Thomas Macho is professor of Cultural Theory and History at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He worked on the philosophy of music, on the metaphors of death and on issues in cultural history. Thomas Macho co-founded the Hermann von Helmholtz-Centre for Cultural Techniques at the Humboldt-Universität and was spokesperson of the DFG-Research Group »Bild – Schrift – Zahl«. Since 2009 he has been member of the scientific advisory board of the International Research Institute »Morphomata – Genese, Dynamik und Medialität kultureller Figurationen« at the University of Cologne. Within Topoi, Thomas Macho is involved in the Cross-Sectional Group II ‘Histories and Genealogies of Culture Theories.’