Cultures and Globalization

Helmut K. Anheier (PhD, Yale) is Dean and Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. He holds a chair of Sociology at Heidelberg University and serves as Academic Director of the Center for Social Investment. From 2001 to 2009, he was Professor of Public Policy and Social Welfare at UCLA's School of Public Affairs and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Professor Anheier founded and directed the Centre for Civil Society at LSE and the Center for Civil Society at UCLA. Before embarking on an academic career, he served as social affairs officer to the United Nations. He is currently researching the nexus between globalisation, civil society, and culture and is interested in policy analysis and methodological questions. Yudhishthir Raj Isaris enjoying a second life as an academic, independent cultural advisor and public speaker, after a distinguished career with UNESCO. He is currently Professor of Cultural Policy Studies at The American University of Paris, Maitre de Conference at Sciences Po and visiting professor at other universities in Europe and the US. With Helmut K. Anheier, he is the founding co-editor of the Cultures and Globalization Series. In 2004-2008 he was president of the European arts and culture platform Culture Action Europe. He was a Trustee of the Institute of International Visual Arts, London from 1994 to 2010 and Acting Chair, 2009-10; he is also a board member of or advisor to other cultural organizations in Europe, North America and Asia. He has been a consultant to the European Commission, the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Cultural Foundation and the United Nations Special Unit for South-South Cooperation. Member of the International Council of Museums and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. At UNESCO from 1973 to 2003, he was notably Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly Museum International, besides commissioning and editing a range of publications in the heritage field; Director of Cultural Policies and of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture; in 1994-96, he was Executive Secretary of the World Commission on Culture and Development. In 1986-87, he served as the first Executive Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and MIT.