Charmaine Nelson
Charmaine Nelson | |
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| Born | Charmaine Andrea Nelson 1971 (age 53–54) |
| Occupation | Art history professor |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Concordia University (BFA, MFA) University of Manchester (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Art History |
| Institutions | University of Massachusetts Amherst (2022–present) NSCAD University (2020–2022) McGill University (2003–2020) University of Western Ontario |
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Charmaine Andrea Nelson (born 1971) is a Canadian art historian, educator, author, and independent curator. Nelson was a full professor of art history at McGill University until June 2020 when she joined NSCAD University to develop the Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery. She is the first tenured Black professor of art history in Canada. Nelson's research interests include the visual culture of slavery, race and representation, Black Canadian studies and African Canadian history as well as critical theory, post-colonial studies, Black feminist scholarship, Transatlantic Slavery Studies, and Black Diaspora Studies. In addition to teaching and publishing in these research areas, Nelson has curated exhibitions, including at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario, and the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.