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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Dear all, I'm sure this new SSN will be of interest to many members - please could you take the time to fill in the survey at the link below? Many thanks, Jenny Jenny Brown SHCG Secretary Social History Curators Group (SHCG) www.shcg.org.uk ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jenny Wright <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:44 PM Subject: The new SSN for Islamic art needs your participation To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Dear Social History Curators Group SSN, I'd like to introduce myself as the researcher for the new Islamic Art Subject Specialist Network. I am currently conducting a survey which aims to identify all Islamic art and material culture in UK collections. The survey has a very broad focus which encompasses areas of potential interest to your members, including all material relating to Islamic/Middle Eastern social life, the social history of British Muslim communities, and other Muslim diaspora communities around the world. I wonder if you would be able to advertise the survey to your membership on your mailing list or website? If so, you are welcome to use the text below or edit it as required. The email address for anyone interested to contact is: [log in to unmask] Many thanks for your attention, Jenny Wright ------------------ The newly-established Subject Specialist Network (SSN) for Islamic Art and Material Culture would like to invite you to participate in the Islamic Mapping Project. This important and wide-ranging survey aims to gather, for the first time, comprehensive data on the contents and locations of public collections of Islamic art and material culture in the UK and Ireland, however large or small. The survey has a very broad focus which includes all material relating to Islamic/Middle Eastern social life, the social history of British Muslim communities, and other Muslim diaspora communities around the world. Through this survey we also hope to identify the types of support that may be needed among all collections, but especially those with limited resources, staff, or specialist curatorship. This will help the SSN identify areas of need, allowing us to develop targeted workshops and seminars which will support museum professionals working with collections that include Islamic art and material culture. Results of the survey will be published on the SSN’s new website (to be launched in 2014), where a dedicated series of pages will present the information gathered about collections around the country. So, if assessing your institution's collection of Islamic art and material culture has long been on the 'To Do' list, now is the moment to engage with the community of Islamic art specialists nationwide by completing this questionnaire. To find out more and to participate in this unique effort to map all public Islamic collections in the UK, please email [log in to unmask] to be sent a unique link to the survey questionnaire. Support with filling in the questionnaire and assistance with identifying any Islamic material in the collections you work with is readily available by contacting the same address. Best wishes, The SSN Committee ------------------- Jenny Wright Researcher, Subject Specialist Network for Islamic Art and Material Culture Phone: 01223 503682 Mobile: 07934 747553 Skype: islamicmappingproject Email: [log in to unmask] The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST