Hello! I am Professor of Heritage and Museum Studies at Ulster University. As well supervising PhD students, I am Course Director of the MA Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies and the MA Museum Practice and Management (distance learning). I also lead the Engaging the Past research cluster in the Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Ulster University.
Reflecting my work on museums, heritage and community, I have published Museums and Community: Ideas, Issues and Challenges (Routledge 2007) and Politics Archaeology and the creation of a national museum of Ireland (Irish Academic Press 2000).
I am co-investigator on the AHRC and HLF funded project Living Legacies 1914-18: From past conflict to shared future. I work closely with the museum sector in Ireland, I am Chairperson of Board of Directors Northern Ireland Museums Council and on the Board of Directors of the Irish Museums Association.
Currently I am working in the areas of community, memory and material culture. Some recent work includes:
Reflecting my work on museums, heritage and community, I have published Museums and Community: Ideas, Issues and Challenges (Routledge 2007) and Politics Archaeology and the creation of a national museum of Ireland (Irish Academic Press 2000).
I am co-investigator on the AHRC and HLF funded project Living Legacies 1914-18: From past conflict to shared future. I work closely with the museum sector in Ireland, I am Chairperson of Board of Directors Northern Ireland Museums Council and on the Board of Directors of the Irish Museums Association.
Currently I am working in the areas of community, memory and material culture. Some recent work includes:
- ‘Artefacts as Agents for Change: Commemoration and Exchange via Material Culture' in Irish Political Studies (2016 31, 1).
- 'The "active museum": How concern with community transformed the museum' in McCarthy (ed) Museum Practice in The International Handbooks of Museum Studies (eds Macdonald and Leahy) (2015) Wiley Blackwell 978-4051-9850-9
- And as an example of community engagement work, please view this short film: https://vimeo.com/164385098?lite=1
Sessions in which Prof Elizabeth Crooke participates
Sunday 5 June, 2016
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Tuesday 7 June, 2016
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Critical Heritage Studies in the UK: Future Directions
15:30 -
17:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Prof Elizabeth Crooke (Participant)
- Dr Anna Woodham (Participant)
- Prof. Rhiannon Mason (Participant)
- Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith (Participant)
- Prof. Ullrich Kockel (Potential)
- Dr Katherine Lloyd (Moderator)
- Dr Susannah Eckersley (Potential)
- Bethany Rex (Potential)
- Dr Nuala Morse (Potential)
- Prof. Melissa F. Baird (Potential)
- Dr Bryony Onciul (Moderator)
- Dr Areti Galani (Potential)
- Dr Bryony Onciul (Participant)
- Dr Sophia Labadi (Participant)
- Dr Helen Graham (Participant)
- Rodney Harrison (Participant)
Sessions in which Prof Elizabeth Crooke attends
Friday 3 June, 2016
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What is Critical Heritage Studies: Open Forum
13:00 -
15:00 |
2 hours
Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
17:00 -
19:30 |
2 hours 30 minutes
Saturday 4 June, 2016
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Sunday 5 June, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Monday 6 June, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Tuesday 7 June, 2016
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Critical Heritage Studies in the UK: Future Directions
15:30 -
17:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Prof Elizabeth Crooke (Participant)
- Dr Anna Woodham (Participant)
- Prof. Rhiannon Mason (Participant)
- Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith (Participant)
- Prof. Ullrich Kockel (Potential)
- Dr Katherine Lloyd (Moderator)
- Dr Susannah Eckersley (Potential)
- Bethany Rex (Potential)
- Dr Nuala Morse (Potential)
- Prof. Melissa F. Baird (Potential)
- Dr Bryony Onciul (Moderator)
- Dr Areti Galani (Potential)
- Dr Bryony Onciul (Participant)
- Dr Sophia Labadi (Participant)
- Dr Helen Graham (Participant)
- Rodney Harrison (Participant)
Museums and Historical Consciousness: Emergent Themes in Theory and Practice
15:30 -
17:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes