Leicester University Museum Studies PhD Events and Conferences

28/09/2015

Just a reminder that the Everybody’s Reading festival is happening 26th September – 6th October, in Leicester, with lots of literary, creative events going on across the city: http://www.everybodysreading.co.uk/ and quite a few run by people in the University.

Everybody’s Reading Have a look for these guides around Leicester venues! After Miss Potter 4th October, The Guildhall Dougal Dixon Does Dinosaurs 3rd October, New Walk Museum A Life in Limbo 3rd October, The Exchange Bar Adult Jackanory Time 2nd October, Leicester Adult Education College The Great…

25/09/2015

Just in from our colleagues at RGS their 'Heroes' conference is to be held at the Royal Geographical Society, 3-4 October 2015. It is part of The Hero Project, supported by an AHRC ECR Developmental Funding Award, via the Care for the Future theme. We are looking at the historical contingency of the hero figure, and its role in the shaping of community and/or national identity. As you'll see from the attached programme, the conference panels are drawn from across the academic disciplines and beyond - for example, we're looking forward to hearing from a panel of curators about representing the changing fortunes of heroic reputations over time, and from a panel of writers and playwrights about the shaping of new hero figures on the page and in stage practice. The conference also includes the launch of an exhibition, 'Heroes of Exploration,' which is a showcase for the fascinating archives of the RGS, curated by The Hero Project.

project blog is here: https://theheroprojectahrc.wordpress.com

07/09/2015

Tuesday 15 September 2015, 12.00-4.00pm
The Roche Court Educational Trust,
New Art Centre, Wiltshire

Exploring Art Outdoors

engage South East Area Reps invite members and regional colleagues to an Area Group Meeting at New Art Centre on Tuesday 15 September 2015, 12-4pm. The meeting offers an opportunity to explore and discuss art and engagement in the landscape and outdoor spaces.

To book a place or request further information, contact South East Area Rep Lindsey Smith on [email protected]

01/09/2015

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17/08/2015

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17/08/2015

***CALL FOR PROPOSALS***

We are now open to proposals for our VISITOR STUDIES GROUP CONFERENCE 2016 which will be held on 16th and 17th March 2016 at the Royal Geographical Society, London.

The theme for the conference is "Visitor Studies: It's what you do with it!"

We want the 2016 Conference to explore how to communicate research and evaluation findings internally and externally so that they lead to change, have real impact and lift the profile of visitor studies.

We welcome submissions from those who can share success stories with our delegates but also those submissions which provide honest accounts of where a study may not have gone as well as expected and where disseminating findings did not have the hoped-for impact. We can provide more intimate session formats if this feels more appropriate.

Please visit http://visitors.org.uk/call-for-proposals-2016/ for a proposal form and more detail of some of the issues we hope to address and proposal types we are looking for.

Final date for proposal submissions is Friday 18 September 2015.

We are now open to proposals for our VISITOR STUDIES GROUP CONFERENCE 2016 which will be held on 16th and 17th March 2016 at the Royal Geographical Society, London. The theme for the conference is “Visitor Studies: It’s what you do with it!” How can visitor studies have real impact? How does visitor…

09/03/2015

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15/02/2015

Ross Parry talks on the Postdigital museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx8IjvPGYZY

Ross Parry will be coming to speak at the New Media Seminar on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. His talk is entitled “The Postdigital Museum.”

18/12/2014

Why We Need Museums Now More Than Ever
An art critic and the Met's former director make the case for objects in the digital age
http://www.newrepublic.com/authors/zachary-fine

21/11/2014

IGNITE SESSION
This year we ran the very first Rapid Fire session, and thanks for those who joined it. There were 4 speakers, and each of them had just 5 minutes to present.
This format is really popular at various professional conferences. Here is just one example: Alli Burness talking at MCN2014 in Dallas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKuk97ixtNE&list=UUD-CQArS-IzWUIckL5p7Zvw&index=6

20/11/2014

MUSEUM COMPUTER NETWORK
Dallas, November 20-22
Follow to lear more about the digital, information technologies, social media, communication strategies, et cetera.
Here is the conference programme: http://eventshowcase.ungerboeck.com/mcn/public/events/mcn2014/app/event.html

To use the Event Floor Plan, you must first install the Chrome Frame plugin from Google. Alternatively, you can update Internet Explorer to the latest version.

18/11/2014

MUSEUMS AND THE WEB 2015
Call for Papers // Submit your proposal before December 31st
http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/

Join us in Chicago for the 19th annual Museums and the Web conference: April 8-11, 2015 at The Palmer House 17 East Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, 60603, USA.