This event has been pulled together by my friend Peter Ride who is
leading the new MA programme in Museums, Galleries and Contemporary
Culture which starts this September.
It is free and may be of interest to this list.
Cheers Jane
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Public Seminar
The University of Westminster's Department of English, Linguistics and
Cultural Studies, in association with the Masters Program in Museum
Studies, Johns Hopkins University,
invite you to:
"ONLINE": What can Museums and Galleries learn from online education in
Universities, and vice versa?
a Round Table discussion
Keynote Speaker:
Phyllis Hecht, Johns Hopkins University
Wednesday 20 July 2011, 6.30-8 p.m.
The Board Room, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B
2UW
Entrance free. RSVP Sharon Sinclair, email [log in to unmask]
Phyllis Hecht is Director of the Master of Arts in Museum Studies
program at Johns Hopkins University, USA. She is the Chair of the
Committee on Museum Professional Training (COMPT) of the American
Association of Museums (AAM). Most recently she co-edited and
contributed to The Digital Museum: A Think Guide (2007), an anthology on
museums and technology. Phyllis will discuss how the MA program at JHU
is using social networking, including incorporating Facebook and Twitter
into its learning strategy.
This event is part of the JHU Museum Studies London Onsite Summer
Seminar held at the University of Westminster.
The University of Westminster launches its new MA programme in Museums,
Galleries and Contemporary Culture in September 2011.
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