International Conference
"Postmodern University Museums and the Digital Era"

Online and Hosted by Ionian University in Corfu 
With the kind support of the Rothschild Foundation and the Ionian University
Organized by the Museum Collections of the Ionian University

June 2, 2022
(All timestamps are UTC+3, Athens time)

• 10:30

  Welcome and Intro

  1. Prof. Andreas Floros
     Ionian University Rector
  2. Marta C. Lourenço
     President ICOM's Committee for University Museums and Collections (UMAC)
  3. Prof. Panagiotis Vlamos
     Director of the University Research Center of the Ionian University
  4. Stavros Vlizos
     Director of the Museum Collections of the Ionian University

• Postmodern University Museums and the Digital Era

  Chair: Georgios Papaioannou (Ionian University, Greece)
• 11:00

  How much digital tools impact University museums

  1. Sébastien Soubiran
     European University Heritage Network UNIVERSEUM
• 11:30

  Perfect look and feel of the museum. Is it complicated or easy? But certainly multifaceted

  1. Jaanika Anderson
     University of Tartu, Estonia
• 12:00

  Coffee Break

• University Museums and Interdisciplinarity

  Chair: Georgios Papaioannou (Ionian University, Greece)
• 12:20

  A Museum in Transition: Renewing the Helsinki University Museum's mission, vision and concept

  1. Miia-Leena Tiili
     University of Helsinki, Finland
• 12:50

  The interdisciplinary initiatives and actions of the Museum of Medicine of Crete

  1. Ioannis Tsiaousis
     University of Crete, Greece
• 13:20

  Interdisciplinary approaches to support innovation in university museums: insights and practices from the University of Macerata

  1. Marta Brunelli
     University of Macerata, Italy
• 14:00

  Lunch Break

• Innovative and Participatory Approaches towards Society

  Chair: Gonul Bozoglu (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
• 16:30

  Opening Inward, Opening Outward: The Potential of the University Museum in Hamburg as a Cultural Studies Site for Representation, Tradition, Mediation, Participation, and Current Museum Discourse

  1. Antje Nagel
     University of Hamburg, Germany
• 17:00

  Bridge the gap, museum edition: art healing educational programs for mixed aged groups, focusing on elderly and youth participation and inclusion

  1. Stavros Vlizos
     Ionian University, Greece
  2. Elena Vasilaki
     Ionian University, Greece
• 17:30

  Coffee Break

• 17:40

  The changing role of the University Museum: the example of the Science and Technology Museum (STM) of the University of Patras, Greece

  1. Penelope Theologi-Gouti
     University of Patras, Greece
• 18:10

  Museums belong to their public: Demystifying engagement in the University Museum

  1. Anastasia Christophilopoulou
     University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 18:40

  Break

• Managing University Museums

  Chair: Stavros Vlizos (Ionian University, Greece)
• 18:50

  Dual management: between the national cultural heritage laws and University practice

  1. Ivana Mitrovic
     University of Belgrade, Serbia
• 19:10

  Conference wrap-up — Discussion

  1. Stelios Lekakis
     Researcher, Newcastle University, UK
     Watch wrap-up

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