Reminder that the deadline for applications to our conference are in 10 days! We also have bursaries for 2 people to attend the conference. Apply by 17 Jan!

Museum Ethnographers Group@musethnogroup.bsky.social · 2y ago

We sometimes publicise events. We're especially happy to announce our 2025 Conference, held in Liverpool on the theme of Help! Care and Support in Museums: Colleagues, Communities, and Collections - Check out our call for papers! museumethnographersgroup.org.uk/meg-conferen...

PhD opportunity Images and Empire in British Military Collections: The Photographic Archive of the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) with @christinajriggs.bsky.social link below👇 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

🚨PhD funding available at the University of Westminster for the AY 2025/26! I would be interested to hear from potential applicants with ideas for projects at the intersection of #photography #visualculture #museumstudies Deadline 5pm on 7 February 2025: www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Check out our ad for a Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History on our project on the Victorian Hand.

Michael Brown@medhistoryman.bsky.social · 2y ago

The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r... Please spread the word!!!!

What better way to do my 1st post than announcing this (hot off the press) publication on the state of the (future) field of the history of collecting with partners in crime @suryabowyer.com @libertypaterson.bsky.social & Niti Acharya. It’s also open access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

State of the (Future) Field: The History of Collecting and Its Institutions

This article considers the state of the field of the history of collecting and its institutions. Following on from a 2021 ‘state of the field’ article, also published in this journal, the present pie...

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Paper now done (just in time!) for the conference Photography and the Museum, starting later today at the University of Sunderland. Runs until Sunday: free in person or online, programme in link below. 📜📷📸 Amazed by the energy and vision of organizers Alexandra Moschovi and Amanda Ritson.

Conference - NEPN

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Might as well plug the book I co-edited with the excellent Sue Breakell @designarchives.bsky.social The Materiality of the Archive: Creative Practice in Context. And it's open access!

The Materiality of the Archive: Creative Practice in Context

The Materiality of the Archive is the first volume to bring together a range of methodological approaches to the materiality of archives, as a framework for their engagement, analysis and interpretati...

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Don't forget to sign up for this event on Monday 25th November! www.eventbrite.com/e/mghg-in-co...

MGHG In Conversation No.1 - museum & exhibition cultures

Join us for an online discussion on museum and exhibition cultures in the 19th century and beyond with Dr Rebecca Wade and Dr Claire Wintle.

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Claire Wintle@clairewintle.bsky.social · 2y ago

Looking forward to speaking at this #exhibitions and #museumhistory event from @mghg.bsky.social later this month

Heading to a @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social workshop to talk about the emotional demands of working with collections made via colonialism museumemotion.stir.ac.uk?page_id=28 Can’t wait to catch up with colleagues old and new @drmorgan.bsky.social @tamsincrussell.bsky.social @annawoodham.bsky.social

Looking forward to speaking at this #exhibitions and #museumhistory event from @mghg.bsky.social later this month

Museums and Galleries History Group (MGHG)@mghg.bsky.social · 2y ago

Forthcoming online event - MGHG In Conversation, with Dr Rebecca Wade and Dr Clare Wintle, on museum and exhibition cultures in the 19th century and beyond. Monday 25 November, 5.30-6.30pm. Do join us! More details and booking link here: www.eventbrite.com/e/mghg-in-co...

Trans-Inclusive Culture is being used by 1000s of culture practitioners to advance trans inclusion in museums, galleries, libraries, archives and heritage. Download for free - le.ac.uk/rcmg/researc... - and follow for updates #trans #transinclusiveculture

Far left on the left: Showing Resistance by Harriet Atkinson is actually available FOR FREE, open access, here www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 2y ago

Did somebody say #ArtHistory...? Left: 3 new releases from our prestigious Art History list, headed up by @emmaeditorial.bsky.social Right: A rainbow array of titles from our series 'Rethinking Art's Histories' 🌈 Sign-up to our Art History newsletter & be the first to know: tinyurl.com/n9ms2zrv

This work on emotionally laden work in museums looks great! Congratulations @drmorgan.bsky.social and @annawoodham.bsky.social

Jennie Morgan@drmorgan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thrilled to see @annawoodham.bsky.social and my first publication (out now in print) from our Royal Society of Edinburgh workshop-grant funded collaboration museumemotion.stir.ac.uk

Such a beneficial few days learning from colleagues at #jawaja artisans alliance in Rajasthan. This AHRC-funded research project explores how small-scale craft production can become more sustainable for the people involved. #materialculture #heritage

Karina Rodriguez Echavarria@handle.invalid · 2y ago

Co-developing strategies for sustainable crafts in India with the Artisans Association of Jawaja and National Institute of Design. Kick-off visit for UK India research in the creative industries. #AHRC @timweyrich.bsky.social @unifau.bsky.social @dhssfau.bsky.social @ucldh.bsky.social