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Georges Didi-Huberman

ジョルジュ・ディディ=ユベルマン

Jōruju Didi-Yuberuman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1953-06-13 (Saint-Étienne)
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Saint-Étienne, France → Rome (Villa Medici) → Florence (Villa I Tatti) → Paris (EHESS)

Career

Occupations
Philosopher, Art historian
Active Years
1982-2025
Affiliations
School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), French Academy in Rome (Villa Medici), Berenson Foundation (Villa I Tatti)
Memberships
British Academy (FBA)

Awards

Adorno Prize
2015
Organization: City of Frankfurt am Main
Result: 受賞
Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
2017
Organization: British Academy
Result: 選出
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
2025
Organization: Pour le Mérite
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière

1982 Art History

Study on the Salpêtrière School's hysteria iconography.

HysteriaImagery
Translations
  • English translation available

Bibliography

  • Invention of Hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière
  • Mémorandum de la peste. Le fléau d’imaginer
  • La Peinture incarnée
  • Fra Angelico: Dissemblance and Figuration
  • Confronting Images: Questioning the Ends of a Certain History of Art

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Image theoryPhilosophical essays
Recurring Motifs
Survival of imagesTime and memory

Legacy

Renowned French philosopher and art historian known for his work on the philosophy of images.

Trivia

  • His sister is the actress Évelyne Didi.