Symposium

Symposium

Each spring, the alumni association sponsors a symposium on some aspect of current museum theories and practices. The symposium is open to the public, and offers an annual opportunity for alumni, faculty, and current HA students to reconnect.

Symposium 2008 coming in March, 2008. Check back in September of 2007 for information

Recent Symposia include:

"Justify Your Existence: A Question of Relevance" - 2007
"Extreme Makeover: Remaking your Museum Career"- 2006
"You Want Me To Do What??? Museum Training Versus Museum Reality"- 2005
"Beyond History"- 2004
"Food for Thought: delectables of Museum Knowledge"- 2003
"Been There! Done That! Now What? The Ever Changing Museum Field"- 2002
"Don't Forget the Twentieth Century! Strategies for Preserving and Revising the 1900's"- 2001

Keynote speakers have included:

William Eiland, Director, Georgia Museum of Art.
Kristie Frieze, Executive Director, Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation-2006
Janice Klein, Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian: Other Duties as Assigned-2005
Dr. Stephen Asma, author of Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture an Evolution of Natural History Museum- 2004
Dr. Bruce Kraig, Illinois Humanities Scholar, Emeritus Professor of History, Roosevelt University- 2003
Alice Ross, food historian- 2003
Dr. Henry Glassie, Professor of Folklore, Indiana University- 2002

HA alum Jennifer Van Haaften speaks at a symposium
workshop about internship development.

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Eastern Illinois University Historical Administration Program, 2007

Last Updated April 25, 2007