Twentieth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum

  • The Promise of the Museum as a Civic Space for All
  • 13-15 September 2027
  • Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland + Online

Special Focus & Themes

The Inclusive Museum Research Network is brought together by a shared concern for the future role of the museum and how it can become more inclusive. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

The Twentieth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum calls for research addressing the following themes.

  • 2027 Special Focus—The Promise of the Museum as a Civic Space for All
  • Theme 1: Museums, Democracy, and Civic Life
  • Theme 2: Inclusion, Access, and Belonging
  • Theme 3: Memory, Representation, and Justice
  • Theme 4: Education, Community, and Institutional Futures

Plenary Speakers

The Twentieth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum will feature plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field. We will offer both place-based and online options for viewing and engaging.

Program

The conference program groups together presentations along similar themes to facilitate knowledge sharing and community building. The first schedule of sessions will be available when we're able to present a complete picture of the conference. We will offer both place-based and online options for viewing and engaging. In the meantime, you may view a list of all accepted proposals (both confirmed to attend and still pending registration) on our List of Accepted Proposals.

Research Network Chair

Amareswar Galla

Amareswar Galla

Pro-Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Indigeneity and Inclusive Museum & Heritage Studies, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, India; Professor and Pro Chancellor, Kaling Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneshwar & UNESCO Chair on Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development; Emeritus Faculty, Australian National University, Canberra; Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia/India/USA; Founding Member, UNITWIN-UNESCO Network – Tourism, Culture and Development, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; and Former Vice President, ICOM, Paris, and former President, ICOM of the Asia Pacific, Paris; 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 Publishing , for the 40th Anniversary of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention launched in Kyoto, Japan, 2012 (English, Korean & French).

Local Conference Chair

Dr hab. Kinga Anna Gajda

Dr hab. Kinga Anna Gajda

Associate Professor, Head of the Institute of European Studies, Chair of Society and Cultural Heritage of Europe, Institute of European Studies/Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Host Institution

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