To celebrate our 30th anniversary, the Museums, Galleries and Collections Institute (MGCI) at the University of St Andrews will be holding a conference. Museum Studies: Past, Present, Future Thursday 7th and Friday 8th May 2020 Call for papers Deadline: 1st November 2019 It is more than half a century since the first museum studies courses in the UK were founded at Leicester in 1966 and Manchester in 1971. They were designed in close consultation with the Museums Association (MA) and initially followed the MA's Diploma syllabus. Postgraduate museum studies courses have developed and proliferated enormously since then. Until 2009, the St Andrews course was one of only 13 courses recognised by the MA as a route to the Associateship of the Museums Association (AMA). With changes in the Associateship to Continuous Professional Development, the MA ceased to provide validation for the Recognised Courses. There are now 46 organisations providing postgraduate training listed in the MA Courses Guide 2019 with nearly 160 options to choose from. There are also many alternative training routes into museum work now, including internships and apprenticeships. This raises many questions about the provision of post-graduate courses. What are the implications and ethics of this burgeoning number of courses for students and their future employability? Are universities producing too many graduates for a highly competitive market? And are we providing the training that the museum sector needs? Our conference will focus on three themes: Theme 1 Museum Studies and the Curriculum Theme 2 - Museology Theme 3: Diversity and Inclusion: creating a sustainable museum workforce Full details here: https://mgs30.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/conference/ Ann V. Gunn Senior Lecturer, Museum and Gallery Studies School of Art History University of St Andrews School of Art History, 79 North Street St Andrews, KY16 9AL, Fife, Scotland +44 (0)1334 46 2356 [log in to unmask] www.st-andrews.ac.uk<http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/> Find us on facebook http://bit.ly/sta-museum-gallery Conference, May 2020: Museum Studies: Past, Present, Future - Call for Papers https://mgs30.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/conference/ The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland, No: SC013532 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).