Talia Lieber

VISITING Assistant Professor of Art History

CONTACT INFORMATION

Office: Filene 101
Phone: 518-580-8470
Email: tlieber@skidmore.edu

Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Wednesday, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm
And, available by appointment.  (Please email Professor Lieber to schedule an appointment.)

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Art History, University of California, Los Angeles
  Dissertation: "Rwanda in Form: Collections and Displays of a Kingdom’s Art in the Twentieth Century."
• M.A., Art History,  University of California, Los Angeles
• B.A., International Relations and Art History, Tufts University

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS 

• Historical and contemporary arts of Africa Rwanda and the Great Lakes region of central and eastern Africa
• Museum and curatorial studies
• Colonial and missionary histories
• Collections and exhibitions on the African continent
• Object-based teaching, archival research, and interdisciplinary learning

COURSES

• The Arts of Africa (AH151)
• African Objects and Archives in Museums (AH351)