Dr. Max Koss

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C5.418
Fon +49.4131.677-1921, max.koss@leuphana.de
Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in, Professorship of Provenance Studies

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Vita

Max Koss is a Research Associate at Leuphana University Lüneburg, joining in March 2021. They 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 also held fellowships by the German Academic Exchange Service, the German Schiller Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the French Heritage Society. Furthermore, Max holds an MA degree from the University of Chicago, an MA degree from the Courtauld Institute of Art, and a BSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Max has spent time in various internship roles at the Smart Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., and the Kunstbibliothek of the Berlin State Museums. 

Projects

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. where paintings live: A Portrait of the Leimgruber Schenk Collection of Works by Angela Lyn with a Text by Max Koss
    Max Koß (Author) , Angela Lyn (Author) , 2024 St. Gallen/Berlin , 128 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research

  2. The Art of the Periodical: Pan, Print Culture and the Birth of Modern Design in Germany, 1890-1900
    Max Koß (Author) , 2019 Ann Arbor , 373 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review

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Journal contributions

  1. People Information in Provenance Data: Biographical Entity Linking with Wikidata and ULAN
    Fabio Mariani (Author) , Max Koß (Author) , Lynn Rother (Author) , 13.12.2024 , in: Zivot Umjetnosti, 114, 1 , p. 148-161 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Verknüpfte Daten: Die Zukunft der Provenienzforschung
    Lynn Rother (Author) , Max Koß (Author) , Fabio Mariani (Author) , 05.12.2024 , in: Museumskunde, 89, 1/2 , p. 26-31 , 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer

  3. Hidden Value: Provenance as a Source for Economic and Social History
    Lynn Rother (Author) , Fabio Mariani (Author) , Max Koß (Author) , 25.05.2023 , in: Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 64, 1 , p. 111-142 , 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. On the Question of the Restoration of Wall Paintings
    Max Koß (Translator) , Alois Riegl (Author) , 01.09.2020 , in: West 86th, 27, 2 , p. 250-269 , 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

  5. Thilo H. G. Westermann, Die Rezeption der Pan-Mythen in der bildenden Kunst zwischen Klassizismus und Moderne
    Max Koß (Author) , 24.07.2020 , in: Jahrbuch der Raabe-Gesellschaft, 60, 1 , p. 233-238 , 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Where Paintings Live
    Max Koß (Author) , 01.10.2024 St. Gallen/Berlin , p. 112-117

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  2. History of the Collection
    Max Koß (Author) , 01.10.2024 St. Gallen/Berlin , p. 118-120

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  3. Catalogue
    Max Koß (Author) , 01.10.2024 St. Gallen/Berlin , p. 120-127

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  4. Interpreting Strings, Weaving Threads: Structuring Provenance Data with AI
    Lynn Rother (Author) , Fabio Mariani (Author) , Max Koß (Author) , 31.01.2024 Göttingen , p. 93-103 , 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  5. Teaching Provenance to AI: An Annotation Scheme for Museum Data
    Fabio Mariani (Author) , Lynn Rother (Author) , Max Koß (Author) , 27.12.2023 Bielefeld , p. 163-172 , 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

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Activities

  1. Toward Interconnected Object Histories: Challenges and Opportunities in the Creation of Provenance Linked Open Data
    Fabio Mariani (Speaker) , Lynn Rother (Speaker) , Max Koß (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Memories of Paper: The Digital History of Pan
    Max Koß (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. From Text to Data: AI and Human Expertise in Provenance Linked Open Data
    Fabio Mariani (Speaker) , Lynn Rother (Speaker) , Max Koß (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research

  4. Quantity, Quality, Trust: Dilemmas and Strategies of Museum Documentation in the Age of AI
    Lynn Rother (Speaker) , Fabio Mariani (Speaker) , Max Koß (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Artificial Intelligence, Human Expertise: the Case of Provenance Linked Open Data
    Fabio Mariani (Speaker) , Lynn Rother (Speaker) , Max Koß (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Prizes

  1. Edward A. Maser Fellowship
    Max Koß (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  2. Doctoral Fellowship
    Max Koß (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  3. Association of Art Museum Directors' Samuel H. Kress Foundation Provenance Research Fellowship
    Max Koß (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  4. DAAD Graduate Fellowship
    Max Koß (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  5. Graduate Fellowship
    Max Koß (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Teaching