School of Museum Studies

Emeritus Professor Sue Pearce

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Susan Pearce is Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. Her research interests have always concentrated on Material Culture, particularly human relationships with the artefact world and the nature and process of collecting. Susan is Pro-vice chancellor of the University but retains her links with the department and currently supervises a number of PhD students.

Career history

Susan studied history and archaeology at Oxford University and then worked on the curatorial staff at the National Museums on Merseyside and Exeter City Museum. She joined the Department in 1984 and was appointed Director in 1989, Professor of Museum Studies in 1992, Dean of the Arts Faculty in 1996 and Pro-vice chancellor in 2000. Susan was President of the Museums Association 1992-1994.

Key Publications

Pearce, S. 1990, Objects of Knowledge, Athlone, London.

Pearce, S. 1992, Museums, Objects and Collections: a cultural study, Leicester University Press

Pearce, S. (ed.) 1994, Interpreting Objects and Collections, Routledge, London and New York

Pearce, S. 1997, Collecting in Contemporary Practice, Sage, London.

Pearce, S. (ed.) 1997, Experiencing Material Culture in the Western World, Leicester University Press

Pearce, S. 1995, On Collecting: an investigation into collecting in the European tradition, Routledge, London and New York.

Pearce, S. (ed.) 2000 Researching Material Culture, University of Leicester.

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