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23 search results for “museum studies” in the Public website

• Practicing Decoloniality in Museums: A Guide with Global Examples Research output

  The cry for decolonization has echoed throughout the museum world. Although perhaps most audibly heard in the case of ethnographic museums, many different types of museums have felt the need to engage in decolonial practices. Amidst those who have argued that an institution as deeply colonial as the…

• Museum Lab Research project

  The Dutch museum landscape is among the most forward-thinking worldwide, in terms of innovations in engaging diverse audiences and stakeholders. Building on the museum studies and art history programmes at Leiden University, the Museum Lab furthers students’ engagement with museums.

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  Raphaël Gerssen Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.c.r.gerssen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• The Social Museum in the Caribbean Research output

  A mosaic is the only image which can do justice to museums in the Caribbean. They are as diverse and plentiful as the many communities which form the cores of their organizations and the hearts of their missions. These profoundly social museums adopt participatory practices and embark on community engagement…

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  Caroline Fernandes Caromano Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.fernandes.caromano@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Andean Mummies Journey to European Museums 1810-1970 Research project

  A look into the political history of collecting and the collections of Andean mummies in Western European museums from 1830-1930 through archaeology and paleoimaging.

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  Laurie Kalb Cosmo University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.k.cosmo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272249

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  Ruurd Halbertsma Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.b.halbertsma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Csilla Ariese Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.e.ariese@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.i.van.ling@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009137

• Dr Laura Van Broekhoven new director of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford News - 10 January 2016

  The Museum enjoys the highest reputation internationally

• Toward an Intercultural Natural History of Brazil Research output

  The Historia Naturalis Brasiliae Reconsidered

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  Elizabeth Rodriguez Estrada PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  e.e.rodriguez.estrada@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Karin de Wild University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.de.wild@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8156

• Caribbean Collections in European Museums and the Question of Returns News - 20 December 2017

  Mariana de Campos Françoso and Amy Strecker published a new article in the International Journal of Cultural Property last week entitled 'Caribbean Collections in European Museums and the Question of Returns'.

• Evelien Campfens in the New York Times on looted art in museums News - 15 February 2023

  In an article by the New York Times, cultural heritage law specialist Evelien Campfens discusses the difficulties surrounding the ownership of looted art.

• BRASILIAE. Indigenous Knowledge in the Making of Science: Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648). Research project

  Investigating the intercultural connections that shaped practices of knowledge production in colonial Dutch Brazil.

• Museum Lab workshops Event
• Collecting sustainability and climate change for Rijksmuseum Boerhaave Event - 24 April 2025

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• Rethinking the Wereldmuseum Leiden through Indigeneity and Contemporary Art Event - 2 April 2025

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• Commemoration in the city: Engaging with the Stolpersteine in Leiden and beyond Event - 7 April 2025

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• Undisciplined Collections Event - 15 September 2023

  Workshop

• Archaeological Forum: Nathalie Brusgaard and Martin Berger Event - 20 March 2025

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