
Alison Hess
@drhesslee
Museum history, collections, storerooms and access. Lecturer in Museum and Gallery Studies @Uniwestminster. Tweets my own.
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02-04-2013 15:26:00
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Ended my day at an extraordinary architectural expression of postmodernism Jencks Foundation A new museum, and archive thinking about future possibilities.


Still a time to book for our Researchers in Conversation: Re-Imagining Cross-sector Collaborations Humanities at Westminster MuseumofLondon Sara Dominici saradominici.bsky.social @foggypastry Saskia Huc-Hepher Xiao Ma é©¬č§ Joanna Norman westminster.ac.uk/current-studenā¦


A full house and lots of interesting discussion at the Researchers in Conversation event last night Humanities at Westminster With special thanks to Simona Valeriani Saskia Huc-Hepher Xiao Ma é©¬č§ and JD Hill for such stimulating ideas. And fellow organisers Domenico Sergei, Sara Dominici saradominici.bsky.social @foggypastry


Huge honour to speak at the MuseumofLondon & Humanities at Westminster Researchers in Conversation event last night on such a stellar panel: Simona Valeriani, JD Hill and our own Xiao Ma 马č§. Thank you to Domenico Sergei, Sara Dominici saradominici.bsky.social, Alison Hess & @foggypastry for organising and inviting ā¤ļø






Another fantastic AHRC CDA to work with us here Humanities at Westminster

Not been out of the classroom much in the last couple of weeks so it was really refreshing to think about current issues, 'culture wars' and the challenges faced by small museums with a visit to our neighbours The Cartoon Museum Humanities at Westminster



This is an amazing funded PhD opportunity for someone interestedin photographic production and the politics of LGBTQ+ identity since 1950s, co-supervised by colleagues at MuseumofHome and University of Westminster. Candidate will also become part of our thriving Centre for Centre for Studies of Home

Writers, editors, book people : my lovely Humanities at Westminster MA students are doing a project on AI and want to chat to people who are working with words (& other peopleās words) about their experience of AI & writing/editing/publishing. Is anyone able to have a chat/ give thoughts?

First visit to London Transport Museum in too long! Some museums just have such a good vibe, especially on a busy Friday in the school hols. Fantastic variety of object interpretation styles for our Humanities at Westminster to dig into in our penultimate class of the year.


šØ Reminder: we are offering a fully funded PhD studentship under the Arts and Humanities Research Council CDP Connect scheme to research LGBTQ+ photographic practices at home in collaboration with Museum of the Home š³ļøāā§ļøš³ļøāš The full project description is here - please share! westminster.ac.uk/study/postgradā¦


Finishing off the semester with a visit to the Migration Museum with our Humanities at Westminster students.



Not often on here these days but did just want to mention an event I am organising with London Museum Humanities at Westminster We have a fantastic range of speakers discussing politics, public history and community research in museums londonmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/refraā¦