Eunamus Newsletter+ March 2010
Does Europe need another history museum promoting national identity?
Simultaneously, as Eunamus researchers prepare for the finalizing conference for WP2, on the development of national museums in Europe 1750-2010, in Bologna March 31 – April 1, the next research area on conflicting narratives in museum spaces and heritage conflicts is just getting started. This area of research is directed from The Department of Art History and Archaeology, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
From France, Felicy Bodenstein reports on the public debate that has followed on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to create a new national history museum. Several prominent historians have raised concerns over the intentions to produce an official national master narrative and seriously questioned the relevance of the plan. Read more on the blog Unfolding Eunamus.
The role of cultural policy in France and Europe is the topic of a publication edited by Professor Philippe Poirrier, Professeur d'histoire contemporaine
Université de Bourgogne. Politiques et pratiques de la culture, Paris,
La Documentation française, 2010.
Call for papers
Places, people, stories an interdisciplinary and international conference.
Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden 28-30 September 2011
The session Museums beyond the nation? invites researchers to deal with museums and their exhibition narratives in a global, postcolonial and cosmopolitan context. Please observe that this call has a very short deadline.
Between History and Politics: The Second World War in Museums in Western and Eastern Europe
Historisches Kolleg / Collegium Carolinum, München 29 June – 1 July, 2011
This international conference, held in German and English, focuses on strategies of representations of World War II and aims for a comparative perspective. The intention is to go beyond the analysis of different national cultures of remembrance and examine their trans-national entanglements.
Historians and scholars from related fields such as cultural studies are invited to send a 500 word abstract and a brief CV (5 publications max.). Deadline April 1, 2011
Re-Visiting the Contact Zone: Museums, Theory and Practice
Scandic Linköping Vast, Linköping, Sweden 17 – 21 July, 2011
This international European Science Foundation funded conference seeks to provide a platform for exchange, reflecting on the new EU-wide interest in museums as spaces of cultural encounter that occupy a unique position at the junction between 'the local', 'the national' and 'the global'.
Chair: Sharon MacDonald, University of Manchester, UK
This conference invites early career practitioners in museum studies, anthropology, art history, sociology, architecture, design, archaeology, and all related fields, as well as junior practitioners in museums, galleries, and archives, to submit papers or poster papers. Read more.
Museum 2011 International conference
Tapei, Taiwan 16-8 November
Papers for this conference are solicited on history and theory, empirical research, or reflections on museums in practice as related to national museums and identity politics from academics in a variety of fields. The conference organisers are inviting proposals from delegates wishing to present 30-minute papers, or 90-minute colloquium sessions. Those interested are welcome to submit related papers.
Themes:
- Museums, nationalism and national identity
- Museum history and historiography
- Architecture and the construction of place and identity
- The re-making of National Museums
- Museum management and marketing
- Audience research and the roles of national museums
Enquiries may be sent to: Dr Yung-Neng Lin, National Taipei University of Education
Email: museum2011.tw@gmail.com
Shared Past – Conflicting Histories. Historical Knowledge, Memory and Politics in the Baltic Sea Region
University of Turku, Finland 28-29 September, 2011
The Turku Historical Association and the Controlling History network welcome proposals from researchers and doctorial students working within the fields of history, humanities, political and social sciences.
The deadline for panel proposals (600 words) and individual presentations (300 words) is 3 April 2011.To learn more about the conference, please see its blog.
The History of Migration in Museums: between History and Politics
Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 17-19 November 2011
Enquiries: Laurence.GOURIEVIDIS@univ-bpclermont.fr
Symposium:
HOT SCIENCE, GLOBAL CITIZENS: the agency of the museum and science centre sector in climate change interventions,
Sydney, Australia, 5-6 May 2011 at the Powerhouse Museum and the Australian Museum
Climate change is an environmental, cultural and political phenomenon that is reshaping the way we think about ourselves, our societies and humanity’s place on Earth. This symposium presents the research findings of the Australian Research Council international Linkage project, Hot Science, Global Citizens: the agency of the museum sector in climate change interventions along with other leading research to develop new knowledge about what constitutes effective action around climate change, the critical roles that institutions can play and visions for the future of museums and science centres. The second day will feature an ‘unconference’ session to tease out innovative programming ideas and engage.
Registration now open and draft program is available.
