
Vibe Nielsen
Postdoctoral Researcher with international work experience gained through academic, curatorial and educational positions in museums, universities and cultural organisations.
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Affiliated with the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
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Associate Researcher at the Pitt Rivers Museum and Research Fellow at Linacre College, University of Oxford.
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Postdoctoral Researcher in the Passion eller Politik? Carl Jacobsens kunstsamling i en socioøkonomisk og kulturpolitisk kontekst 1878-1914 funded by the Ny Carlsberg Foundation
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen 2024-27
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Pitt Rivers Museum and Linacre College, University of Oxford 2021-24 Main publications:
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What's in a name? Gentænkning af genstandstekster på Pitt Rivers Museum (2022) in Jordens Folk
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Nye roller for gamle ting: Etnografiske samlingers samtidsrelevans i en verden i forandring (2022)
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Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen 2019-20
Main publications:
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Diversifying Public Commemorations in Cape Town and Copenhagen (2023)
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Ambivalent Art at the Tip of a Continent: The Zeitz MOCAA and its Quest for Global Recognition (2023)
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In the absence of Rhodes: decolonizing South African universities (2021) in Ethnic and Racial Studies
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Kunstbegrebets Koloniale Klassifikationer til forhandling på Museer i Sydafrika (2021) in Kulturstudier
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Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen 2016-19
PhD thesis: Demanding Recognition: Curatorial Challenges in the Exhibition of Art from South Africa (2019)
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Curator of Public Programmes
National Museum of Denmark 2015-16
Main publication:
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Er kvinder særligt skikkede til lovgivningsvirksomhed? 100-året for kvinders valgret (2016) in Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark
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MA in Modern Culture
Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen 2013-15
Main publication:
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Museale formidlinger af fortiden som kolonimagt på danske og britiske museer (2017) in Slagmark
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Institute of Archaeology, University College London 2011-12
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Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen 2007-10