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
avg1@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Conference, May 2020: Museum Studies: Past, Present, Future
– Call for Papers https://mgs30.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/conference/
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