Martha Fleming

Martha Fleming
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian and British (dual nationality)
EducationSchool of Advanced Study, University of London; School of Art Architecture and Design, Leeds Metropolitan University
Occupation(s)Museum professional and academic

Martha Fleming is a museum professional and academic, working primarily in the intersecting fields of history of science, museology and history of collections. She has held research, teaching and leadership positions in both museums and universities in the United Kingdom, where she has lived since 1996. She has also held posts in university museums and collections in Denmark and in Germany.[1][2] She lived and worked in Montreal, Québec, from 1981 until 1996, when she moved to London, England.

Much of her research is practice-based, translating into exhibitions,[3] strategic development instruments,[4] and pedagogical programmes.[5] This approach derives from her earlier career (1980-1995) as an artist and art critic, where she developed a lasting interest in interdisciplinary methodologies integrating research and practice.[6] She also publishes her research in scholarly contexts such as History of Science[7] and Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.[8]

  1. ^ Fleming, Martha (15 September 2006). "Visiting Professor, Faculty of Health, Copenhagen « Martha Fleming : arts | sciences | humanities : interdisciplines". www.marthafleming.net. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Martha Fleming". Lichtenberg-Kolleg. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ Fleming, Martha (11 June 2009). "Split + Splice « Martha Fleming : arts | sciences | humanities : interdisciplines". www.marthafleming.net. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ Fleming, Martha (January 2011). "Strategic Research Clusters Programme: Centre for Arts and Humanities Research at the Natural History Museum". Strategic Research Clusters Programme.
  5. ^ Centre for Collections Based Research PhD Programme, University of Reading
  6. ^ Moulds, Alison (18 May 2018). "Interview: Martha Fleming". BSHS. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. ^ Fleming, Martha (22 July 2019). "Embodied ephemeralities: Methodologies and historiographies for investigating the display and spatialization of science and technology in the twentieth century". History of Science. 59 (2): 197–219. doi:10.1177/0073275319858528. ISSN 0073-2753. PMID 31328558. S2CID 198134203.
  8. ^ Fleming, Martha (2013). "Split + Splice: an experiment in scholarly methodology and exhibition making". In Goodyear; Weidekamp (eds.). Analyzing Art and Aesthetics. Artefacts Volume 9. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. Retrieved 16 August 2020 – via scholar.google.com.