine.bergler@jmw.at
Mag. Adina Seeger, Curator
Phone: +43-1-535 04 31 - 1521
adina.seeger@jmw.at
Janine Zettl, MA, Curatorial assistent
Phone: +43-1-535 04 31 - 1517
janine.zettl@jmw.at
Daniela Pscheiden, MA MA MA, Curator
Phone: +43-1-535 04 31 - 1516
daniela.pscheiden@jmw.at
Caitlin Gura-Redl, MA, Research assistent
caitlin.gura@jmw.at
Tom Juncker, MA, Research assistent
tom.juncker@jmw.at
Christa Prokisch, Archive manager, Academic library and information expert
Inventory management and development, archives and documents, registration and classification of archive objects
Database management and administration
Development of a biography database
Research
Responsibility for research questions
User and curator assistance
Cultivation of Contacts with survivors and their descendants
Museum documentation
Research interests: Hebrew handwriting (16th–19th century), History of Vienna Jewish community (1826 – present), Viennese Jews in organized resistance to Fascism, Jews in Vienna 1938–45, Biographies of Viennese victims/survivors of the Shoah
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1562
christa.prokisch@jmw.at
Dr. Katharina Lischka, Archive
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1561
katharina.lischka@jmw.at
Dr. Domagoj Akrap, Librarian, Curator
Library management (particularly Hebrew and Yiddish books; registration and classification of inventory)
Management of Rara collection
New acquisitions
Inventory of Judaica
Visitor support
Research interests: Hebrew printing, Jewish cultural history, particularly Jewish mysticism, Jewish thought (particularly 20th century)
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1582
domagoj.akrap@jmw.at
Mag. Sabine Frank, Librarian
Library management (particularly Latin alphabet; registration and classification of inventory)
New acquisition of books in Latin alphabet
Assistant biography database
Visitor support
Research interests: German-Jewish literature (19th and 20th century)
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1583
sabine.frank@jmw.at
Pnina Schreiber, Librarian, Archive Assistant
Dobronyi photo archive
Reader assistance
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1581
pnina.schreiber@jmw.at
Dr. Bettina Dräxler, Restorer, Registration & Collection management
Conservation of objects in JMW collections and library
Conservation of objects in temporary exhibitions
Acceptance and registration of loans for exhibitions
Clarification of lending situation and conservation of objects for national and international exhibitions
Coordination of lenders, logistics, and exhibition administration
Supervision of transport of objects loaned from the museum
Coordination of freelance restorers
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1563
bettina.draexler@jmw.at
Hannah Landsmann, Communication & education (manager)
Organization, supervision, and implementation of communication services for all visitors to the permanent and temporary exhibitions at the JMW and (for school classes) Vienna City Temple
Coaching and workshops for communications team
Workshops for teachers
Exchange and dialog with colleagues from other institutions
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1538
hannah.landsmann@jmw.at
Mag. Julia Windegger, Communication & Education (assistant)
Phone: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 1537
julia.windegger@jmw.at
