文化遗产与博物馆研究
文化遗产与博物馆研究
Students take innovative courses with small class sizes that are led by dynamic professors. W&L’s 文化遗产与博物馆研究 courses prepare students to engage critically and ethically with cultural institutions. The minor affords student the opportunity to handle artwork and curate their own art exhibitions on campus.
关于本署
This minor reflects a broad set of concerns related to how we think about and treat cultural heritage objects and sites. 在21世纪, 博物馆机构——无论是历史遗址还是战场, 科学博物馆, art or natural history — stand at an intersection between education and cultural diplomacy where thorny issues about ownership, repatriation, preservation, 传统和抢劫经常被公开讨论. Courses of this minor relate to issues of ethical treatment of cultural heritage concerning the manipulation, production and destruction of objects and sites in pursuit of generating specific narratives of history and cultural identity. Through course work and experiential learning, the CHMS minor provides students the opportunity to 研究文化的理论和实践 遗产和博物馆世界.
实习及获奖情况
博物馆暑期实习工作: The Department of University Collections of Art and History offers an eight-week paid summer internship. The program provides students with an introduction to basic museum policies and practices through hands-on experience with the collection including: accessioning, cataloging, 正确的储存方法, research, 数据库管理和贷款. 八周后, students will leave the program with a basic understanding of the major curatorial and administrative issues all museums face, 不管他们拥有不同类型的集合.
Thomas V. Litzenburg奖: The Thomas V. 利岑堡奖由里夫斯中心于2004年创立. 该奖项每年颁发一次, at the discretion of the University Collections staff in consultation with the Art Department or another relevant department, 颁发给提交关于收藏艺术品的最佳论文的学生. 这个年度奖项是为了纪念托马斯五世而命名的. Litzenburg小.他是1957届毕业生，曾任里夫斯中心主任.
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所有权问题
This course explores the ways art and cultural heritage objects have been stolen, laundered, purchased, 策划和摧毁，以表达政治, 宗教和文化信息. Case studies and current events are equally studied to shed light on practices of looting and iconoclasm.
博物馆学研讨会
博物馆的历史，哲学和实践方面的探索. Topics of discussion include governance and administration, collections, exhibitions and education. The course alternates weekly readings and class discussion with field trips to regional museums.
艺术中的科学
This course involves a survey of 17th-century Dutch history, art history, etc.，将科学分析与当时的艺术和文化联系起来. The first 12 weeks (CHEM 156) involving primarily the scientific and technical background are taught on campus at W&L在冬季学期. 第二个四周(ARTH 356)涉及艺术和文化, are taught at the Center for European Studies (CES) Universiteit Maastricht in The Netherlands.
Pompeii
The site of ancient Pompeii presents a thriving Roman town of the first century AD, 由于火山的毁灭性喷发，时间几乎被冻结了. Vesuvius. 在本课程中, 我们考察了庞贝的考古遗迹——公共建筑, 国内建筑, painting, artifacts, 碑文和涂鸦，以重建小镇的生活. We also consider religion, games and entertainment, politics and the structure of Roman society.
发现W&L's Origins
This course introduces students to the practice of historical archaeology using W&L的自由大厅校园和正在进行的挖掘作为一个案例研究. With archaeological excavation and documentary research as our primary sources of data, we use the methods of these two disciplines to analyze our data using tools from the digital humanities to present our findings.
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