SILVERMAN,RaymondAaronCurriculumVitaeFebruary2019addressandphone

DepartmentoftheHistoryofArt,UniversityofMichigan,TappanHall,855SouthUniversityAvenue,AnnArbor,MI48109-1357phone:734-936-6401,e-mail:silveray@umich.edueducationPh.D.ArtHistory.UniversityofWashington.Major:Sub-SaharanAfrica.Minors:Pre-ColumbianMesoamerica,20th-centuryMexico,Japan.Dissertation:“History,ArtandAssimilation:TheImpactofIslamonAkanMaterialCulture.”M.A.ArtHistory.UniversityofWashington.Major:Sub-SaharanAfrica.Thesis:“TheNorthernFactorinAsanteArt.”B.A.(summacumlaude)ArtHistory.UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.areasofgeneralinterestVisualculturesofsub-SaharanAfrica;artandreligion;historyofmuseums.primaryresearchinterestHistoryofmuseumsinAfrica;thetranslationoflocalknowledgeincommunity-basedculturalinstitutions,historyofmuseumrepresentationofAfricaandAfricans,interactionbetweenWestAfricaandtheculturesoftheMiddleEastandEurope;historyofmetaltechnologiesinEthiopiaandGhana;socialvaluesassociatedwithcreativityinEthiopia;visualcultureofreligionin20th-centuryEthiopia;commodificationofcultureinEthiopiaandGhana.employmenthistoryProfessor,DepartmentoftheHistoryofArtandDepartmentofAfroamericanandAfricanStudies,UniversityofMichigan.Fall2002topresent.AdjunctCuratorofAfricanArt,UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt,Summer2010to2018.Director,GalleryDAAS(agalleryofcontemporaryblackart),UniversityofMichigan.Fall2013toSpring2016.

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Director[Founding],MuseumStudiesProgram,UniversityofMichigan.Fall2002toSummer2012.InterimCo-Director,UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt,Spring2009toSummer2010.Professor,DepartmentofArt,MichiganStateUniversity.Fall2000toSpring2002.InterimChair,DepartmentofArt.MichiganStateUniversity.Summer1999toSummer2000.Director[Founding],MuseumStudiesProgram,MichiganStateUniversity.Summer1999toSpring2002.AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofArt,MichiganStateUniversity.Fall1992toSummer2000.AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofArt,MichiganStateUniversity.Fall1988toSummer1992.AdjunctCuratorofAfricanArt,KresgeArtMuseumandMichiganStateUniversityMuseum,MichiganStateUniversity.Fall1988toSpring2002.AssociateCuratorofEthnology,GlenbowMuseum(Calgary).Fall1991to1994.[advisoryposition]Lecturer,DepartmentofArt,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz.Fall1985,Fall1986toSpring1987.VisitingLecturer,SchoolofArt,UniversityofWashington.Spring1986.ActingAssociateCurator,EthnicArtDepartment,SeattleArtMuseum.MaytoAugust1985.VisitingLecturer,DepartmentofArtHistory,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Summer1984.Lecturer,ContinuingEducation,UniversityofWashington.Summer1982,Spring1984.Instructor,SchoolofArt,UniversityofWashington.Summer1982.VisitingLecturer,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LosAngeles.Summer1977.researchinAfrica2018 Ghana(2weeks),Ethiopia(1week)2017 Sudan(2weeks,ElKurru),Ethiopia(2weeks,Aksum),Ghana(4weeks)2016 Sudan(2weeks,ElKurru),Uganda(2weeks,Kampala,FortPortal)2015 Ghana(3weeks,KomaLand),Ethiopia(3weeks,Aksum)2014 Ghana(4weeks,Techiman)2012 Ethiopia(3months,Aksum)2011 Ghana(3weeks,Techiman)2009 Ghana(6weeks,Techiman),Ethiopia(2weeks,AddisAbaba,Aksum)2008 Ghana(6weeks,Legon,Techiman)

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2007 Ghana(3weeks,Techiman,Kumasi)2006 Ghana(5weeks,Techiman,Kumasi)2005 Ghana(2weeks,Techiman,Kumasi),Kenya/Tanzania(2weeks,SwahiliCoast)2004 Ethiopia(2weeks,AddisAbaba)2003 Ethiopia(3weeks,AddisAbaba),Kenya(1week,Nairobi)2002 Ethiopia(2weeks,AddisAbaba,Aksum)2001 Ghana(6weeks,KumasiandTechiman),Ethiopia(6weeks,Aksum)1998 Ethiopia(2months,Aksum)1997 Ethiopia(2months,Aksum)1991-93 Ethiopia(several1to3-monthtrips)1987-88 Côted'Ivoire(12months,Bondoukou)1979-80 Ghana(15months,BrongAhafo&Asante)fellowships,awards,honorsProjectGrant,HumanitiesCollaboratory,UniversityofMichigan.“‘MakingAfricanArt’:FromAfricanIndependenceandthePeaceCorpstoCivilRightsandtheColdWar.”August2018.ProposalPlanningGrant,HumanitiesCollaboratory,UniversityofMichigan.“ThePeaceCorpsandAfrica:ShapingaField.”February2018.AfricanHeritageInitiativeCollaborativeResearchSeedGrant,AfricanStudiesCenter,UniversityofMichigan.“CrucibleofInnovation:ContemporaryBrassworkinGhana.”2017.AfricanHeritageInitiativeCollaborativeResearchSeedGrant,AfricanStudiesCenter,UniversityofMichigan.“CommunityandHeritageinNorthernSudan.”(withGeoffEmerling)2016.AfricanHeritageInitiativeCollaborativeResearchSeedGrant,AfricanStudiesCenter,UniversityofMichigan.“KomalandArchaeologicalResearchProject.”2015.LSAMichiganHumanitiesAward,UniversityofMichigan.2015.SeniorFellow,MichiganSocietyofFellows,UniversityofMichigan.2014-2018.ExperientialLearningGrant,InternationalInstitute,UniversityofMichigan.2014.TransformingLearningforaThirdCentury(TLTC)Grant,UniversityofMichigan,2013.SeniorResearchFellow,NationalMuseumofAfricanArtandNationalMuseumofNaturalHistory(DepartmentofAnthropology),SmithsonianInstitution.February-June,2013.MichiganMuseumsAssociation,PeninsulasAward.Recognizinglonganddistinguishedservicebyanindividualtoasingleinstitution.November2011.MichiganMuseumsAssociation,President’sAward.RecognizingexemplarycontributionofanindividualtotheMichiganmuseumcommunity.November2011.

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ExperientialLearningGrant,InternationalInstitute,UniversityofMichigan.2009.ArtsofCitizenshipFacultyGrantinPublicScholarship,UniversityofMichigan.2008-09.FulbrightSpecialistProgram.2008.PublicGoodsCouncilGrantforCurriculumDevelopment,UniversityofMichigan.2007.InternationalPartnershipAmongMuseums,AmericanAssociationofMuseums[Ghana].2006-07.IntramuralResearchGrant,MichiganStateUniversity.2001-02.All-UniversityResearchInitiationGrant,MichiganStateUniversity.1997-98.Short-TermVisitorFellowship,SmithsonianInstitution.1996.CommunityOutreachGrantforExhibition,“Ethiopia:TraditionsofCreativity,”Dayton-HudsonFoundation.1994.ImplementationGrantforExhibition,“Ethiopia:TraditionsofCreativity,”NationalEndowmentfortheArts.1994.PlanningGrantforExhibition,“GreaterEthiopia—ItsPeoplesandCultures,”NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities.1991-92.InternationalPartnershipAmongMuseums[Ethiopia].1990-91.All-UniversityResearchInitiationGrant,MichiganStateUniversity.1990.FulbrightFellowship,IslamicCivilizationResearchProgram.1987-88.PostdoctoralResearchFellowship,AmericanCouncilofLearnedSocietiesandtheSocialScienceResearchCouncil.1987-88.RoyalGovernmentofSaudiArabiaFellowshipfortheStudyofArabic.Summer1987.UniversityofWashingtonPresident'sDissertationFellowship.1982-83.GraduateAssociate,SchoolofInternationalStudies,UniversityofWashington.1982-83.SocialScienceResearchCouncilFellowshipforInternationalDoctoralDissertationResearch.1979-81.Fulbright-HaysFellowshipforDoctoralDissertationResearchAbroad.1979-80.SamuelH.KressFoundationFellowshipforDoctoralResearch.1978-79.PhiBetaKappa,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.1975.

