Masha Goldin studied Art History (BA, MA) at Tel Aviv University. 2019-2021 student research assistant at the Department of Art History, Tel Aviv University (Prof. Assaf Pinkus). 2021 recipient of First Prize, Graduate Student Essay Award, International Center of Medieval Art. Since 2021 member of the eikones Graduate School.

Establishing Law, Imagining Justice: Juridical Visual Culture in the Medieval Holy Roman Empire (working title)

The legal culture of the medieval Holy Roman Empire involved images and artefacts in a myriad of ways. Spanning from the 13th up to the early 16th century, and covering the entire German-speaking world, my dissertation project is the first major attempt to explore the central role of visual culture in the medieval juridical sphere from an art historical perspective, addressing such questions as: why did law need objects? How did this abundant visual culture – which included artworks, monuments, objects and performative gestures – shape the experience of law? And what can be learned about law in the Middle Ages, a foundational phase for many contemporary legal institutions, from the components of its juridical visual culture that still survive?