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About MHJ
A refereed international publication of critical evaluative histories relating to museums, published semi-annually by Left Coast Press, Inc. The term "museum" is interpreted to include not only a broad range of museum types, including natural history, anthropology, archaeology, fine art, history, medical, and science and technology, but also related cultural institutions, such as aquaria, zoos, botanical gardens, arboreta, historical societies and sites, architectural sites, archives, and planetariums. Museum History Journal features a variety of scholarly approaches, such as analytical, narrative, historical, cultural, social, quantitative, and intellectual.
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NEW EDITORS for
 Museum History Journal
Left Coast Press, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Lynne Teather and Professor Peter Davis as Co-Editors of Museum History Journal. Founding Editor Hugh Genoways will step down following the publication of vol. 5.2 (July 2012) "Before the White Box: Museum Murals in the 19th Century" (Petra Chu, Guest Ed.).
Lynne Teather is Associate Professor in the Masters of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto iSchool, where she has taught since 1979. She graduated as the first recipient of the Doctorate in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, England (1984) and has pursued a career building museum studies/museology as a field of study in Toronto and internationally. In addition to work on several editorial boards, she is now Chair of the International Council for Training of Museum Personnel of ICOM (2010-2013). Professor Teather's research interests focus on a range of topics from the history and philosophy of museums to contemporary issues in museum development, such as new media and diversity and community engagement. She has extensive experience collaborating with local, national, and international museums, museum associations, and museum studies/museology programs, has led frequent workshops, and has published significantly on issues in the profession, professional development and the history of museums, including The Royal Ontario Museum: A Prehistory, 1830-1914 (Toronto: Canada U Press, 2005).
Peter Davis is Professor of Museology in the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests include the history of museums; the history of natural history and environmentalism; the interaction between heritage and concepts of place; and ecomuseums. He is the author of several books including Museums and the Natural Environment (1996), Ecomuseums: a sense of place (1999; 2nd edition 2011) and (with Christine Jackson) Sir William Jardine: a life in natural history (2001). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the series 'Heritage Matters', published by Boydell and Brewer and has recently co-edited two volumes in the series, namely Making Sense of Place and Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. He is also editor of Archives of Natural History, the journal of the Society for the History of Natural History. |
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About Left Coast Press, Inc.
Left Coast Press, Inc., is a publisher of academic and professional materials in the humanities, social sciences, and related professional disciplines. We produce a wide range of products in a specific set of fields, including anthropology, archaeology, museum studies, and qualitative research. Read more>>
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