I am a scholar of European modernist and avant-garde art in a global context.
My research focuses on interdisciplinary, transnational, and transcultural histories of abstract art, as well as intersections of art with histories of craft, science, technology, and design, particularly in Germany, France, Russia, and the early Soviet Union.
Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kunsthistorische Institut of the Freie Universität Berlin, where I teach seminars on modern and contemporary art in Europe and the Americas.
I received my PhD in the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University in 2023. Prior to this, I earned an MA in Art History from Williams College and a BA from the University of Colorado Boulder.
My pronouns are he/him. You can reach me at m.boersma [at] fu-berlin [dot] de.
My research focuses on interdisciplinary, transnational, and transcultural histories of abstract art, as well as intersections of art with histories of craft, science, technology, and design, particularly in Germany, France, Russia, and the early Soviet Union.
Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kunsthistorische Institut of the Freie Universität Berlin, where I teach seminars on modern and contemporary art in Europe and the Americas.
I received my PhD in the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University in 2023. Prior to this, I earned an MA in Art History from Williams College and a BA from the University of Colorado Boulder.
My pronouns are he/him. You can reach me at m.boersma [at] fu-berlin [dot] de.