Mikhail Beneaminovich Iampolski (Russian: Михаил Бениаминович Ямпольский) is a full professor of comparative literature and Russian and Slavic studies at New York University.[1] He is the author of The Memory of Tiresias.
Life and work
editIampolski gained a BA in 1971 at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute and a PhD in French Philosophy in 1977 at the Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences.[1][2]
He has taught at Harvard University, University of Lausanne, and at the Moscow State Institute of Cinema Arts.[1]
He has held the position of Getty Scholar at the J. Paul Getty Center for the History of Arts and the Humanities.[1]
Awards
edit- Andrej Bely Award for the best book in Humanities.[1]
Publications
edit- The Memory of Tiresias: Intertextuality and Film.
- 1993. Russian language edition.
- Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0520085305. English language edition. Translated by Harsha Ram.
Contributions to publications
edit- Socialist realism without shores. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1997. ISBN 9780822319412. Edited by Thomas Lahusen and Evgeny Dobrenko. Iampolski contributes a chapter, "Censorship as the triumph of life".
- Russia on reels: the Russian idea in post-Soviet cinema. London; New York: I.B. Tauris, 1999. ISBN 9781860643903. Edited by Birgit Beumers. Iampolski contributes a chapter, "Representation--mimicry--death: the latest films of Alexander Sokurov".
- The body of the line: Eisenstein's drawings. New York: The Drawing Center, 2000. Catalog of an exhibition held at The Drawing Center, New York, N.Y. from January 22-March 18, 2000. Iampolski contributes "Sphere, spiral, circle".
- Re: the Rainbow. Frankfurt am Main Revolver, Archiv für Aktuelle Kunst Lund Propexus, 2004. ISBN 9783865880499. Edited by Aris Fioretos.
- The cinema of Alexander Sokurov. London; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2011. Edited by Birgit Beumers and Nancy Condee. Iampolski contributes a chapter, "Truncated families and absolute intimacy".
- Pastoral / Moscow Suburbs. Rome: Contrasto, 2013. ISBN 978-8869654695. Photographs by Alexander Gronsky. Iampolski contributes a short essay, "Alexander Gronsky: Givenness without the Given".
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Research Forum Spring Term 2014: Dmitry Prigov Lecture Series: The Transitory Mode. Prigov and Time Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine", Courtauld Institute of Art. Accessed 21 August 2014.
- ^ "Mikhail Iampolski", New York University. Accessed 21 August 2014.
External links
edit- New York University bio
- Iampolski, Mikhail. "The Cinematic Man".
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