Hilde Van Gelder is professor of contemporary art history in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), where she is at present Chair of the Research Unit Archaeology, Art History, and Musicology. She is director of the Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography, Art and Visual Culture. She is an editor of the Lieven Gevaert Series (Leuven University Press) and of RAW (Brill).