Mateusz J. Ferens

I am a scholar and author in areas of art history, visual culture, and religion. I specialize in areas of Byzantine, Medieval, and Early Modern Studies, as well as Comparative Religion and the History of Science.

I believe that our collective visual expressions – our art and our material and visual cultures – have shaped and continue to shape our sense of belonging, our moralities, and our understanding of what it means to be human. For this reason, I promote the study of the visual world through cultural, psychological, and philosophical lenses to better understand ourselves and to foster empathetic understanding of others.