Hiromi MATSUI

Hiromi MATSUI is an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Culture at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Her expertise lies in French modern art history, focusing on the conceptualization of 'reality' in modern and contemporary art. She holds a Ph.D. in Art History from Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense and has held prior positions including Assistant Professor of Art History at Nagoya University (2015–2018) and Associate Professor of Art and Culture at Kobe University (2018).

• Education:
• Ph.D. in Art History, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense

Research Interests: MATSUI’s work explores themes such as Cubism, abstract art, artistic anatomy, and the legacy of artists like Pablo Picasso and Raymond Duchamp-Villon. She also engages in interdisciplinary studies at the intersection of art history and anthropology.

Collaborations: In 2018, she served as a visiting researcher at the France-Japan Foundation (FFJ) of the EHESS, participating in Axis 3’s program on innovation and cross-disciplinary interactions. She contributed to the workshop "Juxtaposed Bodies in the Modern and Contemporary World", analyzing image repetition and variation through art history and anthropology.

Awards/Grants: No awards or grants explicitly mentioned in the text.