Pacific Presences Conference: day only rates released

On March 25th 2014 the Cambridge based ERC funded project Pacific Presences will hold its first conference, marking one year of the project. To book visit the website.

The major international conference ‘Pacific Presences: Oceanic Art and European Museums’ investigates the art and history of the Pacific, and Europe's engagement with Oceania, through the rich ethnographic collections found in many European museums.

Speakers include: Anita Herle (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge), Edvard Hviding (University of Bergen), Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (University of Auckland), Sean Mallon (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa), Faustina Rehuher-Marugg (Belau National Museum), Megan Tamati-Quennell (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) and Nicholas Thomas (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge).