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Exhibiting Africa: State of the Field in African Art and the Diaspora.
A research symposium presented in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum.
Day 2, Panel 1: Ancient and Medieval Africa
Geoff Emberling is a research scientist at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and lecturer in Mesopotamian and Nubian archaeology in the Department of Middle East studies. He received his PhD in anthropology and Near Eastern studies from the University of Michigan.
Andrea Myers Achi is Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art in the Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Solange Ashby is assistant professor of Egyptology and Nubian studies in Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. She received her PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. Dr. Ashby’s expertise in sacred ancient languages, including Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Meroitic, underpins her research into the history of religious transformation in Northeast Africa.
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Hosted by Bard Graduate Center and the Brooklyn Museum, this timely symposium explored present-day perspectives on the display of the arts and material culture of Africa and the Diaspora, examines its historiography in Western cultural institutions, and considers directions for its future.
Exhibiting Africa: State of the Field in African Art and the Diaspora.
A research symposium presented in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum.
Day 2, Panel 1: Ancient and Medieval Africa
Geoff Emberling is a research scientist at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and lecturer in Mesopotamian and Nubian archaeology in the Department of Middle East studies. He received his PhD in anthropology and Near Eastern studies from the University of Michigan.
Andrea Myers Achi is Mary and Michael Jaharis Associate Curator of Byzantine Art in the Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Solange Ashby is assistant professor of Egyptology and Nubian studies in Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. She received her PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. Dr. Ashby’s expertise in sacred ancient languages, including Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Meroitic, underpins her research into the history of religious transformation in Northeast Africa.
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Hosted by Bard Graduate Center and the Brooklyn Museum, this timely symposium explored present-day perspectives on the display of the arts and material culture of Africa and the Diaspora, examines its historiography in Western cultural institutions, and considers directions for its future.