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membershipinprofessionalorganizationsAfricanStudiesAssociation(ASA)ArtsCounciloftheAfricanStudiesAssociation(ACASA)GhanaStudiesAssociation(FoundingPresident,Fall1988toFall1993)AmericanAssociationofMuseums(AAM)AAMCommitteeonMuseumProfessionalTraining(COMPT)InternationalCouncilofMuseums(ICOM)InternationalCommitteeforUniversityMuseumsandCollections(UMAC)consultationConsultingCurator,CaravansofGold,FragmentsinTime:Art,Culture,andTrans-SaharanExchange.BlockMuseumofArt,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL.July2014toDecember2018.Advisor,Bandits&Heroes,Poets&Saints:PopularArtsoftheNortheastofBrazil.TravelingexhibitionplannedbytheCharlesH.WrightMuseumofAfricanAmericanHistory,Detroit.April2013.CollectionsEvaluator,ArtInstituteofChicagoAfricanArtDeaccessioningProject.January2013.Faculty,SmithsonianCuratorialPracticesWorkshop.NationalHeritageBoard,Singapore.November2011.Consultant,BaltimoreMuseumofArtAfricanGalleryReinstallation.BaltimoreMuseumofArt,Baltimore,MD.June,November2011.Consultant,NewarkMuseumAfricanGalleryReinstallation.NewarkMuseum,Newark,NJ.Fall2008.ConsultingCurator,UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt,AfricanInstallation.Winter2006to2009.Consultant,EthnologicalDocumentationProject.PublicMuseumofGrandRapids.Summer2004.Consultant,Ethiopia:IconsofthePast,ImagesofthePresent.HarnMuseumofArt,UniversityofFlorida.Fall2002-present.ResearchAssociate,MichiganStateUniversityMuseum.2002to2008.Reviewer,ArtsandHumanitiesResearchBoard(Bristol,England),Summer2001,2002.Reviewer,AnthropologyPanel,DivisionofPublicPrograms,NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities(Washington,DC),Spring1999.Consultant,‘IntotheLight’:TheExtraordinaryArtofEthiopia(videoonEthiopianart).AlbanyMuseumofArt(Albany,GA),Spring1999.

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Member,BoardofAdvisorsforTheEthiopianArtHeritageProject,1997to2003.Consultant,PermanentInstallation—AfricanGallery,GlenbowMuseum(Calgary),February1992.Reviewer,1992InternationalPartnershipAmongMuseumsProgram,AmericanAssociationofMuseums(Washington,DC),January1992.Consultant,“ArtandCultureoftheIslamicWorld:AnExhibitionProject,”SmithsonianInstitution(Washington,DC),December1991.CollectionsEvaluator,Africanartcollection,GlenbowMuseum(Calgary),February1991.miscellaneousprofessionalactivitiesConsultingEditor,AfricanArts,Summer1994topresent.EditorialAdvisoryBoard,MuseumWorlds:AdvancesinResearch,Winter2012topresent.EditorialBoard,InternationalJournalofEthiopianStudies,Fall2002topresent.AssociateEditor,GhanaStudiesJournal,Winter1997topresent.AssociateEditor,GEFAMEJournalofAfricanStudies,Fall2004to2011.AssociateEditor,NortheastAfricanStudies,Fall1994to2009.Member,BoardofDirectors,MichiganMuseumsAssociation,Fall2005to2009.Member,BoardofDirectors,ArtsCounciloftheAfricanStudiesAssociation,Spring1992toSpring1995.President(Founding),AkanStudiesCouncil(renamedGhanaStudiesAssociation),Fall1988toFall1992.Editor,AkanStudiesCouncilNewsletter,1989to1993.EditorforAfricanart,TribalArtsReview.January1984toMay1986.publications“ForgingFaith:EthiopianIronCrosses,”InStrikingIron:TheArtofAfricanBlacksmiths,eds.M.Berns,W.Dewey,T.JoyceandA.Roberts.FowlerMuseum:LosAngeles,inpress.“AkanMetalArts,YesterdayandToday,”InPeace,PowerandPrestige:AfricanMetalwork,ed.S.Cooksey.Gainesville,SamuelP.HarnMuseumofArt,UniversityPressofFlorida,inpress.Silverman,R.(2019)."RedGold:ThingsMadeofCopper,BronzeandBrass."InCaravansofGold,FragmentsinTime:Art,Culture,andExchangeAcrossMedievalSaharanAfrica,ed.K.B.Berzock.Evanston,IL,BlockMuseumofArt,NorthwesternUniversity:256-267."Vessel(Kuduo)."InArtsofGlobalAfrica:TheNewarkMuseumCollection,ed.C.Clarke,pp.50-51.Newark,NewarkMuseum,2017."MuseumObjects:AConversationwithJimCogswell."JimCogswell—CosmogonicTattoos,pp.38-52.AnnArbor,KelseyMuseumofArchaeology,UniversityofMichigan,2017.

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“MaterialBiographies:SaharanTradeandtheLivesofObjectsinFourteenthandFifteenth-CenturyWestAfrica.”HistoryinAfrica422015:375-95.“OfChiefs,TouristsandCulture:HeritageProductioninContemporaryGhana.”InThePoliticsofHeritageinAfrica,eds.D.R.Peterson,K.GavuaandC.Rassool,pp.113-32.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2015.MuseumasProcess:TranslatingLocalandGlobalKnowledges.Editor.London:Routledge,2015.“Locatingculturewith/inaGhanaiancommunity.”InMuseumasProcess:TranslatingLocalandGlobalKnowledges,ed.R.A.Silverman,pp.208-27.London:Routledge,2015.“Introduction:MuseumasProcess.”InMuseumasProcess:TranslatingLocalandGlobalKnowledges,ed.R.A.Silverman,pp.1-18.London:Routledge,2015.“AfricanArtandtheShapeofTime(ExhibitionPreview),”withPritaMeier.AfricanArts46(1)2013:72-81.AfricanArtandtheShapeofTime,withPritaMeier.AnnArbor:UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt,2012.“Besieged!Contemporarypolitical,culturalandeconomicchallengestomuseumsintheacademyasseenfromAnnArbor,”withCarlaSinopoli.UniversityMuseumsandCollectionsJournal42011:27-37.“AnArtist’sSenseofPlace:TheWorldofAttaKwami.”Susuka:RecentPaintingsandPrintsofAttaKwami.[Exhibitbrochureessay].CenterforAfroamericanandAfricanStudies,UniversityofMichigan,2011.“EthiopianOrthodoxVisualCultureintheAgeofMechanicalReproduction:AResearchNote.”MaterialReligion5(1)2009:88-103.“IconsofDevotion/IconsofTrade:CreativityandEntrepreneurshipinContemporary'Traditional'EthiopianPainting,”withNealSobania.AfricanArts42(1)2009:26-37.“DrinkingtheWordofGod.”InInscribingMeaning:WritingandGraphicSystemsinAfricanArt,eds.C.M.Kreamer,M.N.Roberts,E.HarneyandA.Purpura,pp.117-123.Washington,D.C.,SmithsonianInstitution,2007.“GuestEditor'sIntroduction.SpecialIssue:Sites/SightsofMemoryinGhana'sCulturalLandscapes.”GhanaStudies72004[2006]:2-9.“PatronsandArtistsinHighlandEthiopia:ContemporaryPracticeintheCommissioningofReligiousPaintingandMetalwork,”withNealSobania.InProceedingsoftheXVthInternationalConferenceofEthiopiaStudies,Hamburg,July20-25,2003,ed.S.Uhlig,pp.469-477.Wiesbaden:HarrassowitzVerlag,2006.

