Renate Dohmen is a lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art at the Open University. She was previously Associate Professor in Art History at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her prior teaching experience includes Goldsmiths (University of London) and the World Art and Artefacts Programme (a joint venture between Birkbeck College, University of London and The British Museum). Her research focuses on questions of art, visual culture and the global in contemporary and colonial contexts.