Events

2025

Current Debates in the Arts

A free online event on Monday 31 March 2025.

This day-long spring school will address current debates in the Arts, Museum and Gallery sectors. Attendees will hear from experts who teach the MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies and will have an opportunity to discuss these issues informally with them.

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2024/25 School of Museum Studies/Institute for Digital Culture Seminars (Semester 1)

Seminars take place in person at the Innovation Hub, 128 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7PA (either in the Boardroom or the Conference Room, ground floor), and online via MS Teams. All are welcome.

Wednesday 9 October (12.30pm-1.30pm)

Conference Room, Innovation Hub, 128 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7PA and online

Dr Munmun Mondal (Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford; Assistant Professor, Department of History, Lovely Professional University, Punjab), ‘Social-religious Life as Reflected in Pata Paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection’.

Wednesday 16 October (12.30pm-1.30pm)

Conference Room, Innovation Hub, 128 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7PA and online

Louise Kjærgaard Depner (Visiting PhD Fellow, SAXO Institute, University of Copenhagen), ‘Atmospheres and Experiences at the Museum at Rosenborg Castle’.

Wednesday 30 October (Note later timeslot: 3.00pm-4.00pm)

Boardroom, Innovation Hub, 128 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7PA and online

Joana Monbaron (Visiting PhD Candidate, University of Coimbra), ‘Theorizing Social Reproduction in Contemporary Art Museums’.

Wednesday 13 November (12.00pm-1.00pm)

Boardroom, Innovation Hub, 128 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7PA and online

C.M. Wilson (School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester), ‘Purposes of Fictive Immersion’.

Wednesday 27 November (12.30pm-1.30pm)

Boardroom, Innovation Hub, 128 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7PA and online

Victoria P.S. Percy-Smith (Visiting PhD Fellow, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University), ‘Pupils’ Experience with Historical Objects at History Museums and How it Affects their Historical Consciousness in Museum Education’.