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“AnAestheticofAccumulationandDisplayinAkanTanoShrines.”InArtforArchaeology’sSake:MaterialCultureandStyleacrosstheDisciplines.ProceedingsoftheThirty-ThirdAnnualConferenceoftheArchaeologicalAssociationoftheUniversityofCalgary,eds.A.Waters-Rist,C.Cluney,C.McNameeandL.Steinbrenner,pp.24-31.Calgary:TheArchaeologicalAssociationoftheUniversityofCalgary,2005.“Goldsmiths.”InEncyclopaediaAethiopica,ed.S.Uhlig,vol.2,pp.835-36.Wiesbaden:Harrassowitz,2005.PaintingEthiopia:TheLifeandWorkofQesAdamuTesfaw.LosAngeles:UCLAFowlerMuseumofCulturalHistory,2005.“GoldandSilverattheCrossroadsinHighlandEthiopia,”withNealSobania.InternationalJournalofEthiopianStudies,1(2)2004:82-109.“PaintingEthiopia:TheLifeandWorkofQesAdamuTesfaw(ExhibitionPreview).”AfricanArts37(3)2004:62-71,92.“MiningaMotherLode:EarlyEuropeanTravelLiteratureandtheHistoryofPreciousMetalworkinginHighlandEthiopia,”withNealSobania.HistoryinAfrica312004:335-55.“TheAromaofMilk,theContainer,andtheBody:aBoranaMilkContainer(gorfa).”InSeetheMusic,HeartheDance:RethinkingAfricanArtatTheBaltimoreMuseumofArt,ed.F.Lamp,pp.250-253.Baltimore:TheBaltimoreMuseumofArt,2004.“HistoriesofGoldandSilverinCentralandEasternEthiopia,”withNealSobania.ProceedingsoftheSixthInternationalConferenceontheHistoryofEthiopianArt,AddisAbaba,5-8November2002,ed.BirhanuTeferraandR.Pankhurst,pp.341-52.InstituteofEthiopianStudies,AddisAbabaUniversity,2003.Catalogueentries,“Dolls(Akua’mma)”and“Helmet.”InThePowerofForm:AfricanArtfromtheHorstmannCollection,EzioBassani,etal,pp.72-73,74-75.Milano:Skira,2002. “ContemporaryPotteryProductioninWolayta(Ethiopia).”InClayandFire:PotteryinAfrica,ed.C.Roy,pp.169-88.IowaCity:SchoolofArtandArtHistory,TheUniversityofIowa,2000.“AfricaandtheInternet(FirstWord),”withMichaelConner,AfricanArts32(2)1999:1,4-9,89-90.Ethiopia:TraditionsofCreativity.EastLansingandSeattle:MichiganStateUniversityMuseumandUniversityofWashingtonPress,1999.(editorandauthoroffouressays—volumeincludestwelveessaysdealingwithvariousaspectsofEthiopianartandculture)“QesAdamuTesfaw—APriestWhoPaints.”InEthiopia:TraditionsofCreativity,editedbyR.Silverman,pp.132-55,261-66.EastLansingandSeattle:MichiganStateUniversityMuseumandUniversityofWashingtonPress,1999.

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“JembereandHisSonMarcos:TraditionalPaintingattheEndoftheTwentiethCentury”withGirmaFisseha.InEthiopia:TraditionsofCreativity,editedbyR.Silverman,pp.156-79,267-71.EastLansingandSeattle:MichiganStateUniversityMuseumandUniversityofWashingtonPress,1999.“SilverworkintheHighlands:TheLifeandWorkofGezahegnGebreYohannesandAbibSa'id”withNealSobania.InEthiopia:TraditionsofCreativity,editedbyR.Silverman,pp.182-99,271-72.EastLansingandSeattle:MichiganStateUniversityMuseumandUniversityofWashingtonPress,1999.“TheGodsWearKente.”InWrappedinPride:GhanaianKenteandAfricanAmericanIdentity,ed.D.Ross,pp.64-69.LosAngeles,UCLAFowlerMuseumofCulturalHistory,1998.“Ethiopia:ArtandArchitecture.”InTheEncyclopediaofSub-SaharanAfrica,ed.J.Middleton,vol.2,pp.74-76.NewYork:CharlesScribner'sSons,1997.“ZerihunYetmgeta,”AfricanArts,30(1)1997:52-57,96.“SeekingaHistoryforaMasquerade:DoPerformancesoftheBondoukouRegion.”InBeduIsMyLover:FiveStoriesAboutBondoukouandMasquerading,eds.K.ArnautandE.Dell,pp.15-21.Brighton:TheGreenCentreforNon-WesternArtattheRoyalPavilion,ArtGalleryandMuseums,1996.“TwoGenerationsofTraditionalPainters:ABiographicalSketchofQangetaJembereHailuandMarqosJembere,”withGirmaFisseha.InNewTrendsinEthiopianStudies.Papersofthe12thInternationalConferenceofEthiopianStudies,ed.H.G.Marcus,pp.369-79.Lawrence,NJ:TheRedSeaPress,1994.ArtistProfilesfor“Ethiopia:TraditionsofCreativity.”EastLansing:MichiganStateUniversityMuseum,1994.“DoMasks,”InVisionsofAfrica:TheJeromeL.JossCollectionofAfricanArtatUCLA,ed.D.H.Ross,pp.40-43.LosAngeles:FowlerMuseumofCulturalHistory,UniversityofCalifornia,1994.“HistoryandArtinEthiopia,”withNealW.Sobania.InArtofEverydayLifeinEthiopiaandNorthernKenyafromtheCollectionofNealW.Sobania,pp.12-30.Holland,MI:DePreeArtCentr&Gallery,HopeCollege,1992.“ArabicWritingandtheOccult,”InBrocadeofthePen:TheArtofIslamicCalligraphy,ed.C.G.Fisher,pp.19-30.EastLansing,MI:KresgeArtMuseum,MichiganStateUniversity,1990.“APortrait'Mask'ofPresidentNnamdiAzikiwe,”AfricanArts,23(4)1990:78,96.“'AllThat'sGoldDoesNotGlitter':AReviewoftheBarbier-MuellerMuseum'sGoldofAfrica,”AfricanArts,23(2)1990:71-80,103-04.“G.MennenWilliams:ACollectorofAfricanArt.”Essayforexhibition,“G.MennenWilliams:HisLegacyfromanAfricanMission.”OaklandUniversity,Rochester,MI,1990.

