April 2018
2018 CAUMAC – ANU Symposium
Reframing university collections – research infrastructure
Find out more »SEMINAR ICOM NORWAY Towards new relations between the museum and society – and Sami perspectives
Speakers from the Nordic countries will talk about own experiences while working with local societies and/or sensitive issues. Programme.
Find out more »University Museum Training Week Shanghai 2018
Twenty-eight university museum professionals from mainland China and one from Hong-Kong will participate in the University Museum Training Week Shanghai UMTWS 2018, 11-20 April, organized by UMAC-ICOM in partnership with the Qian Xuesen Library and Museum, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The theme of UMTWS 2018 will be GOALS AND PRIORITIZATION: STRATEGIC PLANING IN UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS. Download the programme here.
Find out more »You shall be heard!? a conference about how (not) to share personal narratives
The conference aims to explore how museums can contribute to a society where multiple voices are heard, multiple perspectives are revealed and more people are – and feel - included and recognized. International speakers will reflect on political changes in Europe and the consequences for museums. In addition, psychologists will shed light on how shame and openness are related to identity development, and we shall learn more the status of knowledge and ways to improve our work with local societies…
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June 2018
Universeum Meeting
The next universeum annual meeting will be held in Glasgow June 13th to 15th, 2018. Training workshop sessions will be organized for June 11th-12th and post-conference visits to other university museums in the rest of Scotland on June 16th-17th. More information at http://universeum.it
Find out more »18th UMAC Annual Conference
Audacious Ideas: University Museums and Collections as Change-Agents for a Better World Joint Annual Conference UMAC-AAMG See Programme here.
Find out more »July 2018
XII Jornadas sobre Patrimonio de Institutos Históricos
Las jornadas están organizadas por el IES San Isidro y el IES Isabel la Católica, y a ella asistirán los Institutos y profesores que se preocupan en la conservación del patrimonio y la Historia de sus Institutos. Ambos institutos son centros de educación de secundaria históricos y socios y fundadores de la Asociación Nacional de Defensa del Patrimonio de los Institutos Históricos. Algunos de los objetivos de las XII jornadas son los siguientes: - Visibilizar la riqueza patrimonial que…
Find out more »UK University Museums Group Conference
The annual conference of the UK University Museums Group takes place at the University of Cambridge on 3 July. It is a single-day event, including visits to both the (newly renovated) Zoology Museum and Kettle's Yard (the famous modern and contemporary art space) at the University. Theme: 'Foreign exchange?' Read more here. Registrations here.
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