Shiro Burnette

Shiro Burnette is a PhD student at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, specializing in Egyptian, Meroitic, Roman, and Greek religious art and architecture. His research incorporates anthropological and ecocritical approaches to the study of sacred landscapes throughout the Nile Valley. Addressing the end of the 1st millennium BCE, his work challenges pervasive practices of solely reading this landscape through Hellenistic and Roman vantage points and thus centers African epistemologies in its practice. Shiro completed his undergraduate studies at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN, earning a BA in Anthropology. 

He continued his education by obtaining an MA in Museology at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he researched the role of decolonization in exhibition design. As an art historian and archaeologist, he has participated in projects covering sites in the southern United States, Sudan, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Selinunte, and Rome. He has also held positions in collections management and curation assistance at various institutions, including the Burke Museum in Seattle, and has received funding support from the Antonina S. Ranieri International Scholars Fund. 

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2025-06-02

Announcing the 2025 Cohort of the CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice

The Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) is pleased to announce the 2025 cohort of the CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice. Now in its eleventh year, the Seminar will provide twelve outstanding students from around the world with the opportunity to engage in the critical responsibilities of museums today.  The ... Read More >