SOAS University of London

Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, School of Arts

Mr David Malik

  • Teaching
  • Research

Overview

Teaching

  • Introduction to the Art and Archaeology of Africa (BA)
  • Themes in the Art and Archaeology of Africa (BA)
  • Research Skills (MPhil)
  • Modern and Contemporary Arts in Africa for MA (Convenor, Lecturer)
  • Approaches to Modern and Contemporary Arts in Africa (Convenor, Lecturer)
  • Understanding Africa (lecturer) - SOAS Summer School

Research

African art; African visual cultures; contemporary urban arts in Sierra Leone; masquerade; long standing art traditions of Western and Central Africa; various approaches to ‘popular’ urban arts and its interrelations to local, regional, and global ideas and practices; African diaspora; post-colonial critiques of museum representations & exhibition practices; history and theory of collecting.