Drop-in online lectures about built heritage

2022.03.03.

Do you enjoy walking around in historic cities? Do you like visiting heritage sites and old buildings? Are you interested in knowing more about how built heritage is preserved, presented and used as a resource to drive economy, social development and enhance people’s well-being?

If you would like to know how the physical remnants of the past are valorized by professionals and society and learn about the different cultural approaches to conservation and management of historic buildings and sites, then come and listen in! You’ll hear some non-traditional ideas about heritage-led innovation, the adaptive reuse of historic buildings and their impacts on local communities. The series of lectures will be presented by an interdisciplinary and international team of heritage professionals from Europe, Asia, North and South America.

The lectures will be ONLINE on MS Teams as part of the course PPK-EKTI:4 Tangible past: introduction to built heritage studies. The lectures are in English and are free to attend, but registration is required in order to receive the link on the day of the lecture.

Register here.

DROP-IN ONLINE LECTURES SCHEDULE

	Date	Lecturer	Topic
1.	March 17. 10:00-11:30	dr. Aziliz Vandesande postdoctoral researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Science, Belgium	Heritage-led innovation. A new dimension of research and mapping activities in which heritage is used to drive territorial sustainable development and cultural exchanges.
2.	March 24. 10:00-11:30	dr. Joanna Sanetra Szeliga economist, assistant professor at UNESCO Chair in Heritage and Urban Studies (University of Economics in Krakow); consultant at the Center for Culture Statistics at the Statistical Office in Krakow	Heritage and well-being. The quality of life and wealth are no longer measured solely based on countries' GDPs. Studies show that both individual and social wellbeing is related to more than monetary values. How does the historic environment contribute to increasing people’s quality of life?
3.	March 31. 10:00-11:30	Tokiko Onaka conservation architect, Japan/Belgium	Cultural differences between east and west in the meaning of heritage and the approach to historic building preservation: the Japanese approach.
4.	April 7. 10:00-11:30	Rand Eppich PhD Architect, MBA Director, Heritage Development, Spain/USA	Economic and social development utilizing cultural heritage. What impacts do historic places have on the local community and economy?
5.	April 21. 10:00-11:30	dr. Bie Plevoets conservation interior architect, assistant professor and senior postdoctoral fellow, Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium	Adaptive reuse of heritage buildings. How to find new functions for old buildings to suit contemporary needs yet preserve their authenticity and sense of age? Discovering the narrative of the existing building and finding a new balance between different sets of values.
6.	April 28. 10:00-11:30	Graham Bell conservation architect, Director of Cultura Trust (UK) and Hungarian Renaissance Foundation (HU), Board Member of Europa Nostra	Cultural heritage management and European initiatives to place heritage in the heart of societies. A values-based overview of cultural heritage as a synthesis and expression of social identity.
7.	May 5. 10:00-11:30	dr. Ona Vileikis Tamayo cultural heritage specialist & architect, researcher at University College London Institute of Archaeology	World heritage, Historic Urban Landscapes, and the importance of Heritage Impact Assessments.
8.	May 12. 14:00-15:30	dr. Veronica Heras conservation architect, professor and researcher at Universidad del Azuay, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Art, Ecuador	Monitoring of heritage sites: methods and challenges through the example of Cuenca and rural contexts (Cantón Nabón).