Conference programme
Title:
"Between opportunities and limitations: managing and curating university collections today for tomorrow"
Save the date: 23 - 25 June 2025
Venue: Literaturhaus Graz
Preconference: 21 and 22 June 2025
Preliminary Programme
9:00 Registration & Get Together
10:00 Opening
10:45 Universities as a Place of Hierarchy and Power
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Shift, Change, Engage!
15:00 Coffee Break & Speed Dating
16:00 Guided Tours (please register for one of the 6 offered guided tours via the registration tool):
Tour 1: Campus – Historical-physical collection - Criminological collection - Observatory
Tour 2: Criminological collection - University History - Historical-physical collection
Tour 3: Franz-Nabl-Institut (literature archive) - Botanical Garden - Criminological Collection
Tour 4: University Archive - University Library - Rare Book Collection
Tour 5: University Library - Rare Book Collection - Institute of Archaeology - Institute of Antiquity
Tour 6: Institute of Archaeology - Institute of Antiquity - University Archive
19:00 Evening event - Opening of the “Experiencing Democracy” exhibition - University Museums, University of Graz
9:30 European Histories, World Views and Curatorial Decisions
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Poster Madness & Poster Session
13:00 Lunch
14:15 Group Photo
14:30 Working Group Sessions
17:00 Report from the Pre-Conference Workshop
17:15 Colonial Contexts
19:30 Evening Event - more information coming soon
9:30 Keynote
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 AGM
13:00 Lunch
14:30 The Body Collected
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Summary and Perspectives: Curating University Collections Today for Tomorrow!
18:30 Evening event - more information coming soon
Sunday 22nd June 2025 (please register via registration tool)
Historical city walk (by Graz Tourismus): 16:00-18:00 (12,00 Euro per person)
Thursday 26th June 2025 (please register via registration tool)
Graz postcolonial - historical city tour: 10:00-11:30 (by Dr Markus Wurzer, meeting point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/goQ7H9QqKYFGoYS77)
Guided tour Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum (Thal bei Graz, 7,90 Euro to be paid directly in the museum: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DSn1FBxxMZ5WUSfLA]
Visit the Universalmuseum Joanneum exhibitions in Graz for free entry to all conference participants
Universeum Working Groups
Abstract of WG
Abstract of Working Group
Abstract of Working Group