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“GoldandPower:ArtandPoliticsoftheAsante.”InArtasTechnology:TheArtsofAfrica,Oceania,NativeAmerica,andSouthernCalifornia,ed.A.RubinandZ.Pearlstone,pp.133-38.BeverlyHills:HillcrestPress,1989.ExpressionsofAfrica:SelectionsfromtheMuseumCollectionsofMichiganStateUniversity.EastLansing:TheKresgeArtMuseumandMichiganStateUniversityMuseum,1989.“IslamamongtheAkan:ABibliographicEssay,”withDavidOwusu-Ansah,HistoryinAfrica161989:325-39.ReprintedinK.Konadu,ed.TheAkanPeople:ADocumentaryHistory,Princeton:MarkusWienerPublishers,2014:401-37.TheRiverShallNeverBeAtRest:TransitionsinYorubaArt.SantaCruz,CA:MaryPorterSesnonArtGallery,1987(exhibitioncatalog,supervisingeditor).“HistoricalDimensionsofTanoWorshipamongtheAsanteandBono.”InTheGoldenStool:StudiesoftheAsanteCenterandPeriphery,ed.E.Schildkrout,pp.272-88.AnthropologicalPapersoftheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory.Volume65,Part1.NewYork:AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory,1987.“PaintedIncantations:TheClosenessofAllahandKingsin19thCenturyAsante,”withRenéBravmann.InTheGoldenStool:StudiesoftheAsanteCenterandPeriphery,ed.E.Schildkrout,pp.93-108.AnthropologicalPapersoftheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory.Volume65,Part1.NewYork:AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory,1987.“BonoBrassCasting,”AfricanArts,19(4)1986:60-65,85-86.“ArtsoftheAkan.”(setofgalleryhandoutspreparedforexhibition)Seattle:SeattleArtMuseum,1985.“Kuduo:FormandFunction.”InAkanTransformations:ProblemsinGhanaianArtHistory,eds.D.H.RossandT.F.Garrard,pp.10-29.LosAngeles:MuseumofCulturalHistory(UCLA),1983.“14th-15thCenturySyrio-EgyptianBrasswareinGhana,”NyameAkuma,(20)1982:13-16.bookandexhibitionreviewsTheArabAmericanNationalMuseum,Dearborn,Michigan(MuseumReview).JournalofAmericanHistory,93(3)2006:821-825.‘LivinginStyle.’CraftsandTechnologies:SomeTraditionalCraftsmenand–womenintheWesternGrasslandsofCameroon.Part4:Handicrafts,MusicandtheFabricofSocialLife,byHansKnöpfli,MaterialReligion,2(2)2006:247-48.TheOnesThatAreWanted:CommunicationandthePoliticsofRepresentationinaPhotographicExhibition,byCorinneA.Kratz,InternationalJournalofAfricanHistoricalStudies,35(2)2002:467-69.

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TheVibrantArtofGhana,Gemeentemuseum,TheHague(exhibitionreview).GhanaStudiesNewsletter,No.15,Summer2002,pp.6-7.ArtandLifeinAfrica:RecontextualizingAfricanArtintheCycleofLife,conceivedanddevelopedbyL.LeeMcIntyreandChristopherD.Roy(CDROMreview).AfricanArts,32(1)1999:91-92,96.ArtThatHeals,MuseumforAfricanArt(exhibitionreview).AfricanArts,31(3)1998:80-81.AfricanMetalwork,byJeremyCoote,etal.AfricanArts,29(3)1996:93-94.StateandSocietyinPre-ColonialAsante,byT.C.McCaskie.JournaloftheRoyalAnthropologicalInstitute,2(2)1996:371-72.TheArtsofAfrica:AnAnnotatedBibliography,byJanetL.Stanley.AfricanStudiesReview,35(2)1992:127-28.AfricanArtinAmericanCollections,byWarrenM.RobbinsandNancyIngramNooter.AfricanStudiesReview,35(1)1992:138-40.“ObjectandIntellect:InterpretationofMeaninginAfricanArt.”EditedbyJohnHenryDrewal.SpecialissueofArtJournal,Volume47,Number2,Summer1988.AfricanArts22(4)1989:16-24,85.ImagesfromBamum:GermanColonialPhotographyattheCourtofKingNjoya,Cameroon,WestAfrica,1902-1915byChristraudGeary.InternationalJournalofAfricanHistoricalStudies22(1)1989:115-16.Perspectives:AnglesonAfricanArtbyJamesBaldwin,etal.AfricanArts21(1)1987:19-24.Hatumere:IslamicDesigninWestAfricabyLabellePrussin.BulletinoftheMiddleEastStudiesAssociation,21(1)1987:102-03.RedGoldofAfrica:CopperinPrecolonialHistoryandCulturebyEugeniaHerbert.AfricanArts,18(2)1985:18-23.VariousbookreviewsinTribalArtsReview(January1984toMay1986).exhibitions“AfricanArtandtheShapeofTime.”UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt.August18,2012toFebruary3,2013.“Susuka:RecentPaintingsandPrintsofAttaKwami.”GalleryCAAS,UniversityofMichigan.January2toFebruary25,2011.“CastingTradition:ContemporaryBrassworkinginGhana.”ExhibitMuseumofNaturalHistory,UniversityofMichigan.August1,2008toJuly31,2009.

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“PaintingEthiopia:TheLifeandWorkofQesAdamuTesfaw.”UCLAFowlerMuseumofCulturalHistoryandtheMuseumoftheInstituteofEthiopianStudies,AddisAbabaUniversity.UCLAFowlerMuseumofCulturalHistory,LosAngeles,March6-September18,2005;BirminghamMuseumofArt,February5-April23,2006;MuseumoftheAfricanDiaspora,SanFrancisco,October20,2006-March5,2007;LoyolaUniversityMuseumofArt,Chicago,August25-November4,2007.“EthiopianCrossroads:PhotographsofaLandandItsPeople.”UCLAFowlerMuseumofCulturalHistory,LosAngeles.March6toJune26,2005.“‘DrinkingtheWordofGod’:ExpressionsofFaithandtheSearchforWell-BeinginTwoWestAfricanCommunities.”MichiganStateUniversityMuseum.March18,2001toJanuary20,2002.“AfricanConnections:PerspectivesonCollectingCulture,”MichiganStateUniversityMuseum.January31toSeptember3,1999.“Hand-PaintedIconsbyFiveEthiopianArtists.”WaterStreetGallery,Saugatuck,MI.August16to22,1998.[Co-curatedwithNealSobania]“Ethiopia:TraditionsofCreativity.”MichiganStateUniversityMuseum.July24toDecember16,1994;DillardUniversity(NewOrleans),September8toDecember8,1995.“G.MennenWilliams:HisLegacyfromanAfricanMission.”OaklandUniversity,Rochester,MI.February1toMarch18,1990.“ExpressionsofAfrica:SelectionsfromtheMuseumsofMichiganStateUniversity,”KresgeArtMuseum,MichiganStateUniversity.September19toDecember15,1989.“TheRiverShallNeverBeAtRest:TransitionsinYorubaArt.”MaryPorterSesnonArtGallery,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz;May10toJune5,1987.MuseumofCulturalHistory,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles;February7toApril3,1988.“NorthwestCoastIndianArtfromtheHaubergCollection,”SeattleArtMuseum.August22,1985toMarch18,1986.“ArtsoftheAkan,”SeattleArtMuseum.February14toMarch31,1985.othermuseumprojects“Nkwantananso:TheCulturalCenterofTechiman.”Thislong-term(2005-present)projecthasofferedopportunitiesforcollaborativeworkamongfacultyandstudentsfromseveraluniversitiesintheUSandGhanaandmembersofacommunityincentralGhanatobuildaculturalcenter.Theworkhasinvolvedtheapplicationofcurrentsocialtheoryconcerningculture,heritageandcivilsociety.

