The Department of Art History Welcomes Dr. Yasmine Espert

The Department of Art History Welcomes Dr. Yasmine Espert as the Bridge to the Faculty Postdoc

Dr. Yasmine Espert will join the Department of Art History this fall as the Bridge to the Faculty postdoctoral fellow in the arts of Africa and its global diasporas. Dr. Espert's research interests include the Caribbean and its diaspora. Her publications on film, photography, and the African diaspora are “Blood, Fire and Interiority in Horace Ové’s Pressure” (Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art), “Can Photography Be Decolonial?” (Public Books), and “Listening to Revolution” (Artpress). Her first book project is under contract at Duke University Press. With the support of Small Axe: A Caribbean Platform for Criticism, she curated made vulnerable – an online exhibition for sx visualities. She received a doctorate in art history from Columbia University.