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Now open: 2024 Iain McCalman Honours Research Award

6 February 2024 -
Eligible students can apply to receive a bursary of $2,000 and unique access to the Macleay Collections, in the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney. ... Strait and Pacific Islanders’ cultural objects, historic photographic records,
www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-environment-institute/news/2023/11/27/now-open--2024-iain-mccalman-honours-research-award.html
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Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

research and examine museum collections in Greece on behalf of Australian students and scholars. ... He continued as the Curator of the Nicholson Museum until December 2000 and retired from the position of the Institute’s Director in 2016.
www.sydney.edu.au/arts/our-research/centres-institutes-and-groups/australian-archaeological-institute-at-athens.html
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SEI announces new Honours Award in partnership with the Chau Chak Wing Museum (CCWM)

11 September 2022 -
SEI announces new Honours Award in partnership with the Chau Chak Wing Museum (CCWM). ... The deadline for applications is Friday 25 February 2022. Header image: Chau Chak Wing Museum by University of Sydney.
www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-environment-institute/news/2021/12/13/sei-announces-new-honours-award-in-partnership-with-the-chau-cha.html
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How we can achieve an equal future

8 March 2021 -
Dr Shuxia Chen. Dr Shuxia Chen has worked in museums and art spaces for over a decade. ... She is the Curator of the China Gallery at the Chau Chak Wing Museum and an emerging leader in curating, publishing and teaching Asian art.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/03/08/how-we-can-achieve-an-equal-future.html
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Artist-in-conversation: Mikala Dwyer with Guest Curator Toni Ross - Chau Chak Wing Museum

Friday March 17, 2023
Artist-in-conversation: Mikala Dwyer with Guest Curator Toni Ross. Artist talk. Join artist Mikala Dwyer in conversation with Guest Curator Toni Ross to discuss Dwyer’s most recent project – an
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats-on/talks-and-events/previous-talks-and-events/artist-in-conversation--mikala-dwyer-with-guest-curator-toni-ros.html
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Announcing SEI’s 2023 Honours Research Fellowships

15 February 2023 -
2. Iain McCalman Honours Research Award. We are pleased to partner with the Chau Chak Wing Museum (CCWM) and its Macleay Collections and SEI founding member Professor Emeritus Iain McCalman to ... Strait and Pacific Islanders’ cultural objects,
www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-environment-institute/news/2022/12/06/announcing-sei-s-2023-honours-research-fellowships-.html
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Museum removes ancient body parts from display

5 April 2024 -
For hundreds of years body parts in museum collections have been treated as objects,” said Dr Melanie Pitkin, Senior Curator of the museum’s Nicholson Collection.“We have become so accustomed ... The museum is also planning to reframe the language
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/04/04/museum-removes-ancient-body-parts-from-display.html
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What to make of the legacy of Holocaust survivors

18 October 2021 -
initiation and creation of the Holocaust museums in Sydney and Melbourne—private museums that were conceived, funded, built and in their early years, largely staffed by survivors. ... She was a personal friend of Mr Jaku and worked at the Sydney Jewish
www.sydney.edu.au/arts/news-and-events/news/2021/10/18/what-to-make-of-the-legacy-of-holocaust-survivors.html
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University of Sydney celebrates National Science Week

9 December 2019 -
Macleay Museum's Assistant Curator of Indigenous Heritage, Matt Poll, will explain the diverse varieties of tool-making techniques, facilitated over 60,000 years as intergenerational populations migrated to every climactic
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/08/06/university-of-sydney-celebrates-national-science-week.html
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New era for historic Nicholson Museum

26 May 2020 -
New era for historic Nicholson Museum. 27 February 2020. Nicholson collection prepares to relocate. ... Featured image: Nicholson Museum. Credit: University of Sydney. Verity Leatherdale. Manager, Faculty Media and PR.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/02/27/new-era-for-historic-nicholson-museum.html