Conferences and Events

Show latest news, more from April 2006.

The Museum: A World Forum

Share|

University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
25 April 2006 to 27 April 2006

The Museum: A World Forum is a major international conference and reunion to celebrate 40 years of museum studies at the University of Leicester, running from 25th-27th April 2006. Nearly 200 years ago there was an explosion of public museums, and it seems that spirit of growth and diversification has never diminished. What made the idea so appropriate then and how do museums remain relevant today? Adopted by a diverse range of cultures, embodying nationhood and identity, concretising knowledge, understanding and social memory, a tool for social and educational development, a political icon, a mode of entertainment and communication - this international conference aims all that the museum was, is and can become. The conference will be made up of keynotes, spoken contributions, poster papers, and discussion and feedback sessions. There will be social events including a conference dinner and a reunion of staff and students. The three major subject areas are:

  • Paradigm and Purpose (Day 1)
  • Collections and Community (Day 2)
  • Forum and Technology (Day 3) Papers for the conference are currently being invited. Deadline for papers is 15 June 2005. Visit the conference website for full details on submission. Invited international speakers include:
  • Professor Philippe Taquet, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, on the Cuvierian museum;
  • Dr Richard Toon, Arizona State University, on the American science centre;
  • Dr Chia-Li Chen, Hualien Teachers College, on Taiwan, museums and identity;
  • Dr Robert Janes, formerly Glenbow Museum, Calgary, on the social responsibility of museums;
  • Dr Michael Pickering, National Museum of Australia, Canberra, on indigenous repatriation;
  • Professor Peter Davis, University of Newcastle, on the ecomuseum;
  • Nancy Dallet, Freelance, Phoenix: Moving Waters: The Colorado River project. The Leicester contribution will include
  • Professor Susan Pearce, on conceptualising the past: The early nineteenth-century museum;
  • Professor Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, on the use of museums;
  • Professor Simon Knell, on inclusion, exclusion and discipline in the nineteenth-century English museum;
  • Suzanne MacLeod, on the English art gallery and the politics of space;
  • Dr Sheila Watson, on history, museums and local identity;
  • Dr Ann Brysbaert, on using conservation technologies to explore technologies of the past;
  • Dr Sandra Dudley, on issues in contemporary ethnographic field collecting;
  • Dr. Viv Golding, on the 'Museum Clearing': the museum as forum. To register interest, or book, contact: Barbara Lloyd Department of Museum Studies University of Leicester 105 Princess Road East Leicester LE1 7LG For further information, visit www.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/ Phone +44 (0)116 252 3963 Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3960

    external link >

    Show latest news, more from April 2006.

    • Summary