The following conference announcement is being forwarded from H-Memory because it may be of interest to museum curators and archivists either across the Pond or planning to be visiting London around Sept. 11-12, 2009.  

It also fits in with discussions about museums and biographical accounts that have take place on Museum-L occasionally.

Please see below for registration information.

Judy Turner
Whitefish Bay, WI

Monday, June 8, 2009 11:51 AM
From: "Anna Sheftel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]

From: Kate Hill
Subject: Conference announcement of interest to H-Memory subscribers

MUSEUMS AND BIOGRAPHIES 11-12 September 2009

The 2009 MGHG conference will be held at the National Gallery in
London on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th September 2009, co-organised
by the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at
Newcastle University.

The conference will bring together those who study the
interconnections between museums and galleries, collecting and
biography. Drawing together analyses of representation, material
culture and personality, papers will cast new light on the study of
lives, objects and display.

Keynote speakers: Arthur MacGregor, Nicholas Penny.

Other speakers will address the following topics:
*       Museums and the Self
*       Donors and Legacies
*       Oral History
*       Women and Museums
*       Object Biographies
*       Individuals Shaping Collections
The full programme is available at www.mghg.org/events

Please note lunches will not be provided.

Price (for 2 days):

Non-MGHG members £55.00
MGHG members (concessions) £40
Students £20

To register, buy tickets on the National Gallery events page,
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/what/events/2009/sep/default.htm; please
note that concessionary prices become available further into the
procedure.

Please direct queries to Catherine Todd - [log in to unmask] (or
to Catherine Todd, Publications & Conference Assistant, ICCHS, Bruce
Building, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU).

Dr Kate Hill
Senior Lecturer in History
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln LN6 7TS
UK
01522 886125


      

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