Sarah E.K. Smith
Sarah E.K. Smith is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University, where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Art, Culture and Global Relations. Her research and curatorial projects address contemporary art, with a focus on exhibitions, museums, and cultural policies. Current projects encompass topics from contemporary video art and artists’ labour unions to the international circulation of exhibitions, curatorial networks, and cultural diplomacy. In 2015, Sarah was the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. Additionally, she has held a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta and a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Transnational Studies Initiative at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
