| Region of Interest | Africa |
| Primary Country of Residence | United States of America |
| Title | Deputy Director and Chief Curator |
| Affiliation | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Email | proberts@arts.ucla.edu |
| Mailing Address | Fowler Museum of Cultural History
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Box 951549
Los Angeles, California 90095-1549 USA |
| Phone/Fax Number(s) | phone: 310/825-9025
fax: 310/206-7007 |
| Websites | http://www.fmch.ucla.edu/ |
| Countries of Specialization | Congo (Democratic Republic) ; Senegal |
| Education | Ph.D. (Art History, Columbia, 1991) |
| Research Interests | Conducts research, writes, and organizes museum
exhibitions with his spouse, Dr. Mary Nooter Roberts, such as _Memory:
Luba Art and the Making of History_ (1996, that won the College Art
Association's Alfred Barr Award; currently working with Mary Nooter
Roberts on "'Passport to Paradise': Sufi Arts of Senegal and Beyond," an
NEH-funded exhibition (See: http://www.fmch.ucla.edu/passporttoparadise.htm) and the
accompanying exhibition catalogue: _A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of
Urban Senegal_ (2003) ; doctoral research in Zaire/DRCong, also
interested in cultural dynamics of the Indian Ocean World. |
| Publications | None on file. |
| Keywords | museum exhibitions ; African art ; art history ; modernity ; ... |
