Current Member
David Young Kim
Funding provided by the Fund for Historical Studies; Felix Gilbert Member
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
History of Art
Home Institution
University of Pennsylvania
Website
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