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Frank Usbeck is an Associated Research Fellow and curator for the Americas collections at the State Ethnographic Collections Saxony/State Art Collections Dresden, overseeing exhibitions at the Grassi Museum in Leipzig, Dresden, and Herrnhut. He holds a PhD from American Studies Leipzig (2010) and an MA in American Studies, History, and Journalism from the University of Leipzig. His research bridges cultural anthropology, colonial history, and transatlantic studies, focusing on Native American imagery in German nationalism, US-Indigenous relations, and the disciplinary history of anthropology in the GDR.
Usbeck teaches American history courses emphasizing research methodology and critical source analysis. His major projects include analyzing Nazi-era Indian imagery’s influence on nationalism and exploring post-9/11 US veteran narratives through Indigenous ceremonial traditions. He actively contributes to museum re-conceptualization, addressing colonial legacies, repatriation, and provenance research.
His exhibitions include co-curating the multi-phase REINVENTING GRASSI.SKD (2018–2024) and interventions on Indigenous North America and Greenland. Recent publications include Ceremonial Storytelling (2019) and ‘Fellow Tribesmen’ (2015). He collaborates internationally on projects like the Presença Karajá initiative, using telepresence robots for cross-border museum engagement.
