Nike Fakiner

Nike Fakiner is an expert in art, history, the philosophy of emotions, and outreach projects. During her career, she has developed interdisciplinary research incorporating historical, anthropological, and philosophical studies on museums, human emotions, and cultural artifacts.

Since 2010, Fakiner has been a member of HISTEX, an international academic network dedicated to the study of human emotions in history. She has conducted research at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University, the Centre for History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University of London, and the Max Planck Institute.

Fakiner studied Fine Arts and earned her PhD in Art History and Philosophy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. From 2009 to 2013, she was a Predoctoral Fellow at the Spanish National Research Council’s Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CCHS- CSIC).

In addition, Fakiner is an experienced cultural manager with extensive experience working in the cultural sector. She has collaborated with the Spanish museums Círculo de Bellas Artes, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, and Thyssen-Bornemisza, and with London’s Wellcome Collection, where her curatorial project “Skin” was named “Critics Choice” by Time Out and attracted more than 100,000 visitors in 2011.