"Archaeology, Museums and Artifacts from the Holy Land"
LECTURE
about
“The Politics of Public Display: Archaeology, Museums and Artifacts from the Holy Land”
When
Monday, April 11, 2016
4:30-5:30PM
Where
Hood Auditorium
sponsor
Hood Museum of Art
Intended Audience(s)
Public
details
Morag M. Kersel, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, DePaul University
In 2002, the Royal Ontario Museum displayed the James Ossuary—a first-century burial box with the Aramaic inscription “James, Son of Joseph, Brother of Jesus.” With this display the museum took on simultaneous roles: custodian of a sacred relic, shaper of public interpretation, fiduciary institution. Using examples such as this, Dr. Kersel will investigate the politics of public display and the role of the museum.
Cosponsored by the Hood Museum of Art, the Classics Department, Dartmouth College, the Dartmouth Archeological Working Group, and the Department of Religion, Dartmouth College.
For more information, contact:
Alison Palizzolo
alison.m.palizzolo@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL: https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=38709