Blog post by Sandra Kemp, V&A project Principal Investigator. In a series of reviews of the 1878 Paris exhibition, John Lockwood Kipling, then curator of the Lahore Museum, compares French and British exhibition displays. He begins: Novelty of idea is claimed for this display, but it would be hard to find a notion about … Continue reading Travelling objects and transnationalism
Post by Chiara Zuanni, postdoctoral researcher at the V&A. After Sandra’s post introducing the Universal Histories and Universal Museums research project, it is now my turn to introduce the case studies. Indeed, my role as postdoctoral researcher on the project focuses on the archival research for these case studies, working alongside Sandra’s in London and … Continue reading Introducing the case studies
Sandra Kemp, V&A project Principal Investigator, is our first blogger. We are launching the 'Universal Histories and Universal Museums’ website to coincide with the call for papers for the first project workshop. This collaboration between the V&A, the Musée du quai Branly and the Université Paris Nanterre aims to develop a comparative critique of approaches … Continue reading Introducing the project