Masa Hilcisin, Ph.D.

Dr. Hilcisin is an educator, and visual artist. Her professional background includes work for media, cultural, and human rights organizations where her interests centered around the post-war feminist scene, cultural activism, media research, and gender-based violence.

Hilcisin has been making documentary films, experimental videos, and other visual forms on personal narratives and social issues for more than 20 years. Her works have been screened and exposed at various film festivals and exhibitions around the world.

She is also founder and director of World Community Connect, an organization that aims to cultivate plurality among all people—regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or age—through community art projects, creative initiatives, and other educational programs with communities across the world.

PhD, Theory and History of Theater, Film and Audio-Visual Culture Studies | Masaryk University

MA, European Studies | University of Sarajevo, Università di Bologna

BA, World Literature and Library Sciences | University of Sarajevo

Diploma in holistic integrated creative arts therapy | Mind Body Education (Global) Pty Ltd.

Postgraduate certificates in meditation therapy, meditation for children | Mind Body Education (Global) Pty Ltd.