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multimediaproduction“ThreeGenerationsofEthiopianPainters.”SmithsonianInstitution,Washington,DC,2002.[DVD,withNealSobania]“TheParchmentMakers:AnAncientArtinPresent-DayEthiopia.”Scriptorium(GrandHaven,MI)andHopeCollege(Holland,MI),2000.[Video,withNealSobania]“AkanBrasscasting.”CD-ROMcontribution.ArtandLifeinAfrica:RecontextualizingAfricanArtintheCycleofLife.CompiledbyC.RoyandL.McIntyre.UniversityofIowa,1998.“Ethiopia:TraditionsofCreativity.”Video.Setof10artistvignettestoaccompanyexhibitiondealingwiththecontemporaryartofEthiopia.MichiganStateUniversity,1994.“Atano:RiverDeitiesoftheAkan.”AfricanEncountersVideoSeries.UniversityofWashington,1986.“BonoBrasscasting.”AfricanEncountersVideoSeries.UniversityofWashington,1985.“TheAkanofGhana.”AfricanEncountersVideoSeries.UniversityofWashington,1985.virtualexhibitionsDesignerandCo-Curator,“’DrinkingtheWordofGod’:ExpressionsofFaithandtheSearchforWell-BeinginTwoWestAfricanCommunities.”Exhibitsite.OnlineMarch2001.<http://www-personal.umich.edu/~silveray/dwg>DesignerandCurator,“AfricanConnections:PerspectivesonCollectingCulture.”Exhibitsite.OnlineMarch1999.<http://www-personal.umich.edu/~silveray/connections>DesignerandCurator,“ZerihunYetmgeta:EthiopianArtist.”Documentationoflifeandworkoftheartist.OnlineJanuary1999.<http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~zerihun>OFFLINEDesignerandCurator,“RichardHunt:AmericanArtist.”Documentationoflifeandworkoftheartist.OnlineJanuary1999.<http://www-personal.umich.edu/~silveray/hunt>DesignerandCurator,“Ethiopia:TraditionsofCreativity.”Virtualexhibition.OnlineSeptember1998.<http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~etoc>OFFLINEmiscellaneousadvancedtechnologyprojectsInteractiveContent/SubjectAnalysisforPaintingEthiopia:TheLifeandWorkofQesAdamuTesfaw.CDROM,completedFebruary2005.Editorandmoderator,H-AfrArtsdiscussionlistandWWWpage.1996-2002.<https://networks.h-net.org/h-afrarts>

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AdvisoryBoardmember,H-WestAfricadiscussionlistandWWWpage.1998-2002.FirstPrize,MichiganStateUniversityNeXTHypermediaContest,for“LearningResourcesfortheCulturalHistoryofAfrica.”August1991.“LiberalArtsMultimediaExplorationProject:SecondSession.”MillsCollege,Oakland,CA.June1991.President(Founding),MichiganStateUniversityNeXTUser'sGroup,Fall1990-Spring1991.“BrassintheCulturalHistoryofWestAfrica.”MultimediacoursewaredevelopedontheNeXTComputerforacourseontheculturalhistoryofAfrica.CenterforIntegrativeStudiesintheArtsandHumanities,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI.September1990.“LiberalArtsMultimediaExplorationProject:FirstSession.”MillsCollege,Oakland,CA.June1990.conferenceparticipationColloquiumParticipant,“WhatToDo?MuseumObjectsofProblematicProvenance,”RestitutionofCulturalPropertyinAfrica:NewDirections?61stAnnualMeetingoftheAfricanStudiesAssociation.Indianapolis.November2018.RoundtableModerator,“AfricanArtinMuseums:EthicalQuandaries.”UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt,October2018.Paper,“AUrhoboShrineFigureintheCollectionofUMMA.”MuseumStories:TheEthicsofCollecting.EisenbergInstituteSymposium,September2018.Paper,“CollaborativeFutures:Museum,Community,Knowledge.”NarratingCulture(s)inMuseumsandExhibitions.LeuphanaUniversität,Lüneburg,January2018.Co-organizer,“DecolonizingSitesofCultureinAfricaandBeyond.”Michigan-WitsMellonWorkshop.AnnArbor,November2017.Respondent,“DisempoweringtheColonialLegaciesofRepresentation.”DecolonizingSitesofCultureinAfricaandBeyond,Michigan-WitsMellonWorkshop.AnnArbor,November2017.Co-organizer,“CuratorialDilemmas:RepresentingAfricaatUMMA.”Lectureseries,UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt.AnnArbor,October-November2017.Paper,“TheNationalMuseumofEthiopiaandtheNation.”17thTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt.Accra,August2017.Co-chair,“NeitherTemplenorForum.WhatisaNationalMuseuminAfrica?”Triplepanel,17thTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt.Accra,August2017.

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Roundtableparticipant,“ExhibitingEthiopia:ForgingCollaborationintheHumanitiesandArts.”EthiopianFutures:MovingForward.ThirdAnnualConference,Ethiopia-MichiganCollaborativeConsortium(EMC2).AddisAbaba,July2017.Paper,“SacredandProfane:EthiopianOrthodoxChurchPaintingandtheMarket.”TenthInternationalConferenceofHistoryofArtandArchitectureinEthiopia.Mekelle,Ethiopia,November2015.Paper,“SacredandProfane:EthiopianOrthodoxChurchPaintingandtheMarket.”SixthEuropeanConferenceonAfricanStudies.Paris,July2015.Paper,“PerformingHistory:TheDoMasqueradesofBondoukou,Côted’Ivoire,”Colloquium,What’sinaLabel,ClevelandMuseumofArt.April2015.Paper,“ResearchinMuseumswithoutWalls,”MuseumsasaSiteofKnowledge-Production,EisenbergInstitute,UniversityofMichigan.April2015.Co-organizer,“Archaeology/HeritageWorkshop.”UniversityofMichiganAfricanHeritageInitiative,DepartmentofArchaeologyandHeritageStudies,UniversityofGhana.December2014.Paper,“MaterialBiographies:SaharanTradeandtheLivesofObjectsin14/15th-CenturyWestAfrica.”57thAnnualMeetingoftheAfricanStudiesAssociation.Indianapolis.November2014.Paper,“MaterialBiographies:SaharanTradeandtheLivesofObjectsin14/15th-CenturyWestAfrica.”16thTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt.BrooklynMuseum.March2014.Paper,“AkanGold:ReverberationsintheForest.”TheGoldRoute:Art,CultureandTradeAcrosstheSaharaColloquium.ArtInstituteofChicago.August2013.Paper,“HeritageDialogues:Locating‘Culture’inaGhanaianCommunity.”RecoveringVoicesSeminar,NationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,SmithsonianInstitution,Washington,DC.May2013.Paper,“Ink,PaintandParchment:MakingManuscriptsinAksumToday.”EthiopicManuscriptsIlluminated:TheGeraldWeinerCollection.UniversityofCalifornia(Symposium),LosAngeles.May2012.Paper,“IntheBeginning...ReflectionsonNorthernKentucky’sCreationMuseum,”withBradleyTaylor.MichiganMuseumsAssociationAnnualMeeting,HarborSprings,MI.October2011.Paper,“OfChiefs,TouristsandCulture:HeritageProductioninContemporaryGhana.”ThePoliticsofHeritage,Johannesburg,July2011.Paper,“MemorializingDiaspora:ContemporaryHeritageDiscourseinGhana.”15thTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.March2011.Paper,“Beseiged!ContemporaryPolitical,CulturalandEconomicChallengestoMuseumsintheAcademy,”withCarlaSinopoli.InternationalCouncilofMuseums22ndGeneralConference.Shanghai.November2010.

