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Suzanne Preston Blier

Allen Whitehill Clowes Chair of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies

Harvard University

Affiliations

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Center for African Studies

History of Art & Architecture

Institute for Quantitative Social Science

Medieval Studies

Suzanne Preston Blier is currently serving as a Center For African Studies Allen Whitehill Clowes Chair of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.

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Suzanne Preston Blier

Harvard University

Allen Whitehill Clowes Chair of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies

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art art history african studies visual arts african identity cultural history visual culture african american studies history of art african diaspora aesthetics anthropology cultural heritage art research art theory afrocentricity african art black experience art criticism archaeology arts-based research historical methodology performance art ethnohistory monumental heritage religious symbol public performance orientalism historical scholarship african city art management narrative architectural history prehistory folklore tradition visual art practice radical aesthetics housing caribbean studies southern african studies african development folklore studies historical archaeology japan studies body image ancient yoruba african dwellings obalufon arts avian biology ornithology animal science animal physiology death studies african political economy palaeogeography journalism history animal studies building design mourning past geography historical reconstruction latin american religion human ecology identity issues african vodun ancient ife african portrayals west africa asian art early danhome architectural self-images artistic expression secret agency batammaliba building design moral architecture ancient nigeria

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

1325: How Medieval Africa Made the World Modern. Yale University Press (2026)

social historyglobal historycultural historyintellectual historyhistoryafrican studiescivilizationshistorical scholarship

Image of Nubia in Africa. The Image of Nubia (2025)

anthropologyzooarchaeologyafrican studiesgeographyafrican city

European in African Art. (2024)

contemporary arthistory of artvisual artsafrocentricityafrican studiesart historyafrican identityart

On Framing the Foreign: European Representation in Historic African Art. The Image of the European in African Art (2024)

cultural historyhistory of artcultural studiescultural heritageafrocentricityafrican studiesafrican identityart

Strange? Sameness and Difference in Benin Artistic Portrayals of Others. The Image of the European in African Art (2024)

african diasporaculturecultural studiesafrican studiesvisual cultureafrican identityart

Cartographie De L’Ituri: Les Peintures Sur éCorce Battue Mbuti Et Les Toiles D’Anne Eisner. (2023)

comparative analysissculpturefrenchfrench studies

Curating Contemporary African Art. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Moyo OkedijiWura-Natasha OgunjiOlu OguibeOlabisi SilvaSuzanne Blier

urbanizationcontemporary african artart

Laser-Focused. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Moyo OkedijiWura-Natasha OgunjiOlu OguibeOlabisi SilvaSuzanne Blier

Performing Justice for Everyday People. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Moyo OkedijiWura-Natasha OgunjiOlu OguibeOlabisi SilvaSuzanne BlierMoyo OkedijiWura-Natasha OgunjiOlu OguibeOlabisi SilvaSuzanne Blier

everyday peoplesocial mediasocial scienceshumanitiesperformance studies

Streets of Newtowne. Imagine and Wonder (2023)

urbanismurban geographyurban sociologyurban lifeurban studiesurban planningurban historyurban conditionurban designurban affairs

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Suzanne Preston Blier

Allen Whitehill Clowes Chair of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies

Harvard University

Affiliations

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Center for African Studies

History of Art & Architecture

Institute for Quantitative Social Science

Medieval Studies

Suzanne Preston Blier is currently serving as a Center For African Studies Allen Whitehill Clowes Chair of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Suzanne Preston Blier

Harvard University

Allen Whitehill Clowes Chair of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

1325: How Medieval Africa Made the World Modern. Yale University Press (2026)

social historyglobal historycultural historyintellectual historyhistoryafrican studiescivilizationshistorical scholarship

Image of Nubia in Africa. The Image of Nubia (2025)

anthropologyzooarchaeologyafrican studiesgeographyafrican city

European in African Art. (2024)

contemporary arthistory of artvisual artsafrocentricityafrican studiesart historyafrican identityart

On Framing the Foreign: European Representation in Historic African Art. The Image of the European in African Art (2024)

cultural historyhistory of artcultural studiescultural heritageafrocentricityafrican studiesafrican identityart

Strange? Sameness and Difference in Benin Artistic Portrayals of Others. The Image of the European in African Art (2024)

african diasporaculturecultural studiesafrican studiesvisual cultureafrican identityart

Cartographie De L’Ituri: Les Peintures Sur éCorce Battue Mbuti Et Les Toiles D’Anne Eisner. (2023)

comparative analysissculpturefrenchfrench studies

Curating Contemporary African Art. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Moyo OkedijiWura-Natasha OgunjiOlu OguibeOlabisi SilvaSuzanne Blier

urbanizationcontemporary african artart

Laser-Focused. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Moyo OkedijiWura-Natasha OgunjiOlu OguibeOlabisi SilvaSuzanne Blier

Performing Justice for Everyday People. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Moyo OkedijiWura-Natasha OgunjiOlu OguibeOlabisi SilvaSuzanne BlierMoyo OkedijiWura-Natasha OgunjiOlu OguibeOlabisi SilvaSuzanne Blier

everyday peoplesocial mediasocial scienceshumanitiesperformance studies

Streets of Newtowne. Imagine and Wonder (2023)

urbanismurban geographyurban sociologyurban lifeurban studiesurban planningurban historyurban conditionurban designurban affairs

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