Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Sainsbury Research Unit for the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (SRU), is a centre for the study of the arts and material culture of these three regions, with six permanent academic faculty supported by library and administrative staff. Visiting fellows, research associates and postdoctoral researchers working on special projects also contribute to the lively academic community within the unit. The unit has its own teaching and study facilities and a specialist research library known as the Robert Sainsbury Library, all on hand within the Sainsbury Centre.
The SRU offers MA and PhD degrees, with generous scholarships and funding support for students. It also offers visiting fellowships for postdoctoral scholars and hosts regular conferences, symposia and other academic meetings. Combining anthropological, art-historical, archaeological and museological approaches, SRU research and teaching are focused on the distinctive cultures of the three regions, especially how artworks and objects are made, used, and circulated – in effect, how they matter to people, both in their original contexts and in the contexts of museums and exhibitions. The MA and PhD programmes are intended for those interested in careers in higher education, museums and galleries, publishing, journalism and development.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Abdulmalik Abdulrahman Abdulmalik
- School of History and Art History
- Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
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Awet Araya
- Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - Lecturer in the Arts of Africa
Person: Academic, Teaching & Research
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Aristoteles Barcelos Neto
- Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - Associate Professor in the Arts of the Americas
- Area Studies - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Where the land meets the sea: coastal heritage and resilience in Benin, West Africa
International Development Research Centre
1/01/25 → 15/11/26
Project: Research
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Eastern Jordan Holocene Environmental Project (EJHEP)
Council for British Research in the Levant
1/09/24 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Looking Forward, Looking Back: Past and Present West African Communities Revealed through Museum Collections
1/06/24 → 31/05/28
Project: Fellowship
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A Collection of Relationships: Kamoro Material Culture in the Museum
Jacobs, K., 20 Feb 2025, Western New Guinea: Social, Biological, and Material Histories . Gaffney, D. & Tolla, M. (eds.). Canberra: ANU Press, p. 367-383 17 p. (Terra Australis; vol. 58).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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A Sea of Resilience: Oceanic (in)visibility
Jacobs, K., 10 Jun 2025, Can the Seas Survive us?. Moore, T. & Paranada, J. K. (eds.). KulturalisResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Co-Mission: The material dimension of missionary work in the Pacific
Jacobs, K., 27 Mar 2025, Cross-Cultural Heritage: Critical Approaches to Missionary Legacies. LeuvenResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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Alfonso Caso Medal
Savkic Sebek, Sanja (Recipient), 18 Sept 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Anthropology Dissertation
Ferrandiz Gaudens, Alba (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Visual Pasts, Material Presents, Archival Futures: Postcolonial Temporalities in the Making
Clémentine Debrosse (Speaker)
19 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Visual Pasts, Material Presents, Archival Futures: Postcolonial Temporalities in the Making
Clémentine Debrosse (Organiser), Enzo Hamel (Organiser) & Garance Nyssen (Organiser)
19 May 2025 → 20 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Other
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Collaboration and Co-Creation of Knowledge: Experiences and Challenges of Fieldwork
Clémentine Debrosse (Organiser), Garance Nyssen (Organiser), Sarah Barrow (Keynote/plenary speaker), Jorge A. Ruiz Zevallos (Speaker), Enzo Hamel (Speaker), Kayonaaz Kalyanwala (Speaker), Malcolm Lowe (Participant), Anahi Luna (Participant), Na'Ankwat Kwapnoe-Dakup (Participant), Deborah Dainese (Participant), Anna Szulfer (Participant), Sam Tacconi (Presenter), Hao-Chen Lin (Participant), Eirini Athanasopoulou (Speaker), Foteini Klini (Participant), Claire Thompson (Participant), Ivya Scott (Participant) & Tanya Pei Fang Lee (Participant)
18 Feb 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Other
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Press/Media
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On Doing Wellbeing – A Fieldwork Support Network workshop By Clémentine Debrosse
28/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blog
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Artists Takeover? Hew Locke at the British Museum and Glenn Ligon at the Fitzwilliam Museum
20/01/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Divine Lords of the Andes
George Lau & David Chicoine
1/03/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution