Erica Lehrer, PhD
Professor, History
Biography Selected Publications Exhibitions & installations (selected) Professional Association Board Memberships
Erica Lehrer is a sociocultural anthropologist and curator, and currently Professor in the History Department at Concordia. She is also Founding Director of the university's Curating and Public Scholarship Lab (CaPSL). From 2007-2017 She held the Canada Research Chair in Museum and Heritage Studies, and she currently directs the 7-year, $2.5 million international team project Thinking Through the Museum (TTTM): A Partnership Approach to Curating Difficult Knowledge in Public (2021-2028), funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
Education
B.A. (1992) Grinnell College; M.A. (1997) and Ph.D. (2005) in Sociocultural Anthropology, and Certificate in Museum Studies (2005), University of Michigan.