Dr. Erin Rice

Institut für Kunstgeschichte

E-Mail
rice.erinm@gmail.com
Postal Address
Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities
Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
Walter Benjamin Kolleg
Universität Bern
Muesmattstrasse 45
CH-3012 Bern

Erin Rice

Erin Rice studied fine arts and art history at Providence College and later received a Master’s of art history from Tufts University in 2010. Her thesis focused on the intersection of kente in contemporary Ghanaian art and issues of intellectual property. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Universität Bern. Her dissertation concerns the construction of identity through the use of Nigerian ankara, adire and injiri cloths in everyday life and contemporary art within Nigeria.

Title of PhD Project

The Weaving of Identity: Textiles in the production of image and contemporary art in Nigeria

Research Foci

Postcolonial theory | Identity | Cultural Heritage | Nigerian art and architecture | Textiles | Globalism