Dr. Max Koss
Max Koss is a Research Associate at Leuphana University, joining in March 2021.
Max received their PhD from the University of Chicago in 2019 with a dissertation on the German art nouveau periodical Pan (“The Art of the Periodical: Pan, Print Culture and the Birth of Modern Design in Germany, 1890-1900”).
Prior to joining Leuphana University, Max was a doctoral fellow of the Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut and the Berlin State Museums/Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
Max has also held research fellowships and internships in various museums, including the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, and the Art Library of the Berlin State Museums.
Max's research was supported with grants from the German Academic Exchange Service, the German Schiller Association, the Mellon Foundation and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Max holds an MA degree from the University of Chicago, another MA degree from the Courtauld Institute of Art and a BSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
You can find more information about Max's activities and publications on their Leuphana homepage.