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Digital Transformation and Cultural Heritage
ESACH TALKS

Where: Online
Date: 18 May 2022, 7pm CEST
Dealine for Call for Abstracts: 2 May 2022
Theme: “Digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector, in partnership with Europeana”
Details
The ESACH Talks series is back and this year with a focus on the European Year of Youth. Our next event will be in partnership with Europeana and will explore the digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector!

ESACH Talks are interactive, fast-paced events that provide a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies.

This event will feature a keynote presentation from Sofie Taes of Europeana and four lightning talks from students and young professionals selected from our call for abstracts. The talks will be followed with a discussion among the speakers and questions from the audience.

Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members! Follow us on social media as we announce our speakers.

To submit an abstract for the lightning talks, apply here, the deadline is 2 May.

To find out more about ESACH, visit www.esach.org.
Theme
The May session, in partnership with Europeana, will be centred on Digital Transformation and Cultural Heritage.

Topics can include young and innovative perspectives on:
  • Digital Collections
  • Digital Engagement
  • Media and Heritage
  • Emerging Technologies
  • And much more!

Not a member? Not a problem! Membership is free and you can become a member just to present your work in the Talks. Interested members must submit a max. 300 word abstract and short bibliography about the topics highlighted above. Presenters will be selected by the ESACH Coordination Committee, in coordination with key partners.

The deadline for submitting an abstract is 2 May 2022. If you have any questions, visit www.esach.org. You can register as an attendant to the event here. 

Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Sofie Taes

The call for abstracts is now closed and are under review. The speakers will be announced shortly. 

fight illicit trafficking of cultural property
ESACH TALKS

Where: Online
Date: 5 May 2022, 7pm CET
FREE Online Panel Discussion
Theme: “Fight illicit trafficking of cultural property, in partnership with UNESCO”
details
ESACH Talks are interactive, fast-paced events that provide a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies.

Our next event will be a panel discussion exploring issues and challenges against the illicit trafficking of cultural properties. Each panelist will give a short lightning talk about their work and contribution to this topic. The talks will be followed by a discussion among the speakers and questions from the audience.
theme
“Fight illicit trafficking of cultural property, in partnership with UNESCO”
speakerS
Hamilton Calazans Câmara Neto, Author of the books Money Laundering and Artwork: A new perspective from criminality’ and ‘Corruption and Money Laundering: The Brazil and Italy connection.
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Levent Tökün, Independent researcher on illicit trafficking of cultural property and Project and Event Assistant Specialist at Koç University Vehbi  Koç Ankara Studies Research Center (VEKAM). 

European Year of Youth
ESACH TALKS

Where: Online
Date: 15 March 2022, 7pm CET
Theme: “European Youth in Heritage”
Details
The ESACH Talks series is returning! We have revamped for 2022 and are planning four events this year centred around the European Year of Youth.
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ESACH Talks are interactive, fast-paced events that provide a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies.

Each Talk has a length of 45 minutes and includes presentations by ESACH students and young professionals, as well as some time for discussions and comments. Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members!
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The session will be followed with breakout room discussions! Participation is optional, but it is easy to join - just stay on the Zoom event at the conclusion of the Talks. The discussions will last for up to 30 minutes and will include an opportunity for participants to network and share ideas, experiences, and questions related to the presentations and topic of the month in smaller groups.
Theme
​Our kickoff event will be a panel discussion with young professionals from our partner institutions. Each panellist will give a short lightning talk about their work and their vision for the future of youth contribution to the cultural heritage sector. The talks will be followed with a discussion among the speakers and questions from the audience.
Speakers
  • Manon Richard - Europa Nostra
  • Carlota Marijuán Rodriguez - ESACH
  • Killian Downing - Europeana, New Professionals Task Force
  • William Snape - ICOMOS Emerging Professionals
  • Wouter Hinrichs - The Future is Heritage

Community engagement
ESACH Talks

Where: Online
Date: 20 May 2021, 7pm CET
Deadline: 7 May 2021
Theme: “Community Engagement for Cultural Heritage”
details
ESACH Talks are interactive, fast-paced events that provide a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies. To make things more interesting, each presentation lasts five minutes and must be accompanied by a slide presentation.

Each Talk has a length of 45 minutes and includes presentations by ESACH students and young professionals, as well as some time for discussions and comments. Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members!
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The session will be followed with breakout room discussions! Participation is optional, but it is easy to join - just stay on the Zoom event at the conclusion of the Talks. The discussions will last for up to 30 minutes and will include an opportunity for participants to network and share ideas, experiences, and questions related to the presentations and topic of the month in smaller groups.
Theme
This month we are looking to hear from projects, organizations, initiatives, and practical experiences related to:
  • Including the local community in decision making and management planning
  • Community and youth education initiatives
  • Connecting tourism to local communities
  • Successful community driven project examples
  • Empowering communities to value and pass on their culture
  • And much more!
speakers
  • Keynote speaker, Juan Carlos Barrientos - European Heritage Volunteers
  • Tiago Tito Candeias - Connecting Heritage and Youth through Minecraft - MI.MOMO.FARO Project
  • Mohamed Waheed Fareed - CAIRO HERITAGE ALARM!
  • Sorina Neacsu - Community Engagement through Volunteering - the Journey of Bistrita and Sibiu EHV partner projects in 2020 and 2021
  • Shari Bone - Beyond Engagement: Community-Led World Heritage Nominations of Indigenous Sites in Australia

