Museums and Cultural Heritage at University of Auckland

Great film about France’s repatriation of 26 sculptures from the Kingdom of Dahomey by Mati Diop at the Sydney Film Festival

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Fully funded scholarships for a Masters in Cultural Heritage at Shanghai University. https://icom.museum/en/news/the-icom-imrec-offers-icom-members-10-fully-funded-scholarships-for-masters-degrees-in-cultural-heritage/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0Z15-i2IaDoz2uFAUergPFZIkqBOfgLsmp6KyzLoFcYP-6S3q3oVcZPMw_aem_ATZppWrtil60-3sFTvNrBVzzVN_ZmJwbCKV0nS_NqoLVyX9I3s7lcjlbwXAbkQxyGoApqnaLJjx4_3IxMh3A-GZk

ICOM-IMREC offers ICOM members 10 Fully Funded Scholarships for Master’s Degrees in Cultural Heritage - International Council of Museums A global organisation of museums & museum professionals committed to the promotion and protection of cultural heritage

Applications for the John Stacpoole Fellowship for students at the Auckland Libraries will close on 12 July. https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2024/05/auckland-library-heritage-trust-john.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0qSnp21gnjrk7XmuS3K22vv-7mFMbWsUN7oy4gwOF61QcoOz0n2an68gE_aem_ATbdKeCL4CHJfz9JhRHs_ZBxy-9g0xlU3oavij_qiTUYzcv40WEb8V9Cd2YMqo3_FzBdsnjmbcLf6hm29cChXh9F

Auckland Library Heritage Trust John Stacpoole Scholarships 2024 Unique collections and resources from Auckland Libraries research centres and heritage collections.

The University of Queensland is planning to close its Masters in Museum Studies programme, the only professional training available in the state. You can sign the petition to help prevent closure.

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Show your support to save Museum Studies programs at The University of Queensland!

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Katy Bond will be joining us in Art History as a Lecturer, for a two-year period to teach courses in Baroque and Renaissance Art, as well as an exciting new stage II/III course in semester 2 next year, 'Art and Fashion.' Katy completed her undergraduate and Masters studies with us in Art History, and went on to complete her PhD at the University of Cambridge focusing on Costume Albums in Charles V's Habsburg Empire. She has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge and the University of Basel. We look forward to welcoming Katy in June. She will be teaching ARTHIST224/324 Power and Piety: The Baroque in semester two.

Well done Willie!

Speech of ancestors wins Oxford Debate for Jackson Labour MP Willie Jackson has used his speech at the Oxford Union debate to demand the return of seven mokomokai held by the British Museum.

Labour MP Willie Jackson has been invited to debate the moot “British Museums are not Very British” at the Oxford Union on Thursday 23 May. That will make him the first Māori, and only the second New Zealander (after David Lange in 1985), to participate in the Oxford Union.

Willie Jackson's just the man to represent us in the Oxford Union debate OPINION: It’s a great honour and I can't think of anyone better to do it.

A new book published for ANZAC day is edited by the museum's associate curator of war history, Gail Romano, an historian interested in the often-overlooked fringe experiences of war.

She points out that when writing to family members about their experiences they often didn't want to talk about the horrors of war, so they described their surroundings instead. For many of the classically educated men, they understood that they were on a site of layers and layers of history; of Greek heroes, biblical descriptions and roman ruins.

They also recorded the beautiful sunsets, unusual bugs and birds, and fields of flowers they were surrounded by.

Lieutenant-Colonel Dr Percival Fenwick, a doctor, wrote about the "dreadful time" of treating the wounded, but he also recorded the banality of the men's daily reality and the wonderful sunrises, the fleet of warships "like toys on the water", and said "like a beautiful white bird, the hospital ship glittered pure white, as if she was a dove with folded wings, waiting as a symbol of peace".

The museum's archaeology collection manager, Deirdre Harrison, contributed to the book's section on the landscape of Gallipoli. The French and British soldiers who landed further south dug trenches in what turned out to be an archaeological site at Cape Helles - much of what they found is now on display at the Louvre in Paris. She has included one of the objects that made it home to New Zealand, and is now held by the museum: a little metal amulet. It was found by a kiwi soldier on rest and recreation, in Troy. The tiny figure of what looks like a lion or a dog is not on display, but kept in the museum's vaults.

On the fringes of the Gallipoli battlefield When our Gallipoli soldiers landed at the historically significant site they occasionally paused to admire the sunsets, birds and flowers; and to souvenir treasures

Here is a part-time casual weekend job at the Parnell Gallery which may be of interest if you are still studying.

Job Vacancy - Gallery & Art Handling Assistant - Casual – Parnell Gallery This position has now been filled, however if you would like to be notified of future Gallery Assistant roles please email your CV to the email address below and we will notify you when the next role opens up. We would love to hear from you. ———————— We are looking for a practical an...

Angela Wanhalla reviews “In a Different Light”.

The past in a different light: how Māori embraced – and rejected – the colonial camera lens A major new exhibition and book showcase Aotearoa New Zealand’s earliest photography, and how the new technology was integral to the colonial project.

Masters or PhD students are eligible to apply for these scholarships. Applications close at 5pm on 26 April 2024.

Post-graduate Scholarships Our post-graduate scholarships support high-achieving students who are working closely with Auckland Museum or Auckland Museum collections as part of their research. The projects supported will add value to Auckland Museum collections or museum practice focus and be aligned to the Auckland Museum re...

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MOTAT appoints new Museum Director The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Craig Hickman-Goodall as their new Museum Director / Chief Executive, effective 1 July 2024.

Museums and galleries in financial trouble countrywide. Is the country listening?

