Liliana Riga
Job Title
Senior Lecturer
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Email
l.riga@ed.ac.uk
Room number
6.28 CMBBuilding (Address)
School of Social and Political ScienceStreet (Address)
15 A George SquareCity (Address)
EdinburghPost code (Address)
EH8 9LDResearch interests
Research interests
- sociology of art; art-historical sociology
- art/poetics, the self and the Anthropocene
- comparative historical sociology
If you are interested in being supervised by Liliana Riga, please see the links below for more information:
- PhD in Sociology (opens in new window)
Background
Education
Ph.D. Sociology (McGill University)
M.A. Political Science (Columbia University)
B.A. Political Science (University of California, Berkeley)
Teaching
The Modern Self and Art (Honours)
'Art, the Anthropocene and Us' (Soc 2B)
PostGraduate Research Seminar
Current projects
Moral Encounters with Political Modernity. Essays. (book)
The Modern Self and Art. An Art-Historical Sociology. (book)
Works within
Staff Hours and Guidance
On Research Leave Autumn 2025