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Speakers: Meet the Team

Sascha Priewe, PhD
Toronto, Ontario | Canada

Director of Collections & Public Programs

Aga Khan Museum

Founding Member and Chair

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council

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Palina Louangketh, DSL MHS 
Boise, Idaho | USA

Founder and Executive Director / CEO

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora

Professor of Global Studies

Boise State Univerisity

Chief, Bureau of Equity & Strategic Partnerships

Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Public Health

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Anna Slatinská, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia

Manager

Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University

Founding Member

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council

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Elke Shaw-Tulloch, MHS
Boise, ID | USA

Chair

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora

State Health Official and Administrator

Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Public Health

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Speakers: Meet the Team
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Philip Arneill, PhD
Belfast, North Ireland | United Kingdom

Photographer and Writer


AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium Doctoral Researcher

Ulster University

Topic: Newfoundland Orange: A Photographic Archive of Diasporic Traces in the Unlikeliest of Places

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Julie Aultman, PhD
Rootstown, OH | USA

Professor
Northeast Ohio Medical University

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Andy Bale, MFA
Carlisle, PA | USA

Professor of Art and Photography

Dickinson College

Founding Member, 

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Academic and Research Program 

Workshop topic: Arrivals: What's Left Behind, What Lies Ahead

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John Bieter, PhD
Boise, ID | USA

Professor and Historian

Boise State University

Board of Directors Member

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora

Topic: Historical and Current Basque Diasporas: A New Scenario, Challenges, and Opportunities

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Jon Cox, MFA
Newark, DE | USA

National Geographic Explorer


Professor of Art and Design

University of Delaware

Founding Member, 

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Academic and Research Program 

Workshop topic: Arrivals: What's Left Behind, What Lies Ahead

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Zuzana Drugová, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia

Ethnologist
Methodological Centre, Matej Bel University

Topic: Slovak Minority Environments Abroad: Forms of Education and Traditional Culture

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Imanol Galdos Irazabal, PhD
Donostia, Basque Country / San Sebastian | Spain

Assistant Manager

Donostia Kultura

Founding Member

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council

Topic. Historical and Current Basque Diasporas: A New Scenario, Challenges, and Opportunities

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Esyllt George
South Wales | United Kingdom

Arts for Health and Wellbeing Coordinator
Dramatherapist and Creative Facilitator

Topic: Creativity as Thread of Belonging: A Wellbeing Project for Diasporas in the South Wales Valleys

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Raisa Gladushyna, PhD

Kyiv | Ukraine

Associate Professor, English Language and Communication Department
Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University

Ethos of Diasporic Cultural Heritage in ESL Discourse: Crucial Agenda for Education

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Steven Hatcher
Boise, ID | USA

Director of Folk and Traditional Arts
Idaho Commission on the Arts

Topic: Idaho Diaspora Human Journey Stories: Artisan Lens

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Nataliia Kalnychenko, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia

Ukrainian Researcher and Instructor
Matej Bel University 

Topic: Cultures of Diasporas: Role of Private Collections

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Oleksandr Kalnychenko, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia

Ukrainian Researcher and Instructor
Matej Bel University 

Topic: Cultures of Diasporas: Role of Private Collections

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Sera Koulabdara
Washington, DC | USA

CEO

Legacies of War

Chair

US Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions Coalition


Founding Member

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council

Topic:

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Hong Li, PhD
Atlanta, GA | USA

Professor, Chinese Language
Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Emory University

Workshop topic: Diaspora Engagement in the Classroom Through Food

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Palina Louangketh, DSL MHS 
Boise, Idaho | USA

Founder and Executive Director / CEO

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora

Professor of Global Studies

Boise State Univerisity

Chief, Bureau of Equity & Strategic Partnerships

Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Public Health

Panel Topic. Cultural and Diaspora Museums: Foundations of Transformational Engagement

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Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
Galway | Ireland

Director of Operations and HR

TG4

Founding Member

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council

Topic:

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Sascha Priewe, PhD
Toronto, Ontario | Canada

Founding Member and Chair

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council

Director of Collections & Public Programs

Aga Khan Museum

Moderator

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Maria Prokopchuk, PhD
Kyiv | Ukraine

Associate Professor

Faculty of Romance and Germanic Linguistics Deputy


Dean 

Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University

Topic: "Spell Your Name" Project: The Importance of Oral History Today

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Christine Ristaino, PhD
Atlanta, GA | USA

Professor of Practice
Department of French and Italian in the College of Arts and Sciences, Emory University

Workshop topic: Diaspora Engagement in the Classroom Through Food

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Anselme Sadiki, MIA
Boise, ID | USA

Executive Director / CEO
Children's Home Society of Idaho

Panel topic:

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Elke Shaw-Tulloch, MHS
Boise, ID | USA

Chair

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora

State Health Official and Administrator

Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Public Health

Panel topic:

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Svitlana Shekhavtsova, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor
Faculty of Art, Slavic Languages Department
Matej Bel University

Topic: Cross-Cultural Competence: Life-Long Global Skills

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Anna Slatinská, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia

Manager

Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University

Founding Member

Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council

Topic: Reflecting Diversity in the Classroom: Classroom as a Microculture

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Sarah E.K. Smith
London, Ontario | Canada

Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Art, Culture and Global Relations
Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University

Topic:

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C. Scott Smith, MD
Boise, ID | USA

Internal Medicine Physician

Veterans Affair Medical Center

Professor of Medicine

University of Washington

Air Force Veteran

Panel topic:

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Zuzana Tomaš, PhD
Ypsilanti, Michigan | USA

Professor of ESL/TESOL
Eastern Michigan University

Topic: Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy for Language Learners: The What, Why, and How

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Martin Urban, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia

Associate Professor, Centre for Art and Culture, Faculty of Arts; Artistic Director and Choreographer, University Folklore Ensemble Mladost
Matej Bel University

Topic: Diaspora of Slovaks in Argentina and Australia in the Context of Current Aspects

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Madeline Vadkerty
Bratislava | Slovakia

Holocaust Researcher

Topic: Speaking to Power: Teaching about the Holocaust through Entreaties to Slovak President Jozef Tiso about the Jewish Question

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