Dr. Bárbara Romero Ferrón

Role

Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Provenance Lab, Leuphana University. Also Senior Researcher at iArtHisLab, University of Málaga, and Associate Director of DAHSS (Digital Arts and Humanistic and Social Sciences), University of Málaga.

Biography

Bárbara Romero Ferrón is a digital art historian whose research bridges provenance and exhibition studies, complex systems theory, and network analysis. She applies computational methodologies and an intersectional lens to understand how social, political, and economic relations shape culture. She joined the Provenance Lab in August 2020 and works on the Modern Migrants project.

Education

PhD (2024) — CulturePlex Lab, Western University, Canada. Dissertation: "Exploring Spanish Art through Exhibition Data from 1800 to 1939"
MA in Art History (2017) — University of Málaga, Spain
BA in Art History (2015) — University of Málaga, Spain

Career

Research Associate, Provenance Lab, Leuphana University (since August 2020)
Senior Researcher, iArtHisLab, University of Málaga (current)
Associate Director, DAHSS, University of Málaga (since 2019)
Lecturer, Department of Languages and Cultures, Western University (2019–2024)
Getty Research Institute Graduate Fellow (2022–2023)
Research visit, Rijksmuseum, Netherlands (2022)
Education/conservation roles at Colección Museo Ruso, Centre Pompidou, Revello del Toro Museum (Málaga)

Research Interests

Knowledge graphs and network analysis
Exhibition studies (19th-century Spanish art exhibitions as complex systems)
Complex systems theory applied to cultural phenomena
Computational methodologies in art history
Provenance studies
Data visualization (Gephi, Python)

Current Projects

Modern Migrants: Paintings from Europe in US Museums (2019–2027)
Catalogue of Living Saints: Counter-Reformation Female Sanctity (2024–2028)
Study and Interpretation of Exhibitions as Complex Cultural System (2021–2025)

Contact

Email: barbara.romero_ferron@leuphana.de
Office: C5.418