We are happy to announce the call for applications for Namibian Heritage Week 2024 grants, generously powered by the National Arts Council of Namibia. This funding opportunity is exclusively available to institutional members of MAN. The theme for Namibian Heritage Week this year is “Kultuur is Gemeenskap, Germeenskap is Kultuur” in Afrikaans which translates to “Culture is Community, Community is Culture” in English, 16–...
DECOLONIZING MUSEUMS AND COLONIAL COLLECTIONS Towards a Transdisciplinary Agenda and Methods TRANSMAT | IN2PAST 2025 ConferenceCONFERENCE | 12 TO 14 MARCH 2025 Set to take place from March 12 to 14, 2025, in Portugal (the city is yet to be confirmed), this international conference is a collaborative effort between colleagues from Institute of Contemporary History, NOVA University, and Évora University (Portugal),...
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Call for Papers Sensitive, problematic, contested? Challenges and opportunities in dealing with cultural heritage in museums International Conference, Wednesday–Friday, 20–22 November 2024 A collaboration between Kunsthaus Zurich, the Swiss National Museum and Museum Rietberg Please download the full call here.
The Coimbra Group Universities have been providing, since 2008, young researchers from universities in Sub-Saharan Africa with the opportunity to spend a short period (generally 1 to 3 months) at a Coimbra Group University to carry out part of their research there. The online application is now open until 5 April 2024 at midnight (Brussels time) on the Coimbra Group website. The University...
The International Research Network “Rock Art Heritage Management in Southern Africa” (RAHMSA, https://cosmo-art.org/rahmsa) is organising a training workshop: Presenting Rock Art (27th November – 3rd December 2024, Musée national de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, France) It is now open to applications. Please download the full call here.
Announcement of the opening of a new fellowship in the Netherlands, entitled ‘Moving Objects, Mobilising Culture in the Context of (De)colonisation’ The fellowship enables researchers and heritage professionals from former colonized countries to conduct five months of research into 'colonial collections': objects and collections from those countries that arrived in the Netherlands in a context of colonialism. The call for applications...
Dear colleagues: We would like to draw your attention to an event on “Research and funding opportunities in Germany” that may be of interest to you: *** For French and Spanish see below*** Dear colleagues: The Network Colonial Contexts would like to cordially invite you to the digital information meeting “Research and funding opportunities in Germany”, which will take place on February 14,...
