City museums as strategic places of diversity

Paul van de Laar

Migration:Cities Workshop in June the 2nd 2018, Historical Museum Frankfurt. Prof. dr. Paul Th. van de Laar is endowed professor in urban history at the Erasmus University School of History, Culture and Communication. Besides, he is a managing director of Museum Rotterdam (the City Museum), responsible for the new focus on city museums and their role in a changing urban context, in particular the role of cultural heritage in superdiverse cities.

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Incisu Üzüm

After studying Bachelor in Classical Archaeology in Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul, I attended archaeological excavations such as Smyrna and Pergamon. I studied at the University of Bonn as an Erasmus exchange student. I finished my Master's at the University of Maastricht in Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education. I did my internship in Museum Rotterdam and wrote my masters thesis about the museum's community practice Authentic Rotterdam Heritage.

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