Staff
Hester Dibbits
Programme Director
Menno Welling
Programme Coordinator
Lise van Zaalen
Programme Secretary
Core lecture team
Prof. Dr Hester Dibbits
Expertise: History, ethnology, ethnographic research, material culture, emotion networking, intangible cultural heritage, everyday culture
Paul Ariese
Expertise: Exhibition design and development, narrative spaces and storytelling, museum ethics, religious heritage
Dr Trilce Navarrete
Expertise: Digital heritage, cultural economics, arts, research methods
Dr Judy Jaffe-Schagen
Expertise: Historical research, multidirectional memory, national belonging, the political role of museums
Mirjam Shatanawi
Expertise: Collections, exhibitions, Islam, (de-)coloniality, museum theory, ethics, inclusivity
Menno Welling
Expertise: Archaeological heritage management, cultural entrepreneurship, anthropology, Malawi, world heritage, cultural landscapes, SDGs, culture and development
This core team will be supplemented with various lecturers from the Reinwardt lecture team and other professors and professionals who specialise in national and international museums and heritage.