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Gerdie Borghuis
Degrees
- MA in Cultural Anthropology, University of Nijmegen- Diploma Librarian and Documentalist, Tilburg

Employment summary
- Senior Lecturer of Registration and Documentation / Information Management, Reinwardt Academy (since 2001)
- Museum advisor Documentation and ICT, Ministry of Culture of Flanders (Belgium).

Gerdie Borghuis is passionate about information management: websites, e-culture, archiving, registration systems, knowledge management - basically everything to do with the ordering and use of information.

Paula dos Santos
Degrees
- Master of Museology, Reinwardt Academy (2004)
- BA in Museology, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1999)

Employment summary
- Lecturer of Theoretical Museology, Reinwardt Academy
- Project co-ordinator, Culturalia Foundation
- Adviser for heritage and community development related projects in Brazil (since 2003)
- Project leader at the Nova Friburgo Memorial Centre, Brazil (2000-2001)

Paula dos Santos epitomizes the new face of Museology – young, dynamic, international, highly qualified with an enthusiastic but profound understanding of all issues involved in the museum and heritage world with her eye fixed firmly on new and future developments within the field.

Pieter Keune
Degrees
- MSc in Chemistry and Philosophy, University of Amsterdam

Employment summary
- Senior Lecturer of Conservation, Reinwardt Academy (since 1992)
- Editor of the Magazine KM (KunstenaarsMaterialen [Art Materials])
- Researcher at the Central Laboratories for Works of Art, Amsterdam

Pieter Keune is a well-known and widely-acknowledged expert in his field; his specialist expertise is frequently in demand to help solve challenging conservation and restoration problems. The combination of his practical experience and his deep interest in philosophical is unique.

Jorna Kniese
Degrees
- BA in Art and Cultural Management, Hogeschool Holland
- BA in Art History, University of Amsterdam

Employment summary
- Lecturer Audience Development and Exhibitions, Reinwardt Academy (since 2007)
- Projectmanager Audience and Education, Kasteel Groeneveld Baarn

Jorna Kniese worked as a project manager at Kasteel Groeneveld – the National Centre for Cityscape and Countryside. She conducted various projects in the field of exhibiting, education and public events. With her youthful enthusiasm, hands-on mentality and an optimistic and realistic view on managing projects, she is an excellent lecturer in this field.

Han Meeter
Degrees
- MA in Social and Economic History, University of Leiden

Employment summary
- Senior Lecturer of Exhibitions, Reinwardt Academy
- Director of Projectburo Meeter, an international agency in the field of museum planning and exhibition making

Han Meeter brings his practical experience of planning, organizing and setting up exhibition projects in the field into the lecture room. He is the Director of Projectburo Meeter an international museological consultancy, specialized in museum planning, exhibition making and project management.

Leontine Meijer
Degrees
- MA in New and Theoretical History and Judaic Studies, University of Amsterdam
- Post-Graduate studies ‘European Cultural Heritage’, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) Germany

Currently working on a PhD-project on remembrance culture in west Polish museums. This thesis is supervised by Prof. em Gottfried Korff, (Ludwig-Uhland-Institute for Empirical Science, University of Tübingen)

Employment summary
- Lecturer in Theoretical Museology, Reinwardt Academy since 2006
- Researcher Educational Department, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam
- Lecturer in Museology and Heritage Studies, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany (2002-2005)
- Co-ordinator of the ‘European Fellows’ Graduate School Programme, Collegium Polonicum, Slubice, Poland (2003-2005)
- Major scholarly and professional activities
- Regular guest lecturer at the Celje School of Museology, Slovenia

Leontine Meijer’s broad international background, knowledge and experience of European cultural heritage and museological developments provide her with a profound sense of history and current trends. She is an insightful theoretical museologist contributing to the ongoing museological discourse.

Peter van Mensch
Degrees
- MSc in Zoology and Archaeology, University of Amsterdam
- Ph.D. in Museology, University of Zagreb (Croatia)

Employment summary
- Professor of Cultural Heritage, Amsterdam School of the Arts (since 2006)
- Senior Lecturer of Theoretical Museology, Reinwardt Academy (since 1982)
- Head Education and Exhibitions, National Museum of Natural History, Leiden (1977-1982)

Peter van Mensch is one of the world’s most prominent and influential thinkers in the development of theoretical Museology. He is an acknowledged expert across a very wide range of related areas. His impressive knowledge and razor-sharp intelligence create academically thrilling and challenging lectures and seminars.

Ruben Smit
Degrees
- MA in Museum Studies, University of Leicester (2003)
- BA in History and Geography, Teacher Training College, Utrecht (1986)

Employment summary
- Lecturer Audience Development and Exhibition Communicaton, Reinwardt Academy (since April 2006)
- Head of Presentations, Museum voor Communicatie, Den Haag (2005 – March 2006)
- Guest lecturer at the MDP-Reinwardt Academy (2004 – March 2006)
- Projects Manager, Kasteel Groeneveld, Baarn (2001 – June 2005)

Ruben Smit worked for over 11 years as an Educator and Exhibition Communicator at the Tropenmuseum, a major national ethnographical museum in Amsterdam. Later he became Manager of the Project Team at Kasteel Groeneveld. His last position in the work field was as Head of Presentations and Education at the Museum for Communication in The Hague. Now he is a full time lecturer at the Reinwardt Academy. He has held various posts in the professional museum field as both member of the board of the Netherlands Museum Association or as a member of several advisory committees.

Natasja Wehman
Natasja Wehman studied Art and Cultural Policy-making and specialized in Art Education. She launched her own business &Wehman, Cultural Projects Bureau which allows her to work on a wide variety of projects. She works as a consultant to museums advising them about their public functions. In 2007, she worked as head of Communication in the Van Gogh Museum.