The Chinese Giant Rummaging in the British Newspaper Archive has churned up a few more gems. Ostensibly seeking more information about Mr On Lee and his ‘Chinese oath’, I stumbled upon a reference to ‘The Chinese Giant’ (aka ‘Chang woo goo’). ‘Chang woo goo’ or Zhan Shicai to give him his accepted name today was,…
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‘Orrible Victorian Deaths
I did a great webinar in the week organised by the British Newspaper Archive, on how to get the best from the BNA. I tried out some of the tips on searches of my home village (Ufford, nr Woodbridge, Suffolk) and found some great stories and several that are very sad and affecting. Those Victorians certainly reveled…
Willesden Jewish Cemetery Open Events
There are two opportunities in the next few weeks to find out about plans to restore and revitalise Willesden Jewish Cemetery. Details below. Photo by me.
On submitting my first assessment
This week’s reflective journal entry… This week we’ve been asked to reflect on how submitting our first assignment for the ATP made us feel. My key concern was making sure that I had all the elements, uploaded to the right place and that the submission went through without any obstacles. Because I was going to…
Teaching methods
This week’s reflective journal post… For this week’s reflection, we have been asked to consider the particular approaches to and teaching methods within our discipline. In my current role at Loughborough University, there is an inherent challenge in supporting students who are otherwise creative practitioners (as fine artists, graphic designers, textile designers, etc.), to undertake…
The Portland Collection at the Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire: a review
Just a quick post to mention that my review of the new Portland Collection gallery at the Harley Gallery has been published in the latest issue (May 2016) of the Museums Journal (pp. 44-47) – it’s not yet online but I will add a link when it becomes available. the review can be read online. The…
Museums in the Global Contemporary
I’m recovering today from an exhausting but enjoyable few days at the School of Museum Studies’ Fiftieth Anniversary Conference, Museums in the Global Contemporary. I didn’t get to see as many sessions as I would’ve liked, but I did manage to write a few live(-ish) blogs for the conference website. You can read them, and the…
Museum Studies Dissertation Reviews
I’ve just realised that I’ve made a serious omission on this blog – I haven’t yet written about one of the larger editing jobs I currently do. For the last couple of years I’ve been Field Editor for Museum Studies Dissertation Reviews. Dissertation Reviews: … features overviews of recently defended, unpublished doctoral dissertations [aka theses]…
Reviews – some reflections
It’s a curious thing writing and publishing a book. You hate the sight of it and can’t wait to be rid and at the same time you can’t bear to let it go, for fear of losing control over it, of sending it out into the big bad world (or perhaps that’s just me). Anyway, back…
News: new job, postdoc
I have some excellent news to impart… First of all, I have been appointed as Research Associate in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester (again). The job starts on 1st April for six months and I will be helping to update the Learning and Visitor Studies distance learning programme. I am…