Event Details
Date
September 20, 2023
Time
9:00am
NACDI team members will participate in a panel discussion at the The Idaho Museum of International Diaspora's (IMID) signature global conference, Museums: The Future of Diaspora Engagement, in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (September 20-23, 2023).
Cultural and Diaspora Museums: Foundations of Transformational Engagement
Panelists will ground participants on the critical role of diaspora and cultural museums to connect sectoral partners and communities, intent behind the theme Museums: The Future of Diaspora Engagement, and story behind the collection of the conference /congress schedule of topics and speakers.
Moderator: Dr. Simge Erdogan-O’Connor, Manager and Curator, Murney Tower Museum National Historic Site of Canada
Panelists:
- Dr. Sarah Smith, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Art, Culture and Global Relations, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University
- Dr. Sascha Priewe, Director of Collections & Public Programs at Aga Khan Museum and Chair, Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council
- Dr. Palina Louangketh, Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Founder & Executive Director
Author
Simge Erdogan-O'Connor (she/her)
Director, Canadian Museum of Health Care; Course Director, Certificate in Museum Studies, Ontario Museum Association,
Simge is a member of the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative (NACDI). She is also the Director of the Canadian Museum of Health Care and Course Director at the Ontario Museum Association.
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Author
Palina Louangketh (she/her)
Founder & Executive Director, Idaho Museum of International Diaspora
Dr. Palina Louangketh is an entrepreneur in the museum sector.
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United States
Author
Sascha Priewe (he/him)
Co-founder and Team member of NACDI; Director of Collections & Public Programs at the Aga Khan Museum; Associate Professor in the Department of the History of Art, University of Toronto, and Adjunct Associate Professor in Cultural Studies, Queen’s University,
A Co-Founder of the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative, Sascha Priewe is the Director of Collections & Public Programs at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto.
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Canada
Author
Sarah E.K. Smith (she/her)
Co-founder and Team member of NACDI; Canada Research Chair in Art, Culture and Global Relations; Associate Professor, Western University,
Co-founder and active NACDI team member, Sarah E.K. Smith is the Canada Research Chair in Art, Culture and Global Relations at Western University.
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Canada
