Unlocking Collections: Thursday 18 March 2021 - 6.00-7.15pm (UK time/GMT)
A special online discussion panel organised by the School of Advanced Study<https://www.sas.ac.uk/>, University of London, with the Warburg Institute<https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/> and the Institute of English Studies<https://ies.sas.ac.uk/>
As museums, archives, and libraries emerge from lockdown, we have a stronger sense than ever of the challenges involved in providing access to the objects that carry our collective memories. While one-way routes and Perspex shields may be new, the complexities around acquiring, preserving, finding, and using collections are not.
How can we give access to the vast number of objects in storage? How are institutions showing the hidden histories of their collections? How can similar objects in different collections be brought together? What new tools are emerging for recording and sharing cultural heritage? How are researchers engaging with and making innovative use of collections?
With Rebecca Bailey (Head of Exhibitions and Outreach for Historic Environment Scotland, and Programme Director for Towards a National Collection)
Maria Fusco (Professor of Fine Art, Dundee)
Catherine Ince (Chief Curator, V&A East)
Adam Lowe (Factum Foundation)
Catriona Cannon (Deputy Librarian and Keeper of Collections, Bodleian Libraries; soon to be Librarian, Senate House Library, University of London - from June 2021)
Co-chaired by Clare Lees (Director, Institute of English Studies) and Bill Sherman (Director, Warburg Institute).
Free via zoom and open to all. Please book in advance: https://sas.ac.uk/events/event/23447
Part of the Open for Discussion<https://sas.ac.uk/events/new-conversation-series-led-school-advanced-study> series of conversations convened by experts at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, bringing multidisciplinary humanities perspectives to bear on critical social issues - issues with human dimensions frequently overlooked in current policy debates.
Jon Millington
Events and External Relations
The Warburg Institute
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