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Kirsten Scheid
American University of Beirut
Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
Secondary Phone: +961-1-350000 x 4368
3 dag Hammeskjold Plza, 8th Fl
New York NY 10017
United States
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Colonialism
Identity/Representation
Arab Studies
Historiography
Modern
Geographic Areas of Interest
Lebanon
Mashreq
Palestine
Specialties
Contemp Fine Art
Taste
Sovereignty
Languages
Arabic (fluent)
French (advanced)
Education
PhD | 2005 | Anthropology | Princeton University
MA | 1996 | Anthro | Princeton U
BA | 1992 | Art History | Columbia U
Abstracts
Painting the Nahda: Secularism, Piety, and Nationalism The Burden of At-homeness for Palestinian Artists and Art History Generally From The Arab Exhibition to National Art Exhibitions