A museum is literally a place of the muses -
appropriate really - thanks for link -
I will pass it on to people at HAD pressure group
Here's an essay i wrote on l"King Soloman's House"
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17709802/King-Solomons-House
Mogg
> This study intrigues me. While I've never been to the British Museum,
> I've always loved how people leave offerings of coins at the statues
> of Ganesh at the Met in NYC. Personally, I've always felt that the
> Museum of Modern Art is a temple! My research for my Master's and now
> my Ph.D. has been concerned with the connections between religion,
> ritual, and the arts.
>
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Caroline Tully <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Wow, this would have been right up my alley with my Postgraduate
> Diploma subject focus… Not so much now as my PhD is in quite a
> different area. But surely topical to British Pagans “Honoring the
> Ancient Dead” and all….?
>
> ~Caroline Tully.
>
> *From:* Sociology of Religion [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Gordon Lynch
> *Sent:* Thursday, 22 April 2010 10:28 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject:* Seeing the sacred in the museum - AHRC CDA doctoral
> studentship available
>
> *‘Seeing the sacred in the museum: exploring the significance of
> religious and secular subjectivities for visitor engagment with
> religious objects’*
>
> Centre for Religion and Contemporary Society, Birkbeck College,
> University of London, in collaboration with the British Museum
>
> * *
>
> The aim of this doctoral project will be to explore the ways in
> which visitors engage with religious objects at the British
> Museum, focusing particularly on whether it is possible to
> identify ways of seeing or engaging with objects that relate more
> generally to religious and secular subjectivities. Drawing
> together current research in material religion and museum visitor
> research, the award-holder will undertake original empirical work
> that will both add to our understanding of the performance of
> religious and secular subjectivities in public cultural spaces as
> well how museum evaluation work might engage in new ways with
> religious dimensions of visitor experience.
>
> The studentship is available from 1 October 2010, and the
> award-holder will benefit from the wide range of postgraduate
> support available at Birkbeck as well as from the experience of
> working closely with colleagues at a world-leading museum. The
> studentship covers full fees and a maintenance allowance at
> standard AHRC rates for central London institutions. Potential
> applicants should check their eligibility for the award before
> submitting their application at
> http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Documents/Guide%20to%20Student%20Eligibility.pdf
>
> The deadline for completed applications is 1 June 2010, with
> interviews planned to take place before the end of June. For
> further details about the studentship (including how to apply), go
> to http://www.bbk.ac.uk/crcs/postgraduate/BM_CDA_studentship
>
> Gordon Lynch
>
> Professor of Sociology of Religion and Director of the Centre for
> Religion and Contemporary Society
>
> Birkbeck College
>
> University of London
>
> 26 Russell Square
>
> London
>
> WC1B 5DQ
>
> +44(0)20 7631 6658
>
> http://www.bbk.ac.uk/crcs
>
>
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