Laura Coltofean-Arizancu

Laura Coltofean-Arizancu is a postdoctoral researcher based at the University of Barcelona (Spain) and a former museum curator at the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu (Romania, 2012-2018). She has written a biography of the Hungarian female archaeologist Zsófia Torma (1832-1899). Within the history of archaeology, she has especially focused on Hungary and Romania in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, researching topics such as interdisciplinarity, nationalism, female archaeologists,...See more

Laura Coltofean-Arizancu is a postdoctoral researcher based at the University of Barcelona (Spain) and a former museum curator at the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu (Romania, 2012-2018). She has written a biography of the Hungarian female archaeologist Zsófia Torma (1832-1899). Within the history of archaeology, she has especially focused on Hungary and Romania in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, researching topics such as interdisciplinarity, nationalism, female archaeologists, social and academic networks, archaeological knowledge production, transfer and exchange, archaeological photography, and the history of museums and archaeological collections. See less