Museum Studies Students

Comment by Huw Edwards on May 19, 2009 at 8:51pm

G'Day!



My name is Huw Edwards (huey for short!) and I completed my Public History (Museum studies course at Monash University last year). *sigh* I already miss the thrill of musuem and so happy to join your crew! I come from Melbourne and a travel buff naturally. At work people call me the walking Encyclopedia on anything History or cultural studies related!

My top 5 musuems

Imperial War Museum
British Musuem
Berlin Wall Musuem
Natural History Museum London
Florence Doumo (Anything in Florence!)

Do I class as initiated into your community? Please check out my photos of my Grand Tour in 2006

Comment by Christine Castle on July 8, 2009 at 2:23am

July 7, 2009

What are you doing this summer? Share your museum education-related research, program evaluation or project development work with interested others around the globe.

To share their ongoing research and evaluation, just send an e-mail to mem@mccastle.com that includes:
- name of project
- research or evaluation question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- how the data will be presented
- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)
- site(s) where research is being conducted
- time span
- contact information
- key words/labels to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please].

To review recent research listings, read the MEM blog, "FORUM: Research and Resources in Museum Education" at http://forum.mccastle.com/.

All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of origin. Deadline for the July MEM is Friday, July 17.

FYI, listings for June 2009 MEM included:
- SILVER - Semantic Interactive Learning Visualisation Environment Research (UK)
- Do you remember? Memories as experiences and Heritage Learning (Denmark)
A complimentary copy of this June issue is available upon request.

Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss your research. I look forward to hearing from you!

Cheers,
Chris

M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
mem@mccastle.com
For more information about Museum Education Monitor or to subscribe see
http://www.mccastle.com

Comment by Helen Velikans on July 28, 2009 at 5:27pm

Hi All,
I'm currently doing the post grad. diploma of museum studies through Deakin Uni. and really interested in joining this group. Hopefully many happy blogs to get over those sleepless nights!

Comment by Lynda Kelly on August 27, 2009 at 11:16pm

Hope you've all read this post on entering our sector - New Kid on the Block - pretty humbling really!

Comment by Amy Barnes on October 4, 2009 at 6:53am

Materiality and Intangibility: Contested Zones

A two-day international symposium for PhD students and early career researchers.

Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th December 2009.
University of Leicester, UK.

Join us at the new School of Museum Studies this December for the symposium Materiality and Intangibility: Contested Zones.

Museums are all about the material world; the display and preservation of works of art, their presentation and interpretation to audiences. Yet, it can be argued that it is the 'intangible' elements of objects, museums and their audiences which create meanings from the material world. Between the 'material' and the 'intangible' often a controversial, defined division is perceived. Materiality and Intangibility: Contested Zones intends to challenge this fixed division and explore a more fluid conceptual space, where the ‘material’ and the ‘intangible’ interweave.

We have devised an exciting programme of presentations and workshops, keynote speakers and artistic interventions, which engage with materiality and intangibility in inspiring and innovative ways.

Confirmed keynote speakers: Dr Sandra Dudley, University of Leicester and Dr Kostas Arvanitis, University of Manchester.

A provisional programme shall be available shortly. Please refer to The Attic (http://attic-museumstudies.blogspot.com) for further details.

The events will be hosted by the research student community based at the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, a leading internationally renowned centre for Museum Studies and teaching since 1966. The School was recently assessed as having the highest proportion of world-leading research in any subject in any UK university (RAE 2008).

Booking fee: £20 (includes lunch and refreshments and refreshments on both days).

Please see The Attic for more information and a downloadable/printable booking form.

Comment by Suzy on November 11, 2009 at 7:29am

New...Student Category for the AAM Media & Technology Standing Professional Committee and it will soon be accepting submissions for the 2010 MUSE Awards. 

See the categories and criteria page for more information. http://www.mediaandtechnology.org/muse/criteria.html

We will accept online applications from museums and producers on the AAM Media and Technology Web site from Dec. 1, 2009 to Jan. 31, 2010. The cost is $30 per entry.

