Višnja Kisić

Višnja Kisić is a researcher, educator and practitioner in heritage and museum field, whose work focuses on relations between heritage, contemporary politics, societal issues and identities. She has acted as a Secretary General of Europa Nostra Serbia since 2011, where she led numerous projects related to heritage interpretation, management and safeguarding, including the successful “7 Most Endangered” nomination and follow up for the Subotica Synagogue; the campaign against the cable-car project at the Belgrade Fortress; and Case Petrovaradin: Managing Historic Urban Landscapes, international capacity building and management scheme for the Petrovaradin Fortress. She has co-authored and acted as a consultant for over 10 interpretation and management plans for heritage sites in South East Europe and is a member of the team for the Nomination of the Historic City of Bač with its Surroundings for the UNESCO WHL. Previously, she has worked in educational and curatorial departments of Museum of Art and Archaeology in Columbia USA, Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice, Venice Biennale and National Museum in Belgrade. She has led trainings, research, capacity building programmes and given lectures in over 20 countries in Europe, North Africa, Asia and South America.

Višnja holds a BA in Art History, an MA in Cultural Policy and Management, and a PhD in Museum and Heritage Studies. She is assistant professor at the Faculty of Sport and Tourism in Novi Sad, a lecturer at the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management at the University of Arts in Belgrade and at the MA on Cultural Policy and Management at the University Hassan II in Casablanca, as well as visiting professor at the University of Lyon II and University of International Relations in Beijing. She has published widely on heritage policy, participatory governance and citizen engagement in the heritage field, as well as on heritage led conflicts and reconciliation politics in South East Europe. Her research Governing Heritage Dissonance: Promises and Realities of Cultural Policies, dealing with heritage-led reconciliation in the Southeast Europe has been awarded the European Cultural Policy Research Award. She is a Board Member of the South East European Heritage Network, and a member of the Balkan Museum Network, ICOM and the Association of Critical Heritage Studies.