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Paper,“ReimaginingCuratorialPracticein21st-CenturyAfrica:CommunityMuseums.”ExhibitingAfrica:CriticalCuratorialPracticeinthe21stCentury,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.October2010.Paper,“Culture’sPatina:SouvenirsasObjectsofHeritage.”SensationalHeritage.FashioningCulture,StylingthePastStimulatingtheSenses,VrijeUniversiteitAmsterdam(Conferencevenue:Accra).April2010.Paper,“LocatingCulturewith/inaGhanaianCommunity.”TranslatingKnowledge:GlobalPerspectivesonMuseumandCommunity,UniversityofMichigan.January2010.Paper,“OfChiefs,TouristsandCulture:TheMakingofLocalandNationalHeritagesinGhana.”HeritageMatters!UniversityofGhana,Accra.December2009.WorkshopChair,“CommunityInitiatives.”HeritageMatters!UniversityofGhana,Accra.December2009.

Paper,“TheInsandOutsofChurchPaintinginPresent-DayAksum:TheCaseoftheChurchofEndaIyasus,”withNealSobania.17thInternationalConferenceofEthiopianStudies,AddisAbaba.November2009.Paper,“‘DrinkingtheWordofGod:’ScriptasSpiritualCommunicationinAfrica.”ScripttoSacredSymposium,InstitutefortheHumanities,UniversityofMichigan.January2008.Paper,“BuildingCivilSociety:CreatingaCommunityCenterattheCrossroadsofCultureandCommerce.”WestAfricanMuseumsProgrammeSymposium,Dakar,Senegal.November2007.PanelChairandDiscussant,ContestingKnowledge:MuseumsandIndigenousPerspectives(IndigenousPastandPresent:FirstAnnualSymposium).NewberryLibrary,Chicago,IL.September2007.Paper,“BuildingCivilSociety:CreatingaCommunityCenterattheCrossroadsofCultureandCommerce.”AfricanArchitectureTodayConference,Kumasi,Ghana.June2007.Paper,“IconsofDevotion/IconsofTrade:ReligionandContemporaryVisualCultureinEthiopia.”14thTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,Gainesville,FL.March2007.Paper,“BuildingCivilSociety:ACommunityCenterattheCrossroadsofCultureandCommerce.”2ndTriennialAFRICOMConference,CapeTown,SouthAfrica.October2006.PanelChair,“StandardisationofTrainingProgrammes:GoodorBadIdea?”InternationalCouncilfortheTrainingofPersonnel(InternationalCouncilofMuseums),AnnualMeeting,Paris.October2005.PanelChair,“Sites/SightsofMemoryinGhana’sCulturalLandscapes.”47thAnnualMeetingoftheAfricanStudiesAssociation,NewOrleans.November2004.

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Paper,“QesAdamuTesfawandtheLimitsof‘Modernity’:AConsiderationoftheLifeandWorkofaContemporaryEthiopianArtist.”13thTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,Cambridge,MA.April2004.Paper,“Paintingfortheferenj:TourismandartincontemporaryAxum(Ethiopia).”46thAnnualMeetingoftheAfricanStudiesAssociation,Boston.November2003.Paper,“PatronsandArtistsinHighlandEthiopia:ContemporaryPracticeintheCommissioningofReligiousPaintingandMetalwork,”withNealSobania.15thInternationalConferenceofEthiopiaStudies,HamburgUniversity.July2003.Paper,“Art,Artists,andtheOrthodoxChurch:ContemporaryReligiousPaintinginEthiopia.”Symposium,ChristianArtinEthiopia:FramingTheMiraclesofMary,ArtInstituteofChicago.February2003.RoundtableDiscussion,“NewandImproved:ApplicationsofInformationTechnologyinStudiesofAfricanVisualCulture.”45thAnnualMeetingoftheAfricanStudiesAssociation,Washington,DC.December2002.Paper,“HistoriesofGoldandSilverinCentralandEasternEthiopia,”withNealSobania.SixthInternationalConferenceontheHistoryofEthiopianArt,InstituteofEthiopianStudies,AddisAbabaUniversity.November2002.Paper,“GoldandSilverattheCrossroadsinHighlandEthiopia.”90thAnnualConferenceoftheCollegeArtAssociation.Philadelphia.February2002.Paper,“AnAestheticofAccumulationandDisplayinAkanTanoShrines.”12thTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt.St.Thomas,VirginIslands.April2001.Paper,“AnAestheticofAccumulationandDisplayinAkanTanoShrines.”33rdAnnualChacmool(Archaeology)Conference,UniversityofCalgary.November2000.SectionChairforAfricanArt,PanelsSelectionCommitteeforAnnualAfricanStudiesAssociation(ASA)Meeting.Summer2000.RoundtableDiscussion,“MuseumStudies:TrainingfortheNewCentury.”MichiganMuseumAssociation,AnnArbor.September1999.Paper,“SustainingtheFaith:ExpressiveCultureandChristianityinEthiopia.”35thInternationalCongressonMedievalStudies,Kalamazoo.May2000.[withNealSobania]Paper,“H-AfrArts:WhatItIsandWhatItCanBe.”EleventhTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,NewOrleans.April1998.RoundtableDiscussion,Co-Chair,“H-AfrArtsandtheArtsCounciloftheAfricanStudiesAssociation.”EleventhTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,NewOrleans.April1998.

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Paper,“Negotiating‘Traditional’Law:AkanRoyalRegaliaandtheAfricanArtMarket.”38thAnnualMeetingoftheAfricanStudiesAssociation,SanFrancisco.November1996.Paper,“EthiopiaandAfricanArt:HowRaceandEthnicityHaveShapedthePerceptionofEthiopiaasAfrican.”TenthTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,NewYork.April1995.PanelChair,“HistoryandArtinEthiopia.”TenthTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,NewYork.April1995.Paper,“TwoEthiopianGoldsmiths:AbibSa’idandGezahegnGebreYohannes,”withNealSobania.TenthTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,NewYork.April1995.Paper,“TwoGenerationsofTraditionalPainters:ABiographicalSketchofQangetaJembereHailuandMarqosJembere,”withGirmaFisseha.12thInternationalConferenceofEthiopianStudies,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI.September1994.Paper,“ContemporaryPotteryProductioninWolayta(Ethiopia).”AfricanPotteryConference,UniversityofIowa,IowaCity.April1994.Paper,“EthiopianTraditionsofCreativity:'Art'or'Handicraft'.”ThirdInternationalConferenceontheHistoryofEthiopianArt,AddisAbaba.November1993.Paper,“BringingEthiopiaintotheFold:AnOverviewofEthiopianArtStudies.”NinthTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,IowaCity.April1992.PanelChair,“NeglectedThemesintheStudyofAfricanArt.”NinthTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,IowaCity.April1992.Paper,“EstablishingandSustainingaUniversity-BasedAfricanArtProgram—TheRelationshipofScholar/Teacher,Librarian,andVisualResourceSpecialist.”ArtLibrariesofNorthAmerica20thAnnualConference,Chicago,IL.February1992.Paper,“AConsiderationoftheOrigins,Evolution,andDemiseoftheDoTraditionintheBondoukouRegion(Côted'Ivoire).”AfricanStudiesAssociationMeeting,St.Louis,MO.November1991.Participant,SecondInternationalConferenceontheHistoryofEthiopianArt.Nieborow,Poland.September1990.Paper,“ThroughAfricanEyes,PerceptionsoftheWestinAfricanArt:DefiningtheProblem(s).”AfricanStudiesAssociationMeeting,Atlanta,GA.November1989.PanelChair,“ThroughAfricanEyes:PerceptionsoftheWestinAfricanArt.”AfricanStudiesAssociationMeeting,Atlanta,GA.November1989.Paper,“MaskingandEthnicityintheDepartementdeBondoukou,Côted'Ivoire.”EighthTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,Washington,DC.June1989.

