Norton Batkin
Dean of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Philosophy and Art History

Academic Program Affiliation(s): Philisophy (Affiliate)

Biography:
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University. Director (1991–94, 2002–05) and director of the graduate program (1994–2007), Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture. Assistant professor, Department of Philosophy, Yale University (1981–88); associate professor of humanities, Scripps College (1988–90). Assistant director, Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University (1982–84); director, Scripps College Humanities Institute (1988–90). Publications include Photography and Philosophy (1990); “The Museum Exposed,” in Exhibited (Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, 1994); “Conceptualizing the History of the Contemporary Museum: On Foucault and Benjamin,” Philosophical Topics (1997); and other articles and reviews in the areas of philosophical aesthetics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of psychology. Art editor, Conjunctions. (1994– ) Associate Professor of Philosophy and Art History.