Jos van Beurden, "Inconvenient Heritage: Colonial Collections and Restitution in the Netherlands and Belgium" (Amsterdam UP, 2022)
The discussion about objects, human remains and archives from former colonial territories is becoming increasingly heated. Over the centuries, a multitude of items – including a cannon of the King of ...
31 Aug 202250min
Karen Archey, "After Institutions" (Les presses du réel, 2022)
Faced with waning state support, declining revenue, and forced entrepreneurialism, museums have become a threatened public space. Simultaneously, they have assumed the role of institutional arbiter in...
22 Aug 20221h 8min
Considering Museum Work? A Conversation with Curators From the Smithsonian
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: Our guests’ career paths at the Smithsonian, their work to help create a new Women’s history museum, collecting BLM materials during...
28 Jul 20221h 16min
John Gillis, "The Fadden More Psalter: The Discovery and Conservation of a Medieval Treasure" (Wordwell Books, 2022)
In The Faddan More Psalter: The Discovery and Conservation of a Medieval Treasure Dr. John Gillis explores the conservation, construction, and context of an early medieval psalter discovered by chance...
28 Jun 202247min
Lilianne Milgrom, "L' Origine: The Secret Life of the World's Most Erotic Masterpiece" (Girl Friday Books, 2021)
Today I talked to Lilianne Milgrom about L' Origine: The Secret Life of the World's Most Erotic Masterpiece (Girl Friday Books, 2021). In 1866, maverick French artist Gustave Courbet painted one of th...
15 Jun 202246min
Sherri Irvin, "Immaterial: Rules in Contemporary Art" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Art forms have rules, usually implicit, that govern the experiences that artists want their audiences to have: for example, a representational painting should be hung right-side-up, the same sort of p...
10 Jun 20221h 6min
Fleur Watson, "The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture and Design" (Routledge, 2021)
The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture and Design (Routledge, 2021) examines the challenges inherent in exhibiting design ideas. Traditionally, exhibitions of architecture and design have predominan...
7 Jun 202232min
Yujie Zhu, "Heritage Tourism: From Problems to Possibilities" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
As one of the world's fastest growing industries, heritage tourism is surrounded by political and ethical issues. Yujie Zhu's Heritage Tourism: From Problems to Possibilities (Cambridge UP, 2021) expl...
3 Jun 202234min
