PROFILE
Rosina Buckland
Education:
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
MA (2002), Ph.D. (2008) 2000-08
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
MA History of Art - Distinction 1998-99
University of Cambridge (Christ’s College)
BA, MA (Cantab) Oriental Studies (Japanese) - First Class 1992-96
Employment:
Japanese Section, Dept. of Asia, British Museum
Research Assistant (Japanese Paintings) Oct 2006 - present
Asia Society, New York
Guest curator for ‘Golden Fantasies: Japanese Screens from New York Collections,’ January 13-Aug 15, 2004 Summer 2003
Department of Japanese Antiquities, British Museum
Research Assistant; Writer for the ‘Compass’ on-line collections Sep. 1999-Aug 2000
Rex Industries Co. Ltd, Higashi-Osaka, Japan
Translator/interpreter 1996-98
■ Publications
• ‘Kyosai and the Meiji-era Art World’ in Rosina Buckland, Timothy Clark & Shigeru Oikawa, A Japanese Menagerie: Animal Pictures by Kawanabe Kyōsai (British Museum Press, Oct. 2006), pp. 8-18.
• Golden Fantasies: Japanese Screens from New York Private Collections exhibition catalogue (Asia Society, 2004).
• ‘The Message of the Monkeys,’ Oriental Art vol. XLIX, no. 5 (2004), pp. 2-10.
• ‘Sounds of the Psalter: Orality and Musical Symbolism in the Luttrell Psalter,’ Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography vol. 29: 1-2 (2004), pp. 71-97.
• Catalogue entries ‘Illustrated Tale of Monkeys (Saru no sōsshi),’ ‘Flocking Crows,’ and ‘Scenes at the Hachiman Festival,’ in Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere (ed.), Kazari: Decoration and Display in Japan, 15th-19th Centuries (British Museum Press, 2002), pp. 110-111, 156-159, 292-293.
• Translation of ‘Reception Room Display in Medieval Japan’ by Kawai Masatomo, in Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere (ed.), Kazari: Decoration and Display in Japan, 15th-19th Centuries (British Museum Press, 2002), pp. 32-41.
■ Message
I am greatly looking forward to fruitful exchanges with my international colleagues, and to learning about the exciting digital projects being undertaken in cultural institutions around the world.
Abstract
Taking the British Museum to the World: Collections Online
As of December 2008, the Collections Online database of the British Museum has nearly 850,000objects, and more records are being uploaded. Making the collections accessible to a global audience for education and research is one of the central aims of the database. In my presentation I will briefly outline the history of the collections database, and some of its strengths, as well as the process leading to the historic moment of its launch online. I will talk about some of the collaborative projects for digitalization and research, and explain the hopes for development of this essential resource in the future.
