Mark Cousins (writer)
Encyclopedia
Mark Cousins is a British cultural critic and architectural theorist. He is the Director of General Studies and Head of the Graduate Program in Histories and Theories at the Architectural Association. He is also Visiting Professor of Architecture
at Columbia University
.
He co-founded the London Consortium
along with Paul Hirst
, Colin MacCabe
, and Richard Humphreys
.
He is the author of, among other things, a book on Michel Foucault
, co-written with Athar Hussain (London: Macmillan, 1984).
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
He co-founded the London Consortium
London Consortium
The London Consortium is a graduate school in the UK offering multidisciplinary Masters and Doctoral programs in the humanities and cultural studies at the University of London. It is administered by Birkbeck, University of London, one of the constituent colleges of the University of London, and...
along with Paul Hirst
Paul Hirst
Paul Hirst was a British sociologist and political theorist. He became Professor of Social Theory at Birkbeck, University of London....
, Colin MacCabe
Colin MacCabe
Colin MacCabe is a British writer and film producer. He is distinguished professor of English and film at the University of Pittsburgh, professor of English and humanities at Birkbeck, University of London, and a visiting professor at the University of Exeter....
, and Richard Humphreys
Richard Humphreys (writer)
Richard Humphreys is the Curator of Programme Research at Tate Britain and Deputy Chairman of the London Consortium, of which he was a founding member....
.
He is the author of, among other things, a book on Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
, co-written with Athar Hussain (London: Macmillan, 1984).