Dora Apel

Dora Apel (born 1954) is a German art historian and cultural theorist specializing in photography, memory, visual culture, and representations of trauma, particularly in relation to Nazi Germany and its aftermath. She is known for her work on the persistence of traumatic memory and its impact on visual representations, as well as her analyses of the complex relationship between photography, history, and the construction of collective identity. Her scholarship often examines how traumatic events are mediated through visual forms and how these forms shape public understanding and remembrance. Apel's research contributes to the fields of art history, visual studies, memory studies, and German studies.