7 November 2013

Transmutations Infinite

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Over the last couple of days the participants in this conference defined ‘metamorphosis’ over and again: even without explicitly etymologis...
6 November 2013

Transmutation #28 - A closing plenary

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We are so near the end, now. Our own Alex hopes, in this session, to share some final ideas, and things which she found interesting. So, A...

Transmutation #27 - Ethnics, Aussies and Poms: migration museums and the creation of identity in Australia

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As a historian, Eureka Henrich is obsessed with the idea of change. In her research, she is interested in changing attitudes towards nationa...

Transmutation #26 - Metamorphosis of Islamic Art Exhibition Space: two permanent reinstallation case studies

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Melissa Forstrom is a PhD student at the University of Westminster, and has also worked in America. Today, she discusses the metamorphosis o...

Transmutation #25 - Restaging a space for Pacific relationships: a study of the renovation of the Polynesian Hall, Bishop Museum, Honolulu

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Alice Christophe's current reseach focuses on the interactions between cultural institutions in the Pacific. She looks at the ways in wh...

Transmutation #24 - Museum and myth in the making of Croat Yugoslavism

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Joel Palhegyi currently researches the role of national museums in creating individual senses of identity in the larger Soviet Yugoslav Fede...

Transmutation #23 - The Greek National Gallery's metamorphosis in the second half of the 20th century

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Lefteris Spyrou's PhD considers the history of the Greek National Gallery. His paper today examines the galleries of the permanent colle...