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Fully funded AHRC White Rose Consortium PhD studentship with the University of Leeds and Wellcome Collection
Transculturations and Transactions: from ‘curios’ to ‘specimens’, Colonialism, Empire and the role of the art market in the development of...
Tensions can become strengths for national museums seeking to work locally and collaboratively
A collaborative research project looking at how the National Science and Media Museum can be locally rooted and open, engaged and collaborative has concluded with the launch of an exciting new publication.
Call for Chapters — Routledge Handbook on Heritage and Creative Practice
We invite chapter proposals from artists, academics and heritage/museum practitioners that engage critically with the intersection of heritage and creative...
Dr Jade French awarded Arts and Humanities Research Council funding
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded £246,000 to alumna Dr Jade French to innovate new methods to support the professional development of learning disabled artists and curators.
Thinking Through Extinction in the Museum Context
In this talk, Dr Dominic O’Key will share insights from his research and reflections on working with a museum to negotiate the challenges of the Sixth Mass Extinction Event and climate crisis.
Postgraduate Researcher Presentation Series — Lucy West and Gemma Plumpton
Please join us for the third in a series of presentations from current Postgraduate Researchers based in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies.
Decolonising the Museum: The Curation of Indigenous Contemporary Art
Our speaker this week is Professor Thea Pitman, Professor of Latin American Studies, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies.
A Feature or a Bug: Evaluating Digital Literacy in Postgraduate Museum Studies Programmes
This week's speakers are Dr Maria Paula Arias (Lecturer, School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University) and Dr Sarah Feinstein (Teaching Fellow, School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds).