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Dr. Mariët Westermann is Vice Chancellor of New York University Abu Dhabi. She previously was Executive Vice President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, first Provost of NYU Abu Dhabi, Director of NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts, Associate Director of the Clark Art Institute, and a faculty member at Rutgers University. A widely published author on Netherlandish art and on museums, she is currently researching the garden of Eden and the human imagination. She earned a BA at Williams College and a PhD at the Institute of Fine Arts. Westermann serves on the boards of ALIPH (International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas) and the Scholar Rescue Fund.

Introduction by Research Network Chair, Amareswar Galla - the UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development. An alumnus of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi with PhD from the Australian National University, Canberra; currently Professor of Inclusive Cultural Leadership and Founding Director, International Centre for Inclusive Cultural Leadership, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India; Founding Executive Director of the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia/India/USA; formerly full Professor of World Heritage and Sustainable Development at the University of Split located in the World Heritage City of Split; first full Professor of Museum Studies in Australia at the University of Queensland, Brisbane; and prior to that full Professor and Director of Sustainable Heritage Development Programs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra; extensive publication record includes the flagship project and publication, World Heritage: Benefits Beyond Borders, Cambridge University Press & UNESCO, for the 40th Anniversary of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention launched in Kyoto, Japan, 2012 (English, Korean & French). (http://inclusivemuseums.org/index.php/executive-director/)

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