Working Historians is a podcast series that showcases the work and careers of historians in a wide variety of career fields. We hope to introduce history students and the general public to the career paths available to people who study history, introduce and promote historians to students and the public, and showcase the work that historians do on a regular basis. Hosts Rob Denning and Jimmy Fennessy can be reached at workinghistorians@gmail.com.
Episodes
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Dr. Bruno Brulon Soares is a Professor of Museology at Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and is Vice President of the International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM). In this episode of Filibustering Museology we talk about Bruno’s academic career and his research into experimental and community museums.
This episode’s recommendations:
Museum of Removals in Rio de Janeiro: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/05/rios-museum-of-removals-shows-the-human-cost-of-th.html
Bruno Brulon Soares and Anaildo Bernardo Baraçal, Stránský: uma ponte Brno — Brasil / Stránský: a bridge Brno — Brazil (ICOFOM, 2017): http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/icofom/images/Icofom_Stransky_couv_cahierFINAL.pdf
Bruno Brulon Soares, História da Museologia [The History of Museology]: https://historiadamuseologia.blog/
Brooklyn Museum controversy: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brooklyn-museum-white-curator-african-art_us_5abc09e6e4b06409775cd2d7
Wednesday May 16, 2018
LauriAnn Deaver presents "The Mormon Response to the 1976 Teton Dam Collapse"
Wednesday May 16, 2018
Wednesday May 16, 2018
LauriAnn Deaver presents "The Mormon Response to the 1976 Teton Dam Collapse"
Tuesday May 08, 2018
Tuesday May 08, 2018
Dr. François Mairesse is a professor at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and is president of the International Committee for Museology. In this episode of Filibustering Museology we discuss Dr. Mairesse’s background, the various symposia hosted by ICOFOM, and the changing definitions of “museum.”
This episode’s recommendations:
ICOFOM Study Series: http://network.icom.museum/icofom/publications/icofom-study-series/
Defining the Museum in the 21st Century: The ICOFOM Symposiums: http://network.icom.museum/icofom/meetings/previous-conferences/defining-the-museum/
Digital Harlem: Everyday Life 1915-1930: http://digitalharlem.org/
Dylan Ruediger, “The AHA Jobs Report: The 2016-17 Data Obscure as Much as They Reveal,” Perspectives on History (February, 2018), https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/march-2018/the-aha-jobs-report-the-2016%E2%80%9317-data-obscure-as-much-as-they-reveal
Tuesday May 01, 2018
Gillian Glaes discusses African Political Activism in Post-Colonial France
Tuesday May 01, 2018
Tuesday May 01, 2018
Dr. Gillian Glaes presents African Political Activism in Post-Colonial France: State Surveillance and Social Welfare.