In Europe’s digital decade, the need to acquire and master digital skills has become more pressing than ever. This is especially true in the cultural heritage sector, which is still addressing the need for a digital transition at different speeds in different parts of Europe.
In embracing the new opportunities given by the common European data space for cultural heritage, Europeana Research has started exploring how universities are embedding digital cultural heritage in their curricula. This research is giving revealing insights into how future professionals are or could be better trained to carry on the digital transition, and Europeana is well positioned to make the needs emerging in the cultural heritage sector more evident to academia.
The first Europeana internship for new professionals, launched in 2023, was the inspiration to open a debate around these themes. The New Professionals’ Twin Talks aim to offer the opportunity to learn from the experience of people who recently entered academia or the cultural heritage sector with jobs strictly related to digital cultural heritage. We invite them to share what characterised their journey to digital cultural heritage; what their current challenges are; what they would add to or change in educational programs to better equip the professionals of the future.
To reinforce our commitment towards new professionals, university groups of PhD and MA students with a specific interest in digital cultural heritage are invited to play the role of discussants.
Host
Alba Irollo, Europeana Research Coordinator, Europeana Foundation
Welcome & Introduction
Julia Fallon, Manager of the Community & Partner Engagement Team, Europeana Foundation
Moderator
Leo Cao, PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin and intern at the Europeana Foundation (Internship for New Professionals in Digital Cultural Heritage)
Speakers
- Carlotta Capurro, assistant professor in digital cultural heritage, Utrecht University. Her research focuses on the digital turn in European cultural heritage institutions. During her PhD studies, she held an internship at the Europeana Foundation.
- Inès Carme, adjunct curator to the digitisation service, BnF | National Library of France. She was trained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'Information et des Bibliothèques in France. During her training, she held an internship on web archiving at the KB | National Library of the Netherlands.
The event will not be recorded.
For any information, please send us an email at research@europeana.eu
