We are pleased to invite you to the guest lectures of “Museums, Exhibitions, Conservation,” held as part of Noémie Étienne’s lecture course at the University of Vienna. The series brings together distinguished scholars from various universities to explore pressing issues in museum studies, conservation, the history of collections, and provenance research. All lectures are held in English.
How to Join
📍 When: Wednesdays, 9:15–10:45 CET via Zoom (except May 21, starting at 8:15 CET)
🔗 Zoom Link (Code: 115454)
📩 For inquiries, contact julia.spitaler@univie.ac.at
About the Course
The lecture series examines the evolution of museums, from early curiosity cabinets to modern institutions across Europe, the United States, Africa, and the Middle East. Through case studies of art museums, historical museums, archives, and ethnographic collections, the course delves into the materiality of exhibitions, museum politics, and the complexities of institutional structures. Special attention is given to issues of memory, heritage, and conservation practices.
📅 Guest Lecture Schedule
May 7 – Maeva Pimo (Vienna)
Gender and Queer Memory in Sub-Saharan Africa: Between Archive Fever and Archival Violence
May 14 – Silas Edwards (Frankfurt)
The Museum in the Age of Extinction (VO TAKE OVER)
May 21 – Heghnar Watenpaugh (Los Angeles) (Special start time: 8:15 CET)
From Genocide to Justice: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript
May 28 – Adila Laïdi-Hanieh (Ramallah)
Museum and Heritage Solutions in Forbidding Circumstances
June 4 – Ruby Satele Asiata (Vienna)
Thinking Trans-Indigenous: Melanesian Ancestral Remains and the Samoan Context
June 11 – Wendy Shaw (Berlin)
From Heritage to Circulation: Islamic Thought as a Means of Decolonizing the Museum Paradigm
June 18 – Renée Riedler (Vienna)
Replicas in the Conservation Praxis
All lectures are held in English.
Join us for this insightful series exploring museums as dynamic and contested spaces!
