Rafaela Ferraz May 27 6 min Itinerary: From Egypt to Portugal, via the First World War For most of middle school, I carried around a pencil tin in the shape of an Egyptian sarcophagus. When teachers asked about its...
Hannah Reder Apr 21 13 min Guest blog: The Curious Case of Jeremy Bentham In this blog post adapted from her master’s thesis, Hannah Reder explores how museum ethics can affect the interpretation and display of...
Sarah Peel Sep 11, 2020 5 min Guest blog: The Case of Irtyersenu, Lady of the House Irtyersenu, the mummy of a c. 600 BC Egyptian woman, has long been a subject of interest in the academic community, from her original...
Angela Stienne Apr 9, 2020 15 min Guest blog: Are human remains in ethically safe hands? This guest blog by Claudia von der Borch questions the conditions of Article 4.3 of the ICOM code of Ethics on human remains in museums.
Angela Stienne Dec 3, 2019 6 min Collecting, displaying, returning skulls in museum collections In February 2019, the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) hosted a one-day conference on the management of human remains from colonial...
Angela Stienne Sep 3, 2019 13 min The medical body as spectacle: Body Worlds London The Body Worlds exhibitions have been touring the world for over two decades. The decision to install the largest exhibition in...
