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"How can a museum founded on colonial power and privilege challenge its most enduring associations?" This is one of the questions that guided my talk to the VIU Arts & Humanities Colloquium in 2021. If you work in the GLAM sector you might find this presentation helpful! https://lnkd.in/gxSaTATn

I found a lengthy article written about me in the Penn Journal of Arts & Sciences feature profiles section on their website. "Michael’s work is deeply introspective, exploring themes of isolation, contemplation, and one’s place in postmodern society...This exploration of space and structure is not just a visual exercise but also a philosophical inquiry into the nature of contemporary existence." https://lnkd.in/e-bnwi_X

'Team Pigment' colleagues are now unearthing more of the stories hidden beneath the surface of Durham’s medieval manuscripts, thanks to £400,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Capability for Collections Fund (CapCo). AHRC-CapCo funding helps research institutes and universities renew and improve their facilities for collections-led research, focusing on conservation and heritage science facilities, digital capture equipment and specialist study spaces; ensuring UK researchers and innovators have use of world class laboratories, equipment and digital resources.  Funding awarded to ‘Team Pigment’ (Tony King and Andy Beeby) between 2020 and 2021 has enabled the Durham Library and Collections facilities to obtain new state-of-the-art optical analysis equipment. Durham's 'Team Pigment' have consequently made a leap in the level of detail with which they can analyse the components used to produce illuminated manuscripts. This knowledge sheds light not only on how individual manuscripts were produced, but also on the availability of the materials used to paint them and therefore the evolution of international trade networks. The work is invaluable to historians exploring cultural, social and economic development between the 7th and 15th centuries. 👉 A new book, ‘The Pigments of British Medieval Illuminators: a scientific and cultural study’ was published last year, sharing some of this new data.  This publication documents the analysis of over 400 medieval books held at Durham and elsewhere, and includes some of the most historically significant historical manuscripts in the UK. 👉 Read our earlier post about the work of ‘Team Pigment’, here: https://lnkd.in/dK5uCVjK #transformativehumanities #creativitycultureheritage  #sciencehumanities #History  #Interdisciplinary  #Science #spectroscopy #imaging #chemistry #LibraryandCollections Tony King  Andy Beeby Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

The latest in our IAA-series "Transcultural Aesthetics" (Volume 5): We Have Always Been Transcultural; The Arts as an Example, by Wolfgang Welsch Wolfgang Welsch, an eminent co-founder of transcultural aesthetics, demonstrates for the first time that transculturality – the mixed constitution of cultures – is by no means only a characteristic of the present, but has de facto determined the composition of cultures since time immemorial. The historical transculturality is demonstrated using examples from the arts. While transculturality was often viewed with reservation where political, social, or psychological levels were at stake, it was rather welcomed and appreciated in the field of art. The book therefore demonstrates the historical prevalence of transculturality via all areas of art and does so with respect to all cultures and continents of our world.

“The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) is an advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues. The PCAH works directly with the Administration and the three primary cultural agencies: the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, as well as other federal partners and the private sector, to address policy questions in the arts and humanities, to initiate and support public/private partnerships in those disciplines and to recognize excellence in the field. Its core areas of focus are arts and humanities education, cultural exchange, and the creative economy."

My final oration for Ways of Knowing: Historical and Epistemological Foundations of the Liberal Arts https://lnkd.in/gmSMErXZ

Interesting point during the presentation of Cécile Aillerie from the European project MOSAIC during the Erasmus+ TCA programme on Arts, Crafts, Heritage, Education last week : She introduced the example of an alternative to the usual goodies in an event, by chosing the conception of a unique object made by local craftmen instead of other choices. This option questions us on the real need for the goodies or tote-bags ? At Institut national du patrimoine we try to question these practices and chose for example to have less tote-bags but locally produced.

Registrations for History Week 2024 (Sat 7th September - Sunday 15 September) are now OPEN! This year's theme 'Marking Time' is an opportunity for members to consider how we commemorate. What people, events and histories do we – or don’t we – celebrate or remember? How do we mark time? From the personal marking of time in photographs to state commemorations of pageantry, the ways we remember the past are varied: sometimes grand, sometimes fleeting, sometimes conflicting. How have the different ways we mark historical moments changed over time? How might different communities remember the past? What pasts do we forget when we commemorate? In what forms do we mark time: statues, parades, monuments, plaques, displays, exhibitions, journals, diaries and even marks cut into a stone wall? https://buff.ly/3zc2Hc5 invites members around the state to reflect upon, question and examine how we commemorate these and other historical moments. Marking Time asks the question: how do we remember and what do we find important to commemorate? Registrations for History Week 2024 are now open, and HCNSW Members can register your event via the link below. Registered History Week events will appear in the Events Calendar on the History Council NSWwebsite via the link below. Get your events in soon - we want all our members to have adequate time to promote their events! Registrations close July 16:

The study of the medieval era, has in recent decades expanded its horizon to encompass a more global perspective. This collection of research delves into various facets of the medieval world, drawing connections across continents and cultures during the Middle Ages. Sign in via your institution and delve into the collection today: https://oxford.ly/3SrMar5

What are our students up to at the weekend? There are many things to do in Oxford. Last week, for example, Maryia and her friends took the chance to explore the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Watch this short video to learn more about her fun day out! #IBDiploma #IBWorldSchool #InternationalEducation