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TRANSFER ZONES: UNIVERSITY | COLLECTIONS | PUBLIC SPHERE
Conference hosted by the University of Münster (WWU) in cooperation with the University Collections Association (GfU) 11 – 13 July 2019 CALL FOR PAPERS Transfer is not a particularly new concept. In the past, it referred to the implementation of economically relevant or application-oriented research findings. Nowadays the term has taken on a broader …
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Heritage, collections, exhibits, and university museums, Mexico
UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) has a long and consolidated trajectory in terms of heritage, collections, exhibits, and museums. Not only since 1910, when the furniture and facilities of the old National Schools were attributed to the National University, or since 1929, when its activities are redefined and its assets are reassigned by …
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Call for Papers for the UMAC Tokyo Seminar is now open
UMAC is organising, with Keio University Art Center in Kyoto, a post-UMAC 2019 Seminar open to all university museums and collections. The theme is University Museums as Cultural Commons: Interdisciplinary Research and Education in Museums. We are inviting the community to submit abstracts for oral papers and posters until March, 31. Read more here.