University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology has released their 2023 newsletter. Content from this year includes residue analysis in Oaxaca, Mexico, artifacts found in Chenque Pehuén, and the ReConnect/ReCollect open house. You can read the newsletter here as a pdf or as an e-zine. To learn more about their department, museum, and current research, follow this link to their website.
The Podcast We The Museum, hosted by Hannah Hethmon, has a new episode entitled “Museum Unions? Museum Unions!” The description is as follows:
To paraphrase Adam Rizzo, museums won’t do the right thing by their workers just because we ask nicely. In a field rife with labor issues, museum workers are increasingly turning to unions. In this episode of We THE MUSEUM, Adam Rizzo of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union shares their multi-year journey from hushed initial conversations to a three-week strike that was ultimately successful. He walked me through the unionization process and reflected on why unions will make this field stronger.
Listen to the new episode here!
The podcast, We The Museum, by Hannah Hethmon has two new episodes available for streaming.
Episode 14 “The Ethics of Museum Mummies (with Angela Steinne)”: Why are there mummies in your museum? Should they be there? What are visitors getting out of an encounter with ancient Egyptian remains? What happens when remains in museums become objectified and normalized to this extent? Is there an ethical way to display mummies? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Angela Stienne, a historian of museums and researcher in museum ethics based in Paris. You will never think about mummies in museums the same after this episode.
Episode 13 “Environmental Restorations at Ford House (with Mike Heppner and Kevin Drotos)”: Can museums and historic sites be leaders in environmental conservation and restoration? The Ford House in Michigan recently won a grant of up to $7 million from NOAA to restore the coastal habitats of their lakeside property. I talked to Ford House’s President & CEO, Mark Heppner, and their Landscape and Natural Areas Manager, Kevin Drotos, to learn more. They shared the progress so far on this bold project and we discussed our field’s responsibilities to care for people and nature. Plus, get ready to learn some fun facts about flora and fauna in this region.
Listen to the podcast here!
The HCDG is a network run out of the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre that brings together a large, diverse community of people actively engaging with a vast array of topics surrounding heritage and colonialism. For the upcoming academic year (2023-2024), the HCDG invites proposals for presentations centred around the theme: “It’s Complicated”.
BUT WHAT DOES “COMPLICATED” MEAN?
The term “complicated” has often been used to dismiss or excuse action when heritage matters related to colonialism are discussed. The theme “It’s Complicated” seeks to reclaim the word as a tool for unravelling nuanced colonial issues throughout time and exploring the barriers as well as the potential avenues for engaging with them in the present.
By this call, we encourage submissions from all disciplines and professions that address colonial issues that may be characterised as “complicated” with the view to exploring their complexity.
Potential themes include but are not limited to:
PRESENTATION AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The HCDG will hold one-hour online sessions from October 2023 – March 2024.
Speakers will have 20-25 minutes to give their presentations, which will then be followed by a moderated 30 minute Q&A session. Participants have the option of having their presentations recorded and published on the HCDG YouTube channel.
To submit a proposal, please send the following to hcdg.universityofcambridge@gmail.com:
Application deadline: 20 AUGUST 2023 (GMT 23:59)
Applicants will be notified about the outcome of their submissions by 31 August 2023.
New episodes of the podcast “We The Museum” by Hannah Hethmon are out! They include:
Listen to We The Museum here.
Smithsonian’s Stories from Main Street is back with new episodes after a long hiatus. This podcast, from SITES’ Museum on Main Street program, is produced, written, and hosted by Hannah Hethmon, your friendly neighborhood museum podcast person.
The upcoming three episodes feature stories from their Crossroads: Change in Rural America exhibition. Educator and public historian Bobby Harley co-hosts. And stayed tuned after these episodes, as more mini-series are in the works.
Listen to Smithsonian’s Stories here.
Presenting cross-cultural and trans-historical connections rooted in a deep engagement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection, the fellows’ research this year evades easy classification by circumventing traditional disciplinary boundaries and exploring exciting new avenues of inquiry across the humanities, social sciences, and cultural heritage preservation.
Taking place virtually on Zoom from May 4 through May 19, 10 AM and 1 PM on Thursdays and Fridays, this year’s events will feature 47 fellows presenting 20-minute talks. All sessions will be followed by rich panel discussions benefitting from the insights and expertise of staff from across curatorial and conservation. Registration is required for the virtual presentations.
Fellows will also activate their research onsite and in-person on Fridays, May 5, 12 (The Cloisters), and 19 through talks, musical performances, and other exciting activations of the galleries. This event is included with museum admission and registration is not required.
Register for the Zoom presentations here.
WHITHER OUR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS?
A Conversation and Q&A with Daniel Weiss
Thursday, March 23 | 5:30 p.m.
Wolfensohn Hall
Daniel H. Weiss, president and chief executive officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a scholar of art history and former president of Lafayette College and Haverford College.
Hear him in conversation with IAS Director David Nirenberg as they discuss Weiss’s latest book, his work, and the state of culture and higher education in the world today.
The Institute requires that anyone attending an in-person event be fully vaccinated. Please click here for IAS COVID-19 protocol information.
Thank you in advance, IAS Events
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