Category: Recent Events

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

On April  4, MSP welcomed Fulbright Scholar Professor Alan Rice (DAAS, UMICH) who discussed a range of his work as curator, academic and activist in Lancashire, Great Britain. As a scholar of the Black Atlantic he has curated and co-curated exhibitions with Black British artists...

Museums, Technologies, and Civic Transformations

On March 19, MSP welcomed Seb Chan, Director & CEO of ACMI (formerly Australian Centre for the Moving Image) in Melbourne, Australia and the Museum Studies Program’s 2025 Visiting Scholar.  Seb’s presentation, Museums, Technologies, and Civic Transformations, explored trust, attention, digital memory, ephemerality, and...