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

Dr David Malik

Overview
Teaching
Research

Overview

Department of History of Art and Archaeology, School of Arts

Teaching Fellow

Name:: Dr David Malik
Email address:: dm41@soas.ac.uk
Address:: SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:: Brunei Gallery
Academic Support Hours:: By email appointment

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.