Dr Emma J McAlister

@emmajmca.bsky.social

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Belfast-based scholar & curator. APRIL 2026 Fellow. Researches sacred spaces, material religion and ritual in museums. Interested in Ireland’s cultural industries. Distracted by the casualised job market.

Emma standing outside a shop called Emma

2 slides from a conference presentation

Polaroid print of a woman gardening

Museum panel explaining how praying a painting revealed a secret

A museum panel explaining how touching objects causes material damage