Alumni News – Raymond Silverman

Originally posted on 14 Oct 09:

Raymond Silverman (MA, 1977; PhD, 1983) is a Professor in the History of Art Department and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies at University of Michigan/Ann Arbor. He is also the founding Director of the Museum Studies Program there. Silverman’s last book was a 2005 catalog to accompany the exhibit he curated at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, which was titled Painting Ethiopia: The Life and Work of Qes Adamu Tesfaw. He continues to do research in Africa on a regular basis, and he is involved with the development of a cultural center in Techiman, Ghana.