Conference 2023

• Tuuli Lähdesmäki, University of Jyväskylä
• Raluca Mureșan, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Veronique Parisot, University of Burgundy
• Sorin Radu, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Mihai S. Rusu, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Tadeusz Sliwa, University of Burgundy
• Andrei Terian, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Ionela Vlase, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

• Valer Simion Cosma, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Alin Croitoru, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Mircea Fuciu, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Raluca Mureșan, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Ovio Olaru, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Alma Pentescu, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Vlad Pojoga, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Mihai S. Rusu, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Andrei C. Șerban, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Maria Șpan, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Delia Ștefenel, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Anamaria Tudorie, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
• Johanna Turunen, University of Jyväskyl
• Ionela Vlase, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Suzie Thomas is Professor of Heritage at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, where she teaches on the newly launched MA in Heritage Studies. She is particularly interested in participatory approaches to heritage, ‘alternative’ perspectives on archaeological heritage and heritage practice communities, and so-called ‘dark’ heritage. She is currently in the process of writing a book on rural heritage crime for Bristol University Press.

Tuuli Lähdesmäki is Associate Professor of Art History (tenure track) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and has the title of Docent in Critical Heritage Studies at the University of Turku, Finland. Lähdesmäki’s research interests and publications focus on EU heritage initiatives and policies and heritage, diversity, and identity politics. She is currently leading the HERIDI project (EU Heritage Diplomacy and the Dynamics of Inter-Heritage Dialogue), funded by the Academy of Finland. Her recent publications include a co-edited special issue ‘Heritage Diplomacy: Policy, Praxis and Power’ in the International Journal of Cultural Policy (2023) and co-authored books ‘Europe from Below. Notions of Europe and the European among Participants of EU Cultural Initiatives’ (Brill, 2021); and ‘Creating and Governing Cultural Heritage in the European Union: The European Heritage Label’ (Routledge, 2020).

Mathieu Viau-Courville is the director of the Office of Museum Cooperation and Information (OCIM), University of Burgundy/Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France. For more than 15 years now, he has worked in national museums and universities in Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg. He also conducted extensive field research in South America, primarily Bolivia and Brazil, and Spain. At ICOM (International Council of Museums), he serves on the board of Museum International. He is also a member of the judging panel for the European Museum of the Year Award (European Museum Forum, Council of Europe). He received his PhD in 2011 from the University of East Anglia (UK), School of World Art Studies and Museology. His publications include articles and edited issues in the main journals in the museums and heritage fields, with his works having also been reproduced in readers such as the upcoming Reinventing the Museum Relevance, Inclusion, and Global Responsibilities (Ed. G. Anderson, Rowman & Littlefield, Third Edition, 2023).

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ELABCHROM Short Conference Program

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ELABCHROM Detailed Conference Program

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 Travel info_Sibiu conference_Oct. 2023.