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Musems and Collections Seminar Series

Presented by the Research School of Humanities and the National Museum of Australia.

Seminars will be held on Wednesdays from 12.30 - 2pm in either the Conference Room or the Theatrette, Old Canberra House.
Venue could be subject to change.

Convenors: Kylie Message, Sarah Scott and Caroline Turner
Contact: kylie.message@anu.edu.au, sarah.scott@anu.edu.au, caroline.turner@anu.edu.au

Date

Presenter

Topic

23 February*

Rose Issa, Independent curator, producer and writer specialised in the visual arts and films from the Middle East and North Africa

Collections of Contemporary Art from the Islamic World in Museums in Britain, Europe and USA (abstract)

4 March

Susan Lowish, Lecturer in Australian Art History, University of Melbourne

The object of Australian Aboriginal Art History (abstract)

1 April

Louise Douglas, General Manager, Audiences & Programs, National Museum of Australia

Representing Colonial Australia at British, American and European International Exhibitions

6 May

Patricia Sabine, Head, Photographs Film Sound & Multimedia AWM; President, Museums Australia

The Museological Problem of Managing an Institution covering Science, History and Art.

5 August

Professor Ken Taylor, Research School of Humanities, ANU

Landscape as Open Air Museum: Culture on Display

26 August

Professor Kim Youngna, Director, Seoul National Museum Korea

Museums in Korea

2 September 

Conal McCarthy, Director, Museums and Heritage Studies programme, Victoria University of Wellington

Ngā kākano e rua: Biculturalism at work in New Zealand Museums  

7 October

Bernice L Murphy, Director, Museums Australia

The Challenge of Changing Horizons of Ethics in Museums 

* Please note that this seminar is being held on a Monday