Katja Martin-Rettberg is a second year PhD researcher in History of Art at The University of Edinburgh. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in History of Art and French from the University of Glasgow (2018), and an MA in Arts Management, Policy and Practice from the University of Manchester (2019).
Since October 2021, Katja is a PGR History of Art Student Representative at Edinburgh College of Art. She is also a SGSAH Doctoral Research Committee Member for the Creative Economies Hub since March 2021.
One of her personal strengths is public speaking, thanks to past positions as a Tour Guide at The Hunterian (Glasgow, 2018) and Lecturer/Guide at Victor Hugo’s House (Guernsey, 2020). She was interviewed by BBC Guernsey on several occasions to speak on behalf of Victor Hugo’s House.
She is fluent in French, German and Spanish, and has been thoroughly trained in Translation during her UG and past positions as Curatorial Assistant at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester (2019) and Victor Hugo’s House in Guernsey (2020).