Abigail E. Celis

Abigail E. Celis is an Associate Professor in decolonial Art History and Museum Studies at Université de Montréal's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on Afro-descendant and postcolonial migrant artistic/literary production in France, and the politics of cultural institutions like museums. She holds a PhD from the University of Michigan (2018) and a BA from Carleton College (2008).

Her current projects include analyzing Francophone African and Afro-diasporic arts/literature, funded by grants from FRQSC and CRSH. Notable awards include the 2024 Louise-Dandurand Prize for French-language scholarship and the 2022 Schehr Memorial Award. Celis has directed master's theses on topics like sound art's social impacts and museum decolonization.

Teaching includes courses on decolonial museology and critical art history. Her curatorial work appears in journals like *African Arts* and *French Studies*, with creative collaborations such as *The Catalogue of Speculative Translations*.