Conference Proceedings
UMAC has published its annual conference proceedings since its creation in 2001. Since 2008, most proceedings have been published in the dedicated journal UMACJ, presently under evaluation. Editor UMACJ: Vice-Chair Andrew Simpson Since 2019, UMACJ has also been published in Chinese, thanks to an agreement made with Shanghai University Museum. Read UMACJ in Chinese here. |
UMAC’s Book of Abstracts Kyoto 2019
University Museums and Collections Journal 11, No. 1, 2019 (complete issue, 163 pp, 2.3 M)
UMACJ 11.1 CHINESE Edition
UMAC’s Proceedings Miami 2018
University Museums and Collections Journal 11, N. 2, 2019 (complete issue, 92 pp, 1.3 M).
UMACJ 11.2 CHINESE Edition
UMAC’s Proceedings Finland 2017
University Museums and Collections Journal 10, 2018 (complete issue, 125 pp, 4 M).
Table of Contents
Introduction: Global issues for university museums
Panu Nykänen, Barbara Rothermel, Andrew Simpson
Panu Nykänen
UMAC Proceedings Helsinki & Jyväskylä, Finland: Global Issues in University Museums and Collections — Objects, Ideas, People
Human remains, museum space and the ‘poetics of exhibiting’
Kali Tzortzi
A significance study of the University of Canberra’s geological collection
Andrew Simpson, Hakim Abdul Rahim
Artefact or art? Perceiving objects via object-viewing, object-handling, and virtual reality
Rebecca Sweetman, Alison Hadfield, with contributions by Sophia Mirashrafi, Hannah Sycamore
Liliana Milkova
Museum of Education: Challenges and successes in a Greek University Museum
Magdalini Ntinou, Evgenia Vafeiadou
Jeng-Horng Chen
University of Tartu medical records
Kaija-Liisa Koovit, Tiina Vint
Problems and challenges with exhibiting donated mummies
Jaanika Anderson
A collection care program for/with school students: Broadening stakeholder engagement
Patricia H. J. Huang
Luwei Fan, Wan Ni, Hao Jiang
University collections: Recent developments in Albania
Dorina Xheraj-Subashi
UMAC’s Proceedings Milan 2016
University Museums and Collections Journal 9, 2017 (complete issue, 84 pp, 3.6 M).
UMACJ 9 CHINESE Edition
Table of Contents
Introduction: Re-evaluating the discourse on university museums
Marta C. Lourenço, Barbara Rothermel, Andrew Simpson
UMAC Proceedings Milan: Museums and Cultural Landscapes
Carina Marrero Leivas
University collections: An important part of the German cultural landscape
Cornelia Weber, Martin Stricker
Ying Hu
Nurten Özdemir, Hikmet Sivri Gokmen
Penelope Theologi-Gouti, Evangelos Vitoratos
Breathing new life into dormant academic heritage in Spanish universities and secondary schools
Isabel García, Luis Mayo, María José Gómez
Article
Arts et Métiers: Polysémie et dynamique d’une collection
Marie-Sophie Corcy, Lionel Dufaux, Dominique Ferriot
UMAC’s Proceedings Manila 2015
University Museums and Collections Journal 8, 2016
Ed. by Nathalie Nyst, Barbara Rothermel, Peter Stanbury.
UMACJ 8 CHINESE Edition (complete issue, 41 pp, 2.2 M, published 2019 with the support of Shanghai University Museum).
UMAC’s and CECA’s common Proceedings Alexandria 2014
Joint CECA-UMAC conference 2014
Ed. by Nicole Gesche and Mona Hagag.
UMAC’s Proceedings Rio 2013 and Proceedings of the conference ‘Positioning academic heritage’, Ghent, November 2013
University Museums and Collections Journal 7, 2014
Ed. by Nathalie Nyst, Barbara Rothermel, Peter Stanbury.
UMAC’s Proceedings Singapore 2012
University Museums and Collections Journal 6, 2013
Ed. by Nathalie Nyst, Peter Stanbury, Cornelia Weber.
UMAC’s Proceedings Lisbon 2011
University Museums and Collections Journal 5, 2012
Ed. by Nathalie Nyst, Peter Stanbury, Cornelia Weber.
UMAC’s Proceedings Shanghai 2010
University Museums and Collections Journal 4, 2011
Ed. by Nathalie Nyst, Peter Stanbury, Cornelia Weber.
UMAC’s Proceedings Berkeley 2009
University Museums and Collections Journal 3, 2010
Ed. by Sally MacDonald, Nathalie Nyst, Cornelia Weber.
UMAC’s Proceedings Manchester 2008
University Museums and Collections Journal 2, 2009
Ed. by Sally MacDonald, Nathalie Nyst, Cornelia Weber.
UMAC’s Proceedings Vienna 2007
University Museums and Collections Journal 1, 2008
Ed. by Sally MacDonald, Nathalie Nyst, Cornelia Weber.
UMAC’s Proceedings Mexico City 2006
Nuevas rutas para los Museos Universitarios, 6º Congreso Internacional de Museos Universitarios / New Roads for University Museums, 6th International Congress for University Museums.
México 2008.
Proceedings Seoul 2004 & Uppsala 2005
Selected papers of the fourth and fifth Conference of UMAC are published in Opuscula Musealia XV, 2006.
Ed. by Stanislaw Waltos. Krakow 2006.
UMAC’s Proceedings Oklahoma 2003
Engaging the Community.
Ed. by Peter Tirrell. Norman, Oklahoma 2005.
UMAC’s Proceedings Sydney & Canberra 2002
Exposing and Exploiting the Distinct Character of University Museums and Collections.
Museologia 3, 2003.
UMAC’s Proceedings Barcelona 2001
Intensifying Support for and Increasing Audiences in University Museums and Collections.
Museologia 2, 2002.