Erica Lehrer

Erica Lehrer is an anthropologist, curator, and academic specializing in post-Holocaust Jewish culture, museum studies, ethnography, and public scholarship. She is Assistant Professor of History and Sociology/Anthropology at Concordia University, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Post-Conflict Memory, Ethnography and Museology and serves as director of the Centre for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence.^[1][2]

She has received a B.A. from Grinnell College and M.A. and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan.^[1]

Awards

• Canada Research Chair in Post-Conflict Memory, Ethnography and Museology^[2]
• Hazel D. Cole Fellowship in Jewish Studies, University of Washington^[3]
• Illinois Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[4]

Curatorial work

In 2013, Lehrer curated "Souvenir, Talisman, Toy," an ethnographic exhibition of historical and contemporary Polish-made figurines depicting Jews, at the Ethnographic Museum of Kraków. A smaller selection of objects and media from the exhibit was on display from July 28 – August 30, 2013, at the Galicia Jewish Museum.^[5][6][7][8]

Publications

• Na szczęście to Żyd / Lucky Jews: Poland's Jewish Figurines, Ha!art Press, 2014, ISBN 978-83-64057-42-7
• Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places, University of Indiana Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-253-00886-2
• co-editor, Curating Difficult Knowledge: Violent Pasts in Public Places, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, ISBN 978-0-230-29672-5

References

1. "Faculty Page, Department of History, Concordia University".
2. "Canada Research Chairs - Erica Lehrer".
3. "Faculty Page, Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University".
4. "Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign".
5. Yeba, Nicole (6 June 2013). "A Dialogue Between Jewish Figurines and Polish History: Concordia Teacher and Students to Host Exhibit in Krakow". The Link (Montreal).
6. Cagiel, Gabriela (5 July 2013). "Nie uwierzyłabyś! Zobaczyłam te figurki...". Gazeta Wyborcza (Kraków).
7. Tygodnik Powszechny (9 July 2013). "Żydek z monetą: "Żyda w domu trzeba mieć, on pieniędzy będzie strzec" – instruuje komentarz wypalony na deseczce. Niewinny zwyczaj czy antysemityzm?. Tygodnik Powszechny (Kraków).
8. Bilewicz, Michał (4 July 2013). "Bilewicz: Powrót wypartego chałaciarza". Kritika Polityczna (Kraków).

External links

• Centre for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence
• Souvenir, Talisman, Toy exhibition website