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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
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
Anna Slatinská, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia
Manager
Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University
Founding Member
Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council
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
Meet our Speakers
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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
Julie Aultman, PhD
Rootstown, OH | USA
Professor
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Panel topic:
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
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
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
Zuzana Drugová, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia
Ethnologist
Methodological Centre, Matej Bel University
Topic: Slovak Minority Environments Abroad: Forms of Education and Traditional Culture
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
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
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
Steven Hatcher
Boise, ID | USA
Director of Folk and Traditional Arts
Idaho Commission on the Arts
Topic: Idaho Diaspora Human Journey Stories: Artisan Lens
Nataliia Kalnychenko, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia
Ukrainian Researcher and Instructor
Matej Bel University
Topic: Cultures of Diasporas: Role of Private Collections
Oleksandr Kalnychenko, PhD
Banská Bystrica | Slovakia
Ukrainian Researcher and Instructor
Matej Bel University
Topic: Cultures of Diasporas: Role of Private Collections
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:
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
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
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
Galway | Ireland
Director of Operations and HR
TG4
Founding Member
Idaho Museum of International Diaspora Global Leadership Council
Topic:
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
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
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
Anselme Sadiki, MIA
Boise, ID | USA
Executive Director / CEO
Children's Home Society of Idaho
Panel topic:
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:
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
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
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:
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:
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
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
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