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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><b>Explore “Museum Origins” in Italy!<br>
<i>Now Accepting Applications for Summer Course</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span><a href="http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013" target="_blank"><span style=""><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style=""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The Museum Origins course offered by the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University still has openings for the eight-week, summer 2013 class, which includes two weeks in Florence, Italy, visiting
museums and learning about the collectors and collections from which they evolved.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The three-credit course is open to graduate (master’s and doctoral) students in any field, from any institution. Alumni of any Kent State graduate program also are eligible. Students in the 2012 course came from varied academic
backgrounds, including history, anthropology, classics, business and other fields, and were enrolled in graduate programs at Kent State, State University of New York-University at Buffalo and University of Kentucky.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Admission to the course is competitive; only 15 students will be accepted. Application materials and additional details, including an informational video, are available at
</span><a href="http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013" target="_blank"><span style=""><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style="">. Deadline for applications has been extended to
<b><u>March 15, 2013.</u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The 2013 course runs from June 10 to Aug. 3, and is onsite in Florence, Italy, from June 30 to July 12. Students will spend the first three weeks reading, researching and preparing for the trip. The next two weeks, in Florence,
involve touring museums and private collections that will enhance the readings and help build knowledge for a final research paper. Students will visit, among other sites, the Uffizi Gallery,
<span class="SpellE">Museo</span> <span class="SpellE">Stibbert</span>, Palazzo <span class="SpellE">
Davanzati</span>, Palazzo <span class="SpellE">Vecchio</span>, <span class="SpellE">
Museo</span> Galileo and <span class="SpellE">Museo</span> di <span class="SpellE">
Storia</span> <span class="SpellE">Naturale</span>. The final three weeks of the class will be dedicated to completion of the research paper. There are no face-to-face class meetings outside of those in Italy.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><i>Kevin Steinbach,</i> from Canton, Ohio, took the class in 2012 as part of the Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.) museum studies specialization at Kent State. He said, “This class is what sold me on applying
for the M.L.I.S. degree. I knew without a doubt that I would get the experience of a lifetime and learn so much by immersing myself in the culture where museums were ‘born’ -- something you can’t get anywhere else.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><i>Michelle Rucker</i>, from Columbus, Ohio, is also in Kent State’s M.L.I.S. program. Of her experience in the 2012 class, she said, “Even though I am not in the Museum Studies program -- I’m on the librarian track -- this
class was still relevant to me. Being there, visiting the museums, walking in the same halls as these famous artists and the Medici -- it was all pretty amazing. And having the local professors as guides added so much more to the trip than if I were to go
by myself.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Each day after visiting the museums, students participate in class discussions in Kent State’s Florence facility, the Palazzo
<span class="SpellE">dei</span> <span class="SpellE">Cerchi</span>, a prestigious building in the historic center of the city, just north of Piazza
<span class="SpellE">della</span> <span class="SpellE">Signoria</span>. Medieval Florentine sources date it at about 1280 and indicate that it belonged to the
<span class="SpellE">Cerchi</span> merchant family. Records show that in the 15th century, the building was used as studio space for Renaissance painters and later by
<span class="SpellE">Cosimo</span> I de’ Medici as the ducal printing house. Though fully restored and equipped for state-of-the-art educational purposes, the Palazzo
<span class="SpellE">dei</span> <span class="SpellE">Cerchi</span> preserves its outstanding medieval features and decorations.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">For the two weeks onsite in Florence, students live in shared apartments arranged by the university. All apartments are fully furnished and located within the ancient city walls and within walking distance of the Palazzo.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">The course is taught by SLIS Assistant Professor Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., who leads the school’s museum studies specialization. She holds a Ph.D. in library and information management from Emporia State University, Kans.;
a master's in historical administration and museum studies from the University of Kansas; and a bachelor's in anthropology from the University of Michigan. She has more than 20 years' experience working in museums in various capacities – as curator, collection
manager, director, volunteer, program coordinator, archivist, historic interpreter, board member, exhibit designer and consultant.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">In Italy, tours and lectures are provided in English by local Florentine scholars.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">For more information, including application materials, visit
</span><a href="http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013" target="_blank"><span style=""><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/MuseumOrigins2013</span></span><span style=""></span></a><span style="">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">All the best,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Flo</span></p>
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