Connect
About
Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi is an anthropologist with an interest in cultural production, transnationalism and the Middle East and Gulf countries. She joined the Department of Sociology in September 2022 as Fellow in Culture and Society. She holds a PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from New York University. Prior to joining the department, she was a Lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute of Art where she remains a consultant. She is an affiliate of the International Inequalities Institute.
Expertise
Contemporary Art, Museums, Culture Industries
Research
Leili's scholarship is based on long-term interaction with cultural producers across local, regional and international contexts and tensions between diaspora and homeland that undergird the circulation of people and objects. Her research is located at the intersection of the anthropology of art and material and visual culture studies.
Teaching
Leili teaches on the MSc Culture and Societyprogramme and convenes the undergraduate course Material Culture and Everyday Life.