CEU Cultural Heritage Leadership Conversations
February 3, 2022, Thursday, from 3:40 PM to 5:20 PM CET
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Matti Bunzl, the director of the Wien Museum, Vienna’s municipal museum.
About this conversation
Dr. Matti Bunzl will walk us behind the scenes of the Wien Museum. We will talk about running an organization with 19 locations and numerous employees working to make Vienna’s history come alive. How to formulate the organization’s mission and vision and convince your employees to follow you towards this shared goal? How to manage a heritage organization aimed at generating public good and heritage value? How to find a balance between your team’s needs and organizational efficiency? Why do so many cultural heritage organizations find it so difficult to adapt in the face of change? Today’s cultural heritage leaders face challenges and opportunities that have never been more dynamic or complex. Dr. Bunzl will help us understand how they can prepare for transformative leadership work.
Event details
This online conversation will consist of a 15-minute presentation by Matti Bunzl, followed by a 60-minute Q&A facilitated by Tiki Baghashvili and Flavia Matei, CEU MA students. After that, the participants are invited to join a 20-minutes open discussion.
About the speaker
Matti Bunzl is the director of the Wien Museum and visiting Professor at the Department of History at CEU. Born in Vienna, Matti Bunzl studied Anthropology in the USA, where in 1998, he fulfilled his PhD Studies. Before taking the leadership position in Wien Museum, Dr. Bunzl worked as director of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities at the University of Illinois 2003–2007 and director of the Jewish Culture and Society program at the University of Illinois 2008–2014. Matti Bunzl was an artistic director of the Chicago Humanities Festival from 2010 until 2014.
Photo: Sabine Hauswirth, © Wien Museum