March 2017

Latest Blog Posts

[Re:]Entanglements: Re-engaging a colonial archive in postcolonial times

This week we have another project profile on the MEG blog, Theo Borgvin-Weiss (Project Research Associate & PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge) has written about [Re:]Entanglements. If you would like us to profile a project you are working on then please email web@museumethnographers.org.ukBetween 1909 and 1915 the British Colonial Office in London despatched Northcote Thomas, a Cambridge history graduate and folklorist, to Southern Nigeria...
British Museum Vacancy for Project Curator: West Africa Bronze Casting Traditions Project

Role SummaryProject Curator: West African Bronze Casting Traditions ProjectAfrica, Oceania and the AmericasFull timeFixed term (23 months in duration)£29,607 per annumApplication deadline: 12 Noon on Wednesday 3 July 2019The British Museum is seeking to appoint a Project Curator to work on the West African Bronze Casting Traditions project. This Project Curator role will undertake essential collection documentation and research on the Museum’s collection of West African bronzes....