Prof. Dr. Silvia Kutscher

Silvia Kutscher is a distinguished academic currently serving as a Professor of Theory and History of Multimodal Communication at the Institute for Archaeology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She pursued her studies in General Linguistics, German Studies, and History at the University of Cologne from 1989 to 1995. Kutscher completed her Ph.D. in 2000 and earned her habilitation in 2007, both at the University of Cologne. Her research primarily focuses on semiotics and the interplay of language, communication, and multimodal discourse, contributing significantly to the understanding of linguistic theories in archaeological contexts.

Since 2016, she has been deeply involved in teaching and research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, shaping the field with her interdisciplinary approach to communication and archaeology. She is PI in the Collaborative Research Center 1412 Register and head of the working group Multimodal Communication in Ancient Egypt.