Eva Koppen holds a MA in Museum Studies, a MA in History and a BA in Art History, all from the University of Amsterdam. She graduated cum laude on a combined thesis on Dutch writers’ houses as lieux de memoire. At the moment she is completing her BA Slavonic Languages and Cultures. Both in the Netherlands and Russia she worked on various exhibitions about Russian history, art and culture. Eva runs her own organization ProMu for research, advice and project management for museums and cultural heritage. She works for the Netherlands Institute Saint Petersburg (NIP) as project coordinator for exhibitions of Dutch art in Russia. For the CIE Eva works on the organization of two Heritage Days Russia and different heritage projects in Russia.