Leslee Katrina Michelsen is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design (Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Previously, she consulted for UNESCO Afghanistan on the...More
Leslee Katrina Michelsen is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design (Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Previously, she consulted for UNESCO Afghanistan on the curation of the Bamiyan Cultural Centre, and from 2011-2015 served as the Head of the Curatorial and Research Department at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. She has worked on art historical, archaeological, cultural heritage, and museum projects in countries including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and holds a PhD in the History of Art (specializing in the Art and Archaeology of the Islamic World) from the University of Pennsylvania.
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