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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory

Lilah Leopold

Lilah Leopold is a PhD candidate in art history. Her research interests include how contemporary art practices reimagine the land that supports shared agricultural heritage. The working title of her dissertation is “Countering Apocalypses Then, Now, and Tomorrow: Land Use, Resource Extraction, and Contemporary Art.” Lilah has been a graduate affiliate of the Unit since the start of her MA as a fellow in the Learning to See Systems interdisciplinary graduate training program in 2015. Unit activities have played a key role in her teaching and curatorial efforts at UIUC. She is now a 2021-22 Humanities Research Institute Graduate Fellow.

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory

100 English Building

608 South Wright Street

Urbana, Illinois 61801

Email: Unit-for-Criticism@illinois.edu

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