Universal Histories

Universal Histories and Universal Museums is a research project led by @LancasterUni, @UParisNanterre, @V_and_A, and @Musee_Homme.

[Chiara Zuanni @kia_z]

Just arrived back in Graz after two great days: spectral imaging workshop in Wien & @UniversalMuseum colloque at @artsetmetiers in Paris!😊

[Chiara Zuanni @kia_z]

Just landed in Paris! Looking forward to catch up with everyone from @UniversalMuseum tomorrow for the final conference! 😊

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Looking forward to our workshop tomorrow 'Museum Universalities in Western Cultural Capitals in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century’ with @LabexPasp @Care4theFuture https://t.co/cw7ebJPUXZ

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André Delpuech, director of @Musee_Homme, now discussing the ethnographic displays in the Musée de l'Armée in the mid-19th century

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Thierry Zephir now presenting the history of the Delaporte collection and the presentation of Angkor in French museums

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Now Christiane Demeulenaere-Douyère is discussing the history of collections from the 1843-1846 Mission de Chine

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A view of the original buildings of the Trocadèro & we thought at how its park and the Champ de Mars were during the 1878 exhibition

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Sandra Kemp presenting critical & curatorial perspectives on the 1878 Universal Exhibition and the research of the @UniversalMuseum project

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Arthur MacGregor is now presenting the history of the East India Museum and then the India Museum in London #india #museumstudies

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.@DrClaireWintle discussing Andamanese and Nicobarese collections in British museums and their displays between art,religion,ethnography

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And now Pierre Baptiste is presenting the Musée Guimet

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Christiane Demeulenaere-Douyère is now presenting the history of the Trocadèro at our workshop at @Musee_Homme @UniversalMuseum

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Welcoming all our speakers and participants for our workshop at @Musee_Homme! https://t.co/z7lkiJ5C5j

[Chiara Zuanni @kia_z]

Arriving in Paris for tomorrow @UniversalMuseum workshop 'Comparative museologies: case studies from Asia'! Looking forward to learn a lot!

[Claire Wintle @DrClaireWintle]

Looking forward to speaking at the Musée de l’Homme next week on the historical display of South Asian anthropology https://t.co/IscAzmvJli

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Upcoming @UniversalMuseum workshop: 'Comparative museologies: case studies from Asia' https://t.co/VNWSII19qG @Care4theFuture @LabexPasp

[Labex Passés Présent @LabexPasp]

[CFP] Les universalités muséales dans les grandes métropoles occidentales du XVIIIe au XXe siècle https://t.co/EcVLcOu6rG 2/2

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[CFP] 2 appels à contribut° par le projet @UniversalMuseum : Quelle universalité pour les musées universels ? https://t.co/L7gDxzFX3K 1/2

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#cfp ‘Notions of Universality in Universal Museums’ on contemporary definitions of ‘universal’ #histories & #museums https://t.co/reekwLgoAr

[James Sumner @JamesBSumner]

Interesting wording in 1870s proposal for what became the Science Museum's remit: "Scientific Apparatus, Appliances, and Chemical Products"

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Yesterday, @kia_z presented on our research at the @UoMHeritage conference 'Universities: space, place and community' https://t.co/l0DwphEg4d

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First up is Chiara Zuanni presenting her work with Sandra Kemp on univs+museums, case studies being @McrMuseum and @V_and_A.