Linacre Lecture Series 2025: Communicating Culture - New Horizons for Museums

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Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Ashley Coutu (Pitt Rivers Museum), Dr Vibe Nielsen (University of Oxford), Dr Tea Ghigo (University College London)
Timing: Thursday 8th, 15th and 22nd of May and 5th of June 2025
Web Address: https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/college-life/linacre-lectures
Organising department: Linacre College

Talks:

Thursday 8 May 2025

Conservation as Meaning-Making and Unmaking
Date: 8 May 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Prof Salvador Muñoz Viñas (University Politècnica de València)
Venue Details: Linacre College
Organisers: Dr Tea Ghigo (University College London), Dr Vibe Nielsen (University of Oxford), Dr Ashley Coutu (Research Fellow, Pitt Rivers Museum)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 May 2025

Unlocking Art’s Wonders: Science as a Bridge to Public Engagement
Date: 15 May 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Prof Katrien Keune (University of Amsterdam)
Venue: Linacre College, St Cross Road OX1 3JA
Organisers: Dr Tea Ghigo (University College London), Dr Vibe Nielsen (University of Oxford), Ashley Coutu (Pitt Rivers Museum)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 May 2025

Curating Colonialism: The Future of Ethnographic Collections
Date: 22 May 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker s: Prof. Wayne Modest (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Dr Laura Van Broekhoven (Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford)
Venue: Linacre College, St Cross Road OX1 3JA
Organisers: Dr Tea Ghigo (University College London), Dr Vibe Nielsen (University of Oxford), Ashley Coutu (Pitt Rivers Museum)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 June 2025

Updates from the Museum of West Africa, Nigeria
Date: 5 June 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
Speaker : Dr Ore Disu (Museum of West Africa)
Venue: Linacre College, St Cross Road OX1 3JA
Organisers: Dr Tea Ghigo (University College London), Dr Vibe Nielsen (University of Oxford), Dr Ashley Coutu (Research Fellow, Pitt Rivers Museum)
Hosts: TBA

Editor: Vibe Nielsen