Susanne Boersma


Function

Research Associate (Museum Europäischer Kulturen)

Institution

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

Contact

s.boersma[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Focus

PhD Fellow with a focus on participatory projects with forced migrants in museums. The project, which looks at the processes and outcomes of such museum projects, takes place as part of the EU H2020 Project POEM. Curator of the Murcia exhibition and programme for the European Cultural Days.
Research as part of the POEM project

Vita

Since 10/2018 PhD Fellow and Curator, research and curation of exhibitions, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin.
09/2017 until 09/2018 Exhibitions Manager, management of acquisitions, exhibitions and sales, Atelier Van Lieshout, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
11/2016 until 09/2017 Programme Assistant, curation of an exhibition and publication, as well as funding applications for gallery renovations, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK.
10/2016 until 07/2017 Dutch language Assistant, teacher Dutch language for the Modern Languages Bachelor programme, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
07/2016 until 07/2017 Dutch language Assistant, teacher Dutch language for the Modern Languages Bachelor programme, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
07/2016 until 07/2017 Curator, curation of two exhibitions and collection management, LifeSpace Science Art Research Gallery, Dundee, UK.
09/2015 until 09/2016 MA Art Museum and Gallery Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

Membership

Since 2020: Member of … Association for Critical Heritage Studies

Staff of the Museum Europäischer Kulturen

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