The JMW research team
Dr. Danielle Spera, Director
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31-135
Dr. Werner Hanak-Lettner, Head Curator
Permanent exhibition project management
Design of temporary exhibition projects
Inventory development: Migration, cultural history, contemporary history
Research interests: Viennese Jewish history, Migrations and urban history, Music and performing arts, Museology
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 119
werner.hanak@jmw.at
Dr. Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz, Curator, Collection management
Management of the collections in the Visible Display (three-dimensional objects)
Inventory development: Judaica
Management of permanent exhibition at Museum Judenplatz
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
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 117
gabriele.kohlbauer@jmw.at
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
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 116
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
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 312
andrea.winklbauer@jmw.at
Mag. Maren Waffenschmid, Assistant Curator
Project coordination and assistance with permanent exhibition
Assistance in exhibition planning
Editing of content for the exhibition “Vienna – Jewish Museum – 21st Century – Seven Questions in the Development of a New Permanent Exhibition”
Research interests: Visitor participation, Communication of the history of the Middle Ages and early modern period, Antique representations of social events,Changes in exhibition media techniques, Modern history
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 126
maren.waffenschmid@jmw.at
Mag. Alexandra Chava Seymann, Research Assistant
Provenance research
Research interests: Provenance research, Jewish philosophy, Anti-Semitism research, 19th and 20th centuries
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 313
alexandra.seymann@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
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 213
christa.prokisch@jmw.at
Mag. Eva Wosobe, Archive Assistant
Digitization
Processing of photo requests
Updating of picture database
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 124
eva.wosobe@jmw.at
Dr. Domagoj Akrap, Librarian, Research Assistant
Library management (particularly Hebrew and Yiddish books; registration and classification of inventory)
Management of Rara collection
Preliminary provenance research (library)
New acquisitions (Latin and Hebrew alphabets/Yiddish books)
Inventory of Judaica
Visitor support
Research interests: Hebrew printing (particularly in Vienna), Jewish intellectual history, particularly Jewish mysticism, Jewish thought (particularly 20th century)
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 412
domagoj.akrap@jmw.at
Mag. Sabine Frank, Librarian, Academic library and information expert
Library management (particularly Latin alphabet; registration and classification of inventory)
New acquisition of books in Latin alphabet
Preliminary provenance research (library)
Management of Berger collection books
Visitor support
Research interests: German-Jewish literature (19th and 20th century)
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 414
sabine.frank@jmw.at
Pnina Schreiber, Librarian, Archive Assistant
Dobronyi photo archive
Reader assistance
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 413
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
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 214
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 – 130
hannah.landsmann@jmw.at
Dan Michael Fischman, MA, Communication & Education (assistant), Assistant Curator
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
Editing of content for Vienna – Jewish Museum – 21st Century
Management of JMW display window
Tel.: +43-(0)1-535 04 31 – 130
dan.fischman@jmw.at
