Dr. Liam Buckley
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Office Location: Cleveland Hall 302
Phone: 568-5361
E-mail: bucklelm@jmu.edu
Website: Kenya Summer Program

Teaching:
Cultural Anthropology, West Africa (Gambia), Visual Anthropology, Anthropology of Colonialism, Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory, Material Culture Studies, Aesthetics

Education:
BA, University of Essex ( UK ); MA, University of New Mexico ; Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Recent Publications:
"Self and Accessory in Gambian Studio Photography" Visual Anthropology Review 16 (2): 71-91

Portraiture and the Aesthetics of Citizenship in the Gambi, West Africa. In Engaging All the Senses: Colonialism, Processes of Perception and Material Objects. Elizabeth Edwards, Chris Gosden and Ruth B. Philips, eds. Berg Press (forthcoming)

Objects of Love and Decay:  Colonial Photographs in a Postcolonial Archive. Cultural Anthropology 20(2):  249-270

Some Notes on Posing in The Gambia.  Anthropology News 46(4):40-40.

Student Award Winners:  "A Wedding in the Yuntag" and "Face Value."  Film Review.  American Anthropologist. 107(2):244-247.

Raw Histories.  Review.  Visual Anthropology Review.  18(1): 116-118

Self and Accessory in Gambian Studio Photography.  Visual Anthropology Review 16(2):71-91

Delivering Views: Distant Cultures in Early Postcards. Review. Visual Anthropology Review 14(2):100-102

Colonial Photography:  "Picturing Bushmen:  The Denver African Expedition of 1925" and "Picturing Empire:  Photography and the Visualization of the British Empire."  Review Article. Visual Anthropology Review 14(1):97-99.

In and Out of Africa.  Film Review.  Visual Anthropology Review 13(2):94-95.