Museum Studies at Leicester
Seminar Series 2026
- Thursday 26, February, 2026 (13:00-14:00), Sir Bob Burgess 1.01 / hybrid , Luciana Menezes de Carvalho, The Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Vice-Chair ICOM Brazil , 'A Museology that is not life-oriented is not worthy”: convergences between Museum Studies and Social Museology'
- Thursday 12, March, 2026 (12:00-13:00), Sir Bob Burgess 1.01 / hybrid , Judith Abellan Reina, Visiting PhD student, University of Barcelona, 'From Community Engagement to Social Care: Challenges of Social Participation in Catalan Art Museums'
- Thursday 26, March, 2026 (12:00-13:00), Sir Bob Burgess 2.05 / hybrid , Dr Jamie Larkin, University of Warwick, 'More than just ‘Selling Photographs’: museum publications staff and the nature of the museum (1900-1950)'
- Thursday 16, April, 2026 (12:00-13:00), Kathleen Kenyon Building 0.02 / hybrid, Fabio Ranzolin, Visiting PhD Student, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, 'Queer Museology: Methodologies, Tools, and Contemporary Artistic Practices'
- Thursday 23, April, 2026 (12:00-13:00), Kathleen Kenyon Building 0.02 / hybrid, Isabel Collazos Gottret, University of Leicester, 'Defining decolonisation in Bolivian museums: from rhetoric and practices to conceptualisation'
- Thursday 30, April, 2026 (12:00-13:00), Kathleen Kenyon Building 0.02 / hybrid, Dr Sadia Habib, University of Manchester , 'Young people in museums'
- Thursday 07, May, 2026 (12:00-13:00), Kathleen Kenyon Building 0.02 / hybrid, Dr Thomas Kador, University College London , 'Object-based learning for a digital era: the value of material encounters'
- Thursday 21, May, 2026 (12:00-13:00), Kathleen Kenyon Building 0.02 / hybrid, Alexander Goodger, Director Stourbridge Glass Museum, 'Pursuing Net Zero in Museums at the Midlands Most Award-Winning Museum'
- Thursday 28, May, 2026 (12:00-13:00), Kathleen Kenyon Building 0.02 / hybrid, Professor Alison Eardley, University of Westminster , 'The Museum Accessibility Spectrum: transforming the way in which we think about audiences and museum experiences'