Yve-Alain Bois

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Yve-Alain Bois
Born (1952-04-16) April 16, 1952 (age 69)
Alma materEcole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Scientific career
FieldsArt history
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study

Yve-Alain Bois (born April 16, 1952) is a professor of Art History at the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Education[]

Bois received an M.A. from the École Pratique des Hautes Études in 1973 for his work on El Lissitzky's typography, and a Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in 1977 for his work on Lissitzky's and Malevich's conceptions of space.[1] Both of his degrees were supervised under Roland Barthes.

Career[]

Academic[]

Bois is a professor at the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, in the chair inaugurated by Erwin Panofsky,[1] and at the European Graduate School. Previously, he served on the faculty at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.[1]

Bois was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2016.[2]

Writing[]

Bois has written books and articles on artists of European modernism. He is an editor of the journal October.

Articles[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Biography". The European Graduate School. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  2. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-02-18.

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