CONF: ‘Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter’ (13–15 January 2026, Leiden University)
In January 2026, Leiden University’s Museum Lab will host the international conference ‘Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter’. The conference reflects on museums with significant founding histories, broadly defined, that are currently engaged in…
ANN: Legacies : Why museum histories matter: A conference to explore the meaning of inheritance (13-15 Jan 2026, Leiden University, the Netherlands)
The 21st century is a particularly engaging moment to study the history of museums. Due to pressing concerns about new ways to make old art accessible, global art, decolonization, and the social, ecological,…
CFP: Collecting, Growing, and Exploring in Early Modernity (Paris, Sorbonne, 11 June 2024)
The last few decades have produced a number of studies devoted to the relationship between collecting and science, highlighting the relationship between a growing interest in botany and the fascination with the collection…
CONF: Imperial Artefacts: History, Law and the Looting of Cultural Heritage (Leiden / Tilburg University, 28-29 Jan 2021)
Imperial Artefacts: History, Law and the Looting of Cultural Heritage Leiden, Leiden / Tilburg Universities, 28-29 Jan 2021 This interdisciplinary conference will bring together (post-)colonial historians, legal historians, curators, international lawyers, and others…
CFP: Imperial Artifacts: History, Law, and the Looting of Cultural Property (Leiden, Jan 2021)
Call for papers for this interdisciplinary conference, which aspires to bring together (post-)colonial historians, legal historians, curators, international lawyers, and others engaged with the field to establish research collaborations by critically investigating stories…
CFP: Imperial Artefacts: History, Law, and the Looting of Cultural Property (Leiden, Jan 2021)
Call for papers for conference:Imperial Artefacts: History, Law, and the Looting of Cultural Property28-29 January 2021, Leiden UniversityDeadline: 31 Aug 2020 This interdisciplinary conference aspires to bring together (post-)colonial historians, legal historians, curators,…