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Education
- PhD, Performance Studies, NYU
- MS, Journalism, Columbia
- MA, Romance Languages, U. Penn
- Licence ès Lettres, U. Geneva
Contact
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Brigitte
Sion
Large-scale project director
in the fields of philanthropy,
research and culture
Fields of practice
Philanthropy
- Museum grants manager, Rothschild Foundation Europe
- Board member, Philnor Stiftung, Switzerland
- Advisory work for individual donors
- Copywriter for various publications
Project direction
- Conception, direction and implementation of the Judaica Index, a multimedia database searchable in 15 languages
- Executive Director, Chronicle of a People Foundation (2002-2022)
- Lead editor for various publications
- Organization of international conferences, seminars and symposia (since 1998)
Academic research and expertise
- Chair of the scientific board, Mémorial d’Izieu, France
- Jury member, Swiss Memorial for the Victims of National Socialism, Bern
- Scientific advisor to Prof. Raphael Gross: review of provenance research on the Emil G. Bührle Collection, Kunsthaus Zurich
- Associate expert, Memorial Museum of Terrorism, Paris
Writing
- Bilingual copywriter of strategic reports, annual reports, web content and social media
- English-French translator for publishing houses, foundations, etc.
- Writer of life stories and family histories
6000+
Press articles
7
Books
20+
Academic articles
10
Life stories
Publications
Books
Nuremberg, l’album du procès
Co-author
Memorials in Berlin and Buenos Aires
Author
Death Tourism
Editor
Max Ehrlich
Author
La vérité du témoin
Co-editor
Circulez, Genevois !
Co-author
Press
In the media
Lecture “Faire mémoire, pour qui, pour quoi ?”, Grande Mosquée de Paris, May 2026.
Contact
Get in touch
For advice, academic expertise, project direction, lectures, or the writing of reports and memoirs, please get in touch.
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