Peter Probst

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Associate Professor
Affiliation	Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Email	peter.probst@tufts.edu
Mailing Address	Tufts University Department of Art History 11 Talbot Avenue Medford, Massachusetts 02155 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 617 627 2939 fax: 617 627 3890
Websites	http://ase.tufts.edu/faculty-guide/faculty.asp?id=pprobs01&deptId=arthistory
Countries of Specialization	Nigeria ; Malawi
Research Interests	African Art and Visual Culture ; Critical Theory, Modernity and Heritage ; Fieldwork among Yoruba in Nigeria and Chewa in Malawi.
Teaching Interests	African Art and Visual Culture ; Critical Theory, Modernity and Heritage ; Fieldwork among Yoruba in Nigeria and Chewa in Malawi.
Publications	Producing Presence. The Art of Heritage in a Yoruba City. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, forthcoming Kalumbas Fest. Geschichte, Lokalität und Rituelle Praxis in Malawi. Münster; Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2005 Between Resistance and Expansion. Explorations of Local Vitality in Africa and Beyond. (ed. with Gerd Spittler). Münster; Berlin; Rochester: LIT & Transaction Publishers, 2004
Keywords	Yoruba ; Chewa ; African art ; visual culture ; modernity ; heritage ; ...