Georges Didi-Huberman

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Georges Didi-Huberman
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Born (1953-06-13) 13 June 1953 (age 71)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Philosopher, art historian

Georges Didi-Huberman FBA (born 13 June 1953) is a French philosopher and art historian.

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Biography

Georges Didi-Huberman was born on 13 June 1953 in Saint-Étienne, into a Sephardic family from Tunisia on his father's side and Ashkenazi polish heritage on his mother's side. [1] His sister is the comedian Évelyne Didi. He was a scholar at the French Academy in Rome (Villa Medici) and resident in the Berenson Foundation of Villa I Tatti in Florence. He teaches at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, where he has been a lecturer since 1990.

Honours

He is the 2015 recipient of the Adorno Prize.

In July 2017, Didi-Huberman was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [2]

Published work

Notes and references

  1. [hhttps://www.tenoua.org/pour-ne-pas-cesser-douvrir-les-yeux/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2JghexlEMhf8ytjMro7H12dxWRNfcBmJK0pLC9VxmGH8G7X-62kLSLJAU_aem_y70nnPTuTIQitEZm0CWxXg "POUR NE PAS CESSER D'OUVRIR LES YEUX"]. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  2. "Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research". British Academy. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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