Erica Lehrer
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Erica Lehrer (born 1969) is an anthropologist, curator, and academic specializing in post-Holocaust Jewish culture, museum studies, ethnography, and public scholarship. She is Associate Professor of History and Sociology/Anthropology at Concordia University, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Museum and Heritage Studies and serves as director of the Curating and Public Scholarship Lab at Concordia University.[1][2]
She has received a B.A. from Grinnell College and M.A. and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan.[1]
Awards
- Canada Research Chair in Museum and Heritage Studies[2]
- Canada Research Chair in Post-Conflict Memory, Ethnography and Museology
- Hazel D. Cole Fellowship in Jewish Studies, University of Washington[3]
- Illinois Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign[4]
Curatorial work
In 2013, Lehrer curated "Souvenir, Talisman, Toy," an ethnographic exhibition of historical and contemporary Polish-made figurines depicting Jews, at the Ethnographic Museum of Kraków. A smaller selection of objects and media from the exhibit was on display from July 28 – August 30, 2013, at the Galicia Jewish Museum.[5][6][7][8] In 2016, she curated a new exhibition at the Galicia Jewish Museum titled "A Single Point Perspective/Punkt Zbiezny."
Publications
- "Curatorial Dreams: Critics Imagine Exhibitions", McGill-Queen's University Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-77354683-7
- "Jewish Space in Contemporary Poland", Indiana University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-253-01503-7
- Na szczęście to Żyd / Lucky Jews: Poland's Jewish Figurines, Ha!art Press, 2014, ISBN 978-83-64057-42-7
- Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places, Indiana University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-253-00886-2
- co-editor, Curating Difficult Knowledge: Violent Pasts in Public Places, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, ISBN 978-0-230-29672-5
References
- ^ a b "Faculty Page, Department of History, Concordia University".
- ^ a b "Canada Research Chairs - Erica Lehrer".
- ^ "Faculty Page, Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University".
- ^ "Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign". Archived from the original on 2013-02-14.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Yeba, Nicole (6 June 2013). "A Dialogue Between Jewish Figurines and Polish History: Concordia Teacher and Students to Host Exhibit in Krakow". The Link (Montreal).
- ^ Cagiel, Gabriela (5 July 2013). "Nie uwierzyłabyś! Zobaczyłam te figurki...". Gazeta Wyborcza (Kraków).
- ^ Tygodnik Powszechny (9 July 2013). "Żydek z monetą: "Żyda w domu trzeba mieć, on pieniędzy będzie strzec" – instruuje komentarz wypalony na deseczce. Niewinny zwyczaj czy antysemityzm?. Tygodnik Powszechny (Kraków).
- ^ Bilewicz, Michał (4 July 2013). "Bilewicz: Powrót wypartego chałaciarza". Kritika Polityczna (Kraków).