Antonio Somaini

Antonio Somaini is Full Professor of Film, Media, and Visual Culture Theory at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris 3) since 2012 and a Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). He has held visiting professorships at Yale (2022) and Harvard (2024), and conducted fellowships at German research centers like ZfL Berlin and Cinepoetics. As director of the book series Images, médiums and co-director of the LIRA research unit, he bridges academic and curatorial practice.

• Key Research Areas: Eisenstein's montage theories, media archaeology, AI's impact on visual culture, history of photography, and interdisciplinary film-art-philosophy.
• Honors: 2012 Prize Limina for best Italian film studies book.
• Curatorial Projects: Chief curator of Time Machine: Cinematic Temporalities (2020) and upcoming AI and Contemporary Art at Jeu de Paume (2025).

His work connects 1920s-30s avant-garde theories (Benjamin, Bloch, Eisenstein) with contemporary debates on digital media. Current research explores AI's transformative role in image creation and visual culture.