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 | Ngó� kó�kano 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