Lucie Carreau
Lucie Carreau is a researcher based at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), University of Cambridge. Educated at the École du Louvre (Paris) and Sainsbury Research Unit (Norwich), her work focuses on the history of collecting and collections in the19th century and early 20th century and the role of objects in mediating relationships between Pacific Islanders and European visitors.
She previously worked as a researcher on the ‘Artefacts of Encounter’ project (2010-2011, ESRC) and ‘Fijian art’ project (2011-2014, AHRC) at MAA, where she co-curated the exhibition Chiefs & Governors: Art and Power in Fiji (2013-2014).
Books by Lucie Carreau
Pacific Presences - Volume 1
Oceanic Art and European Museums
Edited by Lucie Carreau, Alison Clark, Alana Jelinek, Erna Lilje & Nicholas Thomas | 2018
Hundreds of thousands of works of art and artefacts from many parts of the Pacific are dispersed across European museums. They range from seemingly quotidian things such as fish-hooks and baskets to great sculptures of…
Pacific Presences - Volume 2
Oceanic Art and European Museums
Edited by Lucie Carreau, Alison Clark, Alana Jelinek, Erna Lilje & Nicholas Thomas | 2018
Hundreds of thousands of works of art and artefacts from many parts of the Pacific are dispersed across European museums. They range from seemingly quotidian things such as fish-hooks and baskets to great sculptures of…