Museums, galleries struggling amid high costs, shrinking funds Museums Aotearoa is concerned some institutions may not survive the decade and is launching a campaign to save them.

Olive Wilson’s Sheldon Warner Summer Scholarship was called Te Aho Mutunga Kore: Indigenising the Database. She was introduced by Kahu Te Kanawa and Justine Treadwell.

Anjuli Selvadurai and fellow Wikipedians present on their development of 40 new resources as Sheldon Warner Summer Scholars at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum ahead of the roll out of the New Zealand History curriculum in New Zealand schools.

Visit this miniature museum down on the Auckland waterfront.

Te Wharekura The 108-year-old heritage kiosk next to the Tāmaki Makaurau downtown ferry terminal has been repurposed into a cultural and marine education space to create a new destination on the increasingly-vibrant waterfront.

A Registry Assistant vacancy has arisen at MOTAT. Registry Assistant vacancy for us?

Registry Assistant MOTAT is New Zealand’s largest transport and technology museum and is home to some of the world’s most unique examples of historical innovations in kiwi transport and technology. We’re looking for a full time Registry Assistant to join the team. As the Registry Assistant, you will be part of a...

The decision to "light up for Israel" aligning with Israel sounded like “an excellent way to get cancelled by millennials and Gen Z on social media”, and “a PR disaster”:

Auckland Museum told lighting for Israel was an 'excellent way to get cancelled by millennials and Gen Z' Auckland Museum was told lighting up in support of Israel was an “excellent way to get cancelled by millennials and Gen Z’s.

Study with us!

Introducing: Master of Museums and Cultural Heritage Programme Director Linda Tyler introduces the Master of Museums and Cultural Heritage.

After Pokaiwhenua (the mere pounamu) was taken from Auckland Museum in March 2019, TV One reporter Yvonne Tahana went along to a Te Karere interview with Ngarino Ellis whose book A Whakapapa of Tradition: 100 years of Ngāti Porou carving featured Pokaiwhenua. Here Tahana describes the three-year-long journey that saw the mere pounamu safely back home in the most "Māori way possible".

'Stolen Taonga': The story Yvonne Tahana will never forget A mere pounamu was taken from Auckland Museum, which sparked a three-year search up and down Aotearoa.

Arts House Trust Director position is under advertisement until 19 November 2023.

Director Express your passion for the Arts in a meaningful, community focused, Director position while drawing on your strategy, leadership, management, and marketing experience.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/06/unesco-planning-virtual-museum-of-stolen-cultural-artefacts?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture

Unesco planning virtual museum of stolen cultural artefacts Project aims to raise awareness of trafficking and the relationship between artefacts and communities

Kirsty Ross has returned from Tasmania and is now Head Curator of Published Collections at the Hocken.

Coming back to the Hocken | University of Otago Kirstie Ross has a special place for Hocken Collections in her compendium of memories, making her new role as Head Curator, Published and Special Collections a homecoming of sorts.

Great opportunity for any of our Fiji-based grads!

Excited to join the Fiji Museum team and gain experience working with cultural heritage? We are looking for 6 young passionate youths who would like to join us. Please follow advertisement for more information and email [email protected] to request a copy of the post description.

Deadline for applications is Friday 15 September 2023 at 4pm.

U.S. Embassy Suva Ministry of itaukei Affairs Department of Culture, Heritage & Arts Tokani: Friends of the Fiji Museum The Fiji Times Fiji Sun fijivillage Fiji Traveller FM96

Interested in cultural heritage interpretation? UNESCO is offering funded airfares and accommodation to successful applicants making proposals to present at the World Heritage Interpretation conference in Korea this November. You need to buddy up into groups of 2 or 3, and apply with your proposal by 20 September. For more information, follow this link:

Open Call for the 2023 Youth Capacity-Building Training for World Heritage Interpretation and Presentation : Notice WHIPIC NOTICE 2023-030Proud to present the 2023 Youth Capacity-Building Training for World Heritage Interpretation and Presentation, the International Centre for the Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites under the auspices of UNESCO (WHIPIC) invites young professionals into the rea...

Interested in postgrad study in Museums & Cultural Heritage for 2024? Come along to our information session on TUES 12 SEPT 11-12 in Arts 1, level 5 tea room, or join via zoom:

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Call for proposals: Samoa House Library Research Residency Programme 2023

Samoa House Library (SHL) is now accepting proposals from arts & arts-related practitioners for our Research Residency Programme 2023. There are 2 residencies available each including a stipend of $5,000, open to individuals, groups or collectives.

SHL’s research residencies offer practitioners from art or art-related fields the opportunity to focus on their research practices in ways that are less outcome oriented. To encourage research without the pressure of project deadlines. They see research in an expansive sense, which could include anything from conversational to action research, project development, material explorations, scholarship and more. During the research residency recipients should engage with the library and work with its resources and may contribute to its programming or organisation.

SHL is interested in supporting significant, urgent, and underrepresented areas of research; collectively oriented or situated projects; archival interventions and projects relevant to the context of SHL (e.g. relating to a history of place in Samoa House or Karangahape, to the collection, to library/archival studies, institutional critique, etc).

More information here:

Research Residency Programme | Samoa House Library Samoa House Library (SHL) is now accepting proposals from arts & arts-related practitioners for our Research Residency Programme 2023. There are 2 residencies available each including a stipend of $5,000, open to individuals, groups or collectives. 

Puke Ariki in New Plymouth is looking for a Collection Technician https://www.seek.co.nz/job/69018433?type=standout =ff2858b126d64debfd3f8fe8e4c97ac38a4d1eda.