{"id":935,"date":"2017-09-12T17:50:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T17:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/universalhistories.org\/?page_id=935"},"modified":"2018-06-13T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T11:36:46","slug":"call-for-papers-notions-of-universality-in-universal-museums","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/events-2\/call-for-papers-notions-of-universality-in-universal-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"Event announcement: International Conference: &#8216;Notions of Universality in Universal Museums&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>15-16<sup>th<\/sup> June 2018, 10am &#8211; 6pm, Mus\u00e9e des Arts et M\u00e9tiers (Salle de conf\u00e9rences), Paris.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This conference will explore contemporary definitions of \u2018universal\u2019 histories and \u2018universal\u2019 museums, and comparisons between them. It draws on the research of the AHRC \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/ahrc.ukri.org\/funding\/apply-for-funding\/archived-opportunities\/careforthefuturelabex\/\">Care for the Future<\/a>\u2019 and the LABEX \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/passes-present.eu\/en\">Past in the Present<\/a>\u2019 projects. This project has developed a comparative critique of approaches to universal histories in museums and of the role of museums in building knowledge about the future. The conference will also build on preliminary historical research on collections, museum taxonomies, public reception and ideas of universalities presented in the project workshops:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li>\u2018The Evolution of the Museum\u2019 at the Science Museum, 13-14<sup>th<\/sup> July 2017<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Comparative Museologies: The Example of Asian Arts\u2019 at the Mus\u00e9e de l\u2019Homme, 27<sup>th\u00a0<\/sup>September<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>2017<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Museum universalities in Western cultural capitals in the nineteenth and early twentieth century\u2019 at the Universit\u00e9 Paris Nanterre, 17<sup>th<\/sup> November 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Transdisciplinary and transnational research on museums, their public roles, and their relation to subject specialisms, will underpin a discussion on the definition and constitution of universalities in museums. The conference will seek to unpack the notions of \u00a0\u2018global\u2019, \u2018universal\u2019, and \u2018encyclopaedic\u2019 museums and the implications of using these definitions in light of current approaches to universalities in historical research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location &amp; contact information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>Mus\u00e9e des Arts et M\u00e9tiers<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><em>60 rue R\u00e9amur<br \/>\n75003 Paris<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>M\u00e9tro:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Lines 3 and 11: Station Arts-et-M\u00e9tiers<br \/>\nLine 4: Station R\u00e9aumur-S\u00e9bastopol<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Free entry (subject to availability of places).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Herv\u00e9 Inglebert:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:herve.inglebert@parisnanterre.fr\">herve.inglebert@parisnanterre.fr<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Sandra Kemp:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:sandra.kemp@lancaster.ac.uk\">sandra.kemp@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15-16th June 2018, 10am &#8211; 6pm, Mus\u00e9e des Arts et M\u00e9tiers (Salle de conf\u00e9rences), Paris. This conference will explore contemporary definitions of \u2018universal\u2019 histories and \u2018universal\u2019 museums, and comparisons between them. It draws on the research of the AHRC \u2018Care for the Future\u2019 and the LABEX \u2018Past in the Present\u2019 projects. This project has developed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/events-2\/call-for-papers-notions-of-universality-in-universal-museums\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Event announcement: International Conference: &#8216;Notions of Universality in Universal Museums&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":0,"parent":1652,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-935","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9Q5ty-f5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1928,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/935\/revisions\/1928"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/universalhistories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}