Author: Museum Studies Program

Director and Associate Professor or Professor (Ohio State University Newark Earthworks Center)

The Ohio State University at Newark invites applications for Director of the Newark Earthworks Center at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor with tenure. We seek a scholar whose research employs Native American and Indigenous Studies methodologies, foregrounding Indigenous peoples’ intellectual traditions, histories,...

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to…  Comfort Mtotha (MSP19) recently published her article, “The “Saint” of Livingstonia: Assembling, Memorializing, and Representation of Missionary Paraphernalia at the Stone House Museum in Malawi” in Museum of Anthropology. 

April 4 Museums@Noon – From Lubaina Himid to the Battle of Bamber Bridge: Curating and Narrating Black Atlantic Stories in British Museums and Communities

Speaker: Alan Rice, PhD, Fulbright Scholar; Professor of English and American Studies; Director of the Research Centre in Migration, Diaspora & Exile; Co-Director of the Institute for Black Atlantic Research, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom When: 12:00 pm on April 4 Where: Eldersveld...

Support MSP on Giving Blue Day!

March 19 is Giving Blue Day! Consider supporting the Museum Studies Program. Your gift will help to support a practice-oriented museum studies seminar format that pairs teaching faculty with curators, conservators, educators, and collection managers working in our on-campus museums. Your contribution, big or...

Inaugural Conference on Community Archaeology & Heritage (March 14 & 15)

Michigan League, Michigan Room Friday–Saturday, March 14–15, 2025 Recognizing the importance of collaboration with local communities in archaeological research and heritage practice, the University of Michigan is launching a new Center for Community Archaeology and Heritage. In this inaugural conference, we will highlight the...