Visit http://www.mediaandtechnology.org to enter your project. If you have any questions, please contact us via muse@mediaandtechnology.org and join us on Facebook to keep updated on MUSE and M&T events http://www.facebook.com/pages/AAM-Media-Technology/35290555855?ref=ts

Comment by Claire Baddeley on December 22, 2009 at 10:36am

Hello Museum Studies Students,

I'm currently undertaking a PhD on the managemnet of state museums in Australia since the 1980s, looking at the confluence of 'new museology' and new public sector management on museums since then and how this has impacted on their changing role and purpose. It seems that thre are very few researchers in museum studies looking at museum management. Is anyone else researching in this area? I'd be interested to know....

Thanks,

Claire

Comment by Nora-Ni on December 31, 2009 at 10:44am

Hi all,

I'm currently finishing up my final year of a history degree in National University of Ireland Galway and am definately set on advancing into museum studies. One of the trickiest decisions I have coming up is whether to take the MA in Museum Studies in the University of Ulster or the postgrad diploma in Leicester. I've heard great things about both - I have a feeling Leicester may have better facilities etc but it also means emigrating, and I think it's important to support courses in your own country (ok Belfast isn't strictly Irish but there are NO museum studies qualifications in the Republic of Ireland, which is disgraceful). I'd love to know what people recommend, and it's great to have a forum like this to ask.

Thanks,
Nóra

Comment by Ashley E Remer on January 3, 2010 at 4:44pm

Girl Museum is looking for virtual museum interns!

Attention graduate students in Art History, Marketing, Museum or Women’s Studies, Museum Education or any related fields: Do you need an exciting and interesting project for your Museum Studies course or portfolio? We have some cool ideas about our upcoming exhibitions and website and would like to provide this opportunity to a student who believes in our mission.

Our museum is online so your work will be done from home.

If you are interested in art and social history, developing new models for traditional institutions, or girls’ issues, this could be the internship for you.

You need to be creative, thoughtful, self-motivated, trustworthy and reliable, but most importantly have access to a computer and the Internet.

Girl Museum Inc. is a volunteer run 501(c)3 educational organization. We are the first museum entirely dedicated to research and exhibitions about historic and contemporary girlhood cross-culturally. Visit us for more information.

Departments:
Web Design- design and maintain of specific sections of the Museum's Web site; create new virtual exhibition spaces

Education- develop curriculum, study materials and guides; maintain the Girls Book Blog; create youth outreach and public programs

Marketing- conduct research, website analysis, development and implementation of ad campaigns; maintain social networking sites; create and distribute press materials (online); responding to public and media inquiries

Development- research and prepare grant applications; manage prospective and current donor database.

Pictorial- research a wide range of images; assist with exhibitions; locate specific images; secure copyrights; retrieve and input information into image database

How to Apply:
If you are interested in applying for any of the internship opportunities, send an email with INTERNSHIP in the subject heading to Head Girl Ashley E. Remer (ashley@girlmuseum.org).

Please include in the body of the email:
• Your full contact details
• Which department you are interested in (up to two)
• A paragraph on each of the following: your education, museum experience, research interests, career goals, and why would you want to work with Girl Museum

Thanks and look forward to hearing from you.

Ashley
Head Girl

Comment by Christine Castle on January 12, 2010 at 11:30am

January 11, 2010

Have you recently completed a dissertation or thesis or major paper on a subject related to museum education or interpretation?

MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, is compiling a list of recently completed (2008-2009) major papers, theses and dissertations for our upcoming January 2010 issue.

If you wish to share your completed work with others around the world, please send an e-mail to mem@mccastle.com that includes:
- your name
- title of your work
- year completed
- level achieved (M.A., Ph.D., Ed.D. etc.)
- school & department
- advisor/supervisor
- your contact information
- brief abstract [no more than 50 words, please]
- URL, if the paper is available electronically

All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of origin. Deadline for the January issue is Friday, January 15.

MEM continues its policy of offering a free one year introductory subscription to any student currently enrolled in a museum education-related course or program. Visit http://www.mccastle.com/Public/MEM.aspx for more information.

Feel free to get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss your research.

M. Christine Castle, Ph.D.
Editor, Museum Education Monitor
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
chris@mccastle.com
For more information about Museum Education Monitor visit http://www.mccastle.com

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