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PanelChair,“ArtinMulti-EthnicContexts.”EighthTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,Washington,DC.June1989.Paper,“WritingandDyulaIdentityinIvoryCoastandGhana(WestAfrica).”CollegeArtAssociationMeeting,Houston,TX.February1988.Paper,“DressforSuccess:AdorningtheGodsoftheAkan.”AfricanStudiesAssociationMeeting,Madison,WI.November1986.Participant,roundtablediscussion,“AfricanTechnologicalVisions:IndigenousMetalworkingonFilmandVideo[BonoBrassCasting].”AfricanStudiesAssociationMeeting,Madison,WI.November1986.Paper,“TheArtsofTano.”SeventhTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,LosAngeles.April1986.PanelChair,“ShrinesandAltarEnsembles.”SeventhTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,LosAngeles.April1986.Paper,“BonoBrasscasting:Art,TechnologyandHistory.”ArtinContext:EnvironmentandSociety(Symposium),PortlandArtMuseum,Portland.May1985.PanelChair,“TheShapesofReligiousExperience:IslamandArtinWestAfrica.”AfricanStudiesAssociationMeeting,LosAngeles.October1984.Paper,“ReconstructingtheOriginsofAkanCastingTechnology.”AfricanStudiesAssociationMeeting,LosAngeles.October1984.Paper,“TanoWorshipAmongtheBronandAsante.”AsanteanditsNeighbors:RelationswiththeExterior(Symposium),AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory,NewYork.October1984.Paper,“Islam,ArtandTechnology:TheOriginsofAkanandNupeBrassworking.”SixthTriennialSymposiumonAfricanArt,Norman.April1983.Paper,“ReconstructingaHistoryofIslam'sImpactonAkanArt.”AfricanStudiesFacultySeminar,UniversityofWashington,Seattle.May1983.SymposiumChair,“RhythmsofRitual:CreationandContextofAfricanArt,”SeattleArtMuseum.September1982.Paper,“MamlukMetalworkinBiladas-Sudan:EvidenceforFourteenth-SixteenthCenturyTrans-SaharanTrade.”MiddleEasternStudiesAssociationMeeting,Seattle.November1981.Paper,“AVestigeoftheTrans-SaharanGoldTrade:Arabic-InscribedVesselsamongtheAkan.”AfricanStudiesAssociationMeeting,Bloomington.October1981.Paper,“TheImpactofPoliticsandEconomyonBonoAestheticTraditions.”AfricanStudiesAssociationMeeting,Philadelphia.October1980.

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Paper,“IslamicInfluenceinAkanArt:TheKufesque.”ArtsofGhana(Symposium),LosAngeles.October1977.invitedlectures“Saints,PaintersandMerchants:ThreeStoriesaboutArtandReligioninEthiopia,”KalamazooArtLeague,KalamazooInstituteofArts,Kalamazoo,MI,April2018.“Paintings,PrintsandPiety:ContemporaryVisualPracticesintheEthiopianOrthodoxTewahedoChurch,”AfricaWorkshop,UniversityofMichigan.November2017.“Paintings,PrintsandPiety:ContemporaryVisualPracticesintheEthiopianOrthodoxTewahedoChurch,”MichiganSocietyofFellows.September2017.“AkanVisualCulture:ADialogue,”TuftsUniversity.April,2016“Inextinguishable:AConversationwithTyreeGuyton,”MichiganMuseumAssociationAnnualMeeting,AnnArbor,MI.October,2015.“ContemporaryArtoftheEthiopianOrthodoxChurch,”DocentTraining,UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt.October2014.“‘MappingCulture’inTechiman,”CenterforWorldPerformanceStudiesFacultySymposium.September2014.“Reflectingon‘LocatingCulture’inanAfricanCommunity,”PracticesofPublicScholarship,ArtsofCitzenshipInstituteforSocialChange.August2014.“RepresentationsofRaceinMuseums:ABriefHistoricalOverview,”MuseumsandRace:NewParticipatoryPractices,UniversityofMichiganNaturalHistoryMuseum,AnnArbor.September2013.“VisualCultureasHistoryinAfrica.”NEHTeachersWorkshop,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI.Augusst2013.“VisualTraditionsofOrthodoxChristianity:Religion,CommerceandArtinEthiopiaToday.”NationalMuseumofAfricanArt,SmithsonianInstitution,Washington,DC.March2013.“Community/Museum:RelocatingCuratorialAuthorityinTechiman,Ghana.”CentreforEthnographicResearchandExhibitionintheAftermathofViolence(DepartmentofHistory),ConcordiaUniversity(Montreal).April2012.“TacticalMuseology:ThinkingStrategicallyaboutCommunity,MuseumandtheAcademy,”withMariaCoteraandAimeeVonBokel.CrossCurrents:TransdisciplinaryDialoguesontheMuseum.MuseumStudiesProgram,UniversityofMichigan.October2011.

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“Teachingin,with,andaboutMuseums:EngagingStudentsinMateriallyDifferentWays.”CenterforResearchinLearningandTeaching,UniversityofMichigan.February2011.“LearningaboutVisualCultureinGhana.”MyDaysinGhana(PeaceCorpsSymposium),UniversityofMichiganStudentUnion.October2010.“MuseumsandPedagogiesofPractice.”InstitutefortheHumanitiesSpringSeminar,UniversityofMichigan.May2010.“CultureandCivicEngagement:ReflectionsonHeritageWorkinTechiman,Ghana.”Latin@MuseumandCulturalCenterProject,UMDetroitCenter.January2010.“BeingInvitedtoOne’sOwnHouse:ReflectionsonCultureandHeritageinTechiman,Ghana.”InstitutefortheHumanities,UniversityofMichigan.November2009.“CultureandCivicEngagement:ReflectionsonHeritageWorkinTechiman,Ghana.”ArtsofCitizenship,UniversityofMichigan.October2009.“IconsofDevotion/IconsofTrade:ContemporaryReligiousArtoftheEthiopianOrthodoxChurch.”ColgateUniversity,Hamilton,NY.September2009.“ThinkingaboutMuseumsinAfrica:TwoExamplesofCommunity-CenteredMuseums.”WheatonCollege,Norton,MA.April2008.“ReflectionsonCultureandCommunity:BuildingaCulturalCenterinTechiman,Ghana.”ArtsofCitizenship,UniversityofMichigan.April2008.“QesAdamuTesfaw:APainterofContemporaryEthiopia.”LoyolaUniversityMuseumofArt,Chicago,IL.September2007.“ContemporaryReligiousArtandtheOrthodoxChurch.”EthiopianCommunityofChicagoNewYear’sConference,LoyolaUniversity,Chicago,IL.September2007.“ReimaginingtheMuseum—ExhibitingAfricaandAfricans.”UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt.December2006.“HistoryandtheDiscursiveObject.”WorkshoporganizedbytheEisenbergInstituteforHistoricalStudies,UniversityofMichigan.December2006.“QesAdamuTesfaw—APainterofContemporaryEthiopia.”BirminghamMuseumofArt.April2006.“ReadingExhibitions.”OpeningPublicGoodsforTeachingWorkshop,UniversityofMichigan.January2006.“Painting‘Culture’inContemporaryEthiopia:TheLifeandWorkofQesAdamuTesfaw.”CenterforAfroamericanandAfricanStudies,UniversityofMichigan.March2005.

