Marlies Weileder

Marlies Weileder is currently an MA student in Cultural Heritage at Heidelberg University in Germany. During her master’s studies, she spent time on academic exchange at the University of Manchester, gaining applied knowledge in the field of archives and special collections. She completed her BA in religious studies and Middle Eastern studies in Heidelberg and Jerusalem. Her research interests are the presentation and curation of cultural heritage, heritage activism, histories of photography and photography in the archive. Aspiring to work in the GLAM sector, her academic pursuits are in constant dialogue with the practical considerations and challenges of curation processes. This is reflected in recent projects such as the co-curation of the exhibition “Reflections of the Archive” at the Ethnological Museum vPST in Heidelberg as part of a co-operation between the museum and the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies.