On January 13th, the classes for MA students  of Museum Studies program have started. 

 

University lecturer Dr. Leslee Michelsen, being the world's top museologist is also the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design in Honolulu, where she leads the team responsible for the exhibition, interpretation, research, and conservation of the museum’s collection of historic and contemporary arts of the Islamic world.

 

The course delves into the origins of the famed ‘Silk Roads’ and explores the ways in which cultures, commerce, and conquests shaped the region. Through seven thematic classes, students will explore in detail at the heterogeneous societies of Central Asia and their fundamental roles in transforming the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds.

 

As you remember, the Museum studies MA program, has been uniquely launched at Silk Road international university of Tourism and Cultural Heritage by the initiative of H.E. President of Uzbekistan S.M.Mirziyoyev and is managed by world famous art curator Sara Raza. Earlier, Rector of the University Aziz Abdukhakimov shared the goal of the program which is to prepare world leading museum experts in Uzbekistan to be able to successfully transform museum industry.