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Past Member

David Young Kim

Funding provided by the Fund for Historical Studies; Felix Gilbert Member

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

History of Art
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David Young Kim is interested in art theoretical writing in the Renaissance and the mechanics of language as the art historian's tool. While at IAS, he will study the practices of translation and life-writing in art historiography with focus on the biography of Lee Keun Bai, the translator of Giorgio Vasari's "Lives" into Korean.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Harvard University
Ph.D.
2009
Amherst College
B.A.
1999

Appointments

University of Pennsylvania
2013
Assistant / Associate Professor
University of Zurich
2009–2013
Postdoctoral Fellow