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“ExpressionsofEthiopianCulture:ThePaintingsofQesAdamuTesfaw.”UCLAFowlerMuseumofCulturalHistory.March2005.“ContemporaryPaintingintheEthiopianOrthodoxChurch.”BrighamYoungUniversity.February2005.“TheArchaeologyandHistoryofAncientAksum,Ethiopia.”ToledoMuseum(AmericanArchaeologicalInstitute).February2005.“Hearing/ReadingAkanVisualCulture.”Symposiumpresentation,LearningfromObjects:AConversationaboutVisualCultureinAfrica.UniversityofMichiganMuseumofArt.December2004.“CollectingCulture:MuseumsandTheirAntecedentsinGhana(WestAfrica).”HarnMuseumofArt,UniversityofFlorida.October2003.“’DrinkingtheWordofGod’:SpiritualHealinginaWestAfricanCommunity.”JamesS.ColemanAfricanStudiesCenter,UCLA,LosAngeles.August2002andAugust2003.“Christianity,TourismandArtinHighlandEthiopia.”DetroitInstituteofArt.April2002.“QesAdamuTesfaw:APriestWhoPaints.”HopeCollege(Holland,MI).September2001.“CollectingCulture:AnAestheticofAccumulationandDisplayinPrecolonialAsante(WestAfrica).”UniversityofMichigan.April2001.“TheVisualCulturesandCreativityinHighlandEthiopia.”DetroitInstituteofArt.March2001.“VisualizingtheWordofGod:TalismanicTraditionsinCôted’IvoireandEthiopia.”SchoolofArt,UniversityofWashington.February2001.“PaintersandScribes:TeachingandSustainingChristianityinEthiopia,”TheScriptorium,GrandHaven,MI.June1999.“SeekingaHistoryfortheArtsofEthiopia,”AlbionCollege,Albion,MI.October1999.“ChurchArtofHighlandEthiopia—TheChallengeofInterpretation,”SantaBarbaraMuseumofArt,SantaBarbara,CA.November1997.“GoldandPower:History,Politics,andArtinAsante,”AllThatGlitters:ASymposiumAboutGold.MuseumofFineArts,Houston.March1997.“ArtandArtifactinEthiopia:InterpretingtheCreativeProcessonItsOwnTerms.”AfricanStudiesCenter,BostonUniversity.October1996.“SeekingaHistoryforMetalworkingintheNorthernHighlandsofEthiopia:AStrategyforEthnoarchaeologicalResearchatAksum.”DepartmentofArchaeology,BostonUniversity.October1996.

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“AfricanArtandtheColonialExperience.”ComparativeStudiesofColonialism:TheColonialExperienceandItsAftermathinAfrica,NEHSummerInstitute,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI.July1996.“SeekingaHistoryforaMasqueradePerformance.”ArtsShowcaseWeekend(MichiganStateUniversity,CollegeofArtsandLetters),GrandHotel,MackinacIsland,MI.June1996.“EthiopianArtandSociety.”DillardUniversity,NewOrleans,LA.September1995.“AestheticExpressioninEthiopia.”KresgeArtMuseum,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI.November1994.“Ethiopia:TraditionsofCreativity—APreview.”AfricanStudiesCenterBrownBagLectureSeries,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI.April1994.“AnIntroductiontotheCastingTraditionsoftheAkan(Ghana).”MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI.March1994.“Ethiopia:TraditionsofCreativity.”UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI.March1994.“ArtistsandtheCreativeProcessinEthiopia.”DePauwUniversity,Greencastle,IN.February1994.“Mosques,MaraboutsandMasquerades:IslamandArtinWestAfrica.”MetropolitanMuseumofArt,NewYorkCity.February1994.“AfricanArt:WhatIsItandWhoIsItFor?”DennosMuseum,TraverseCity,MI.February1993.“EthiopianArt:TraditionsofCreativity.”LosAngelesEthnicArtsCouncil,LosAngeles,CA;andFriendsofEthnicArt,SantaBarbara,CA.February1993.“GoldoftheAsante:ThePowerofArtinaWestAfricanSociety.”BrighamYoungUniversity,Provo,Utah.April1992.“MoreThantheEyeBeholds:TheMultipleMeaningsof'AfricanArt'.”UtahMuseumofFineArts,SaltLakeCity,Utah.April1992.“WhatDoWeMeanByAfricanArt.”GlenbowMuseum,Calgary.February1992.Participant,GlobalIssuesForumPanelDiscussion,“LawandCulture:TheRightsofIndigenousPeopletoTheirCulturalHeritage.”MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI.February1992.“GoldinAfricanSociety.”DetroitInstituteofArt.January1992.“ExhibitDesign:TheChallengeofDisplayingAfricanArt.”ArtDepartment,BallStateUniversity,Muncie,IN.November1991.“AfricanArtandDisciplineBasedArtEducation.”TheGettyCenterforEducationintheArts,CranbrookAcademy,BloomfieldHills,MI.July1991.

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“MetalworkingamongtheAncientAkan:LandofGold.”NickleArtsMuseum,UniversityofCalgary.February1991.“ArabicWritingandtheOccult.”KresgeArtMuseum,MichiganStateUniversity.February1991.“ApproachestotheStudyofAfricanArt:StateoftheField.”FacultySeminar,MichiganStateUniversity.February1991.“AfricanArt:AnOverview.”OaklandSchoolsUnitofFineArtsEducation,Waterford,MI.October1990.“AfricanArtandImagesofAfricainEuropeandtheUS.”ImagesofAfrica:AMulti-Media,Art,andLiteratureApproachtoTeachingaboutAfricaintheU.S.Classroom,ROADSProgram,Detroit,MI.October1990.“SearchingforaDefinitionofAfricanArt.”AfricanStudiesProgram,KalamazooCollege,Kalamazoo,MI.August1990.“WhyisAfricanArtImportant?”TheGettyCenterforEducationintheArts,CranbrookAcademy,BloomfieldHill,MI.August1990.“WhatDoesAnArtHistorianDo?”TheGettyCenterforEducationintheArts,CranbrookAcademy,BloomfieldHill,MI.August1990.“AnIntroductiontotheMexicanMuralTraditionoftheTwentiethCentury.”CHARLASeries,MichiganStateUniversity.February1990.“MoreThantheEyeBeholds:TheMultipleMeaningsofAfricanArt.”MeadowBrookArtGallery,OaklandUniversity(Rochester,MI).February1990.“'AfricanArt'WhatIsItandWhoIsItFor?”KresgeArtMuseum,MichiganStateUniversity.November1989.“ArtandEthnicity:TheMaskingTraditionsofBondoukou,Côted'Ivoire.”AfricanStudiesProgramSpringSeminar,NorthwesternUniversity.May1989.“IslamandAfricanArt.”FacultySeminar,MichiganStateUniversity.February1989.“AkanGoldweights:ACulturalandHistoricalPerspective.”MontereyPeninsulaMuseumofArt,Monterey,CA.May1987.“OrientalismandPrimitivisminModernArt.”TheGettyCenterforEducationintheArts,LosAngeles.July1985.“StyleinAfricanArt.”TheGettyCenterforEducationintheArts,LosAngeles.November1983.

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“FindingandAppreciatingAfricanArt.”ModestTreasures:AffordableArtforEveryone(LectureSeries),UniversityofWashington,Seattle.August1982.“TraditionalBrasscastingAmongtheAkanofGhana.”RhythmsofRitual(Symposium),SeattleArtMuseum,Seattle.September1982.“TheRoleofExoticTradeGoodsinAkanSociety:SomeTentativeConclusions.”InstituteofAfricanStudies,UniversityofGhana,Legon,Ghana.November1980.“TheIntegrationofArabic-InscribedVesselsAmongtheAkan:AStudyinCross-CulturalAssimilativeProcesses.”DepartmentofArchaeology,UniversityofGhana,Legon,Ghana.December1979.referencesfurnisheduponrequest