WORLD HERITAGE - challenges and opportunities
ESACH Talks

Where: Online
Date: 22 April 2021, 7pm CET
Deadline: 8 April 2021
Theme: “World Heritage Challenges and Opportunities”
details
ESACH Talks are interactive, fast-paced events that provide a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies. To make things more interesting, each presentation lasts five minutes and must be accompanied by a slide presentation.


Each Talk has a length of 45 minutes and includes presentations by ESACH students and young professionals, as well as some time for discussions and comments. Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members!
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The session will be followed with breakout room discussions! Participation is optional, but it is easy to join - just stay on the Zoom event at the conclusion of the Talks. The discussions will last for up to 30 minutes and will include an opportunity for participants to network and share ideas, experiences, and questions related to the presentations and topic of the month in smaller groups.
Theme
The April session will be centered on World Heritage Challenges and Opportunities. Participation is open to all ESACH members. 
Topics can include young and innovative perspectives on World Heritage related to:
  • Management, maintenance, tourism, and local impact
  • Nomination and designation process
  • Endangered Heritage
  • Interventions in World Heritage: Values, Principles, Degrees, and Criteria 
  • Defining and assessing Outstanding Universal Value
  • World Heritage Committee Bodies and Doctrinal charters
speakers
  • Iuliia Eremenko - World Culture Heritage in Sustainable Development: The Case of Wismar and Stralsund
  • Vanesa Menéndez Montero - Reconciling Western and Islamic Approaches Towards the Protection of Cultural Property: The Role Played by the World Heritage List
  • Alessandra De Masi - How to Design a Risk Preparedness Plan (According to the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention)
  • Shaheera Pesnani, Chujun Yan and Valentine Flambeaux - Museum to a Mosque: Exploring the Notion of Authenticity Using the Case Study of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey

communicating culture
ESACH Talks

Where: Online
Date: 18 Mar 2021, 7pm CET
Theme: “Communicating Culture in partnership with Europa Nostra”
details
ESACH Talks are interactive, fast-paced events that provide a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies. To make things more interesting, each presentation lasts five minutes and must be accompanied by a slide presentation.


Each Talk has a length of 45 minutes and includes presentations by ESACH students and young professionals, as well as some time for discussions and comments. Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members!
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The session will be followed with breakout room discussions! Participation is optional, but it is easy to join - just stay on the Zoom event at the conclusion of the Talks. The discussions will last for up to 30 minutes and will include an opportunity for participants to network and share ideas, experiences, and questions related to the presentations and topic of the month in smaller groups.
To find out more about ESACH, visit www.esach.org
Theme
Our sixth ESACH Talk, will be centered on communicating culture. Participation is open to all ESACH members. Topics can include young and innovative perspectives on:
  • Marketing and branding cultural heritage
  • Youth and community outreach and engagement
  • Storytelling methods
  • Communicating uncomfortable history and heritage
  • The relationship between communication, education, and action
  • Communicating across cultures
  • Audience analysis and engagement for effective communication
  • Media consumption and heritage
  • The power of public relations in cultural matters
speakers
  • Keynote speaker, Sander Manse - Creative Director of Send/Receive
  • Peng Ieng Lei - The role of intercultural education and communication in cultural heritage conservation and management in a multicultural city
  • Lana Burkadze - “Diverse Cultural-Religious Heritage in Adjara and its problem (Georgia)”
  • Caroline Capdepon de Bigu-Poirrier - "Food as a means of communicating culture and across cultures"

call for proposals
ESACH MADRID

Where: Semi-Attendance at Complutense University of Madrid and Online
Date: 7th, 8th, 9th June 2021
Deadline for registration: 30 May 2021
Theme: “Our common past, our future”
details
Our Third ESACH Meeting 2021 Madrid, “Our common past, our future”, is organised by ESACH and the MA Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century: Management and Research (ESACH Madrid). It aims to innovate following the work done in the previous meetings in Girona (2018) and Genoa (2019). This meeting is open to ESACH's members and non members. We want this to be a place for the exchange of knowledges and ideas about our European heritage, but also we hope this event serve for thinking about sustainable ways to manage it, because we are the future of Europe and that should be our commitment. 

For that purpose, this meeting hosted by the Complutense University of Madrid wants to contribute to the development of ideas and the sense of responsibility of the whole society in the fulfilment of the UN SDGs. In fact, 100% of the energy consumed by this university comes from renewable sources. We want the 2030 Agenda to be present in some way in the presentations we will hear and in the