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Keynote: Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, Founder of Fridays for Future (FFF) Uganda
Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference
Hilda Flavia Nakabuye is a Ugandan climate and environmental rights activist. Fridays for Future Uganda is the largest youth movement in East Africa. Hilda is based in Kampala and focuses on raising awareness and mobilising young people towards climate action. Hilda organises clean-up sessions in Lake Victoria, fights for racial and gender justice, and...
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Keynote: Prof. Conal McCarthy, Professor of Museum and Heritage Studies
Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference
Prof. Conal McCarthy is an interdisciplinary humanities scholar who explores the intersection of history, theory and practice in public culture. His disciplinary home is Museum and Heritage Studies, however, he has drawn on and contributed to related fields such as sociology, anthropology, history and art history. His academic research interests include museum history, professional...
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International Museums Conference and ICOFOM 47th Annual Assembly
Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference
The International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM), the School of Art History, and the European Research Council (ERC) selected and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded Shared Island Stories research project invite delegates to the hybrid (in-person and online) conference on the topic of Transnational Island Museologies. The conference will also host the 47th ICOFOM...
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Transition and the Historiographical Vagaries of Silent American Cinema
Film Studies Speaker Series: Prof Charlie Keil
When first introduced as a concept specific to early cinema in an essay for Cinema Journal in 1991, the notion of "transition" came firmly attached to the name and work of D.W. Griffith. Subsequently, it was broadened to apply to all American filmmaking from 1907-1913, and then later again to define a period that...
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Youth Workshop: Young People Shaping the Future of Museology through the Lens of the SDGs
Transnational Island Museologies, 5-7 June 2024, International Museums Conference
Interested in museums, youth issues, heritage and the climate emergency? This FREE participatory workshop will offer the opportunity to share, discuss and debate these issues with international and national experts, including climate activists and heritage professionals. You are invited to take part, share your story and potentially impact international museum policy! This workshop is...
