Dr. Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti joins HART as new Postdoctoral Associate

Nancy & Robert J. Carney Postdoctoral Associate in Art History

Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti

A warm welcome to ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐š๐ซ๐ง๐š๐›๐š๐ฌ ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข, our new Nancy and Robert J. Carney Postdoctoral Associate in Art History! Dr. Muvhuti will be leading the new fall course ๐‡๐€๐‘๐“ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ–: ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, where students will cover different aspects of African modernism discourses drawing from literature and artworks from each of the continentโ€™s major regions. The main objective of the course is for students to gain insights into Africaโ€™s contribution to global art. Seats are still available so donโ€™t hesitate to register for HART 238!

Having recently graduated with his PhD in Art History from Rhodes University in South Africa, Dr. Muvhutiโ€™s current research traces the artistic lineages emerging out of the early modern schools in Southern Africa. He writes on contemporary art practices in Africa, as well as the current migration trends in Southern Africa. He has worked as a Gallery Assistant at the AVA Gallery in Cape Town and the Centre for African Studies Gallery at the University of Cape Town (UCT), a Research Assistant and Project Manager at the Centre for Curating the Archive (UCT), and a Research Assistant for the Curatorial Department at the Zeitz MOCAA Museum. He is member of the Refugees in Towns research project of The Fletcher School at Tufts University and also a member of the Africa South Art Initiative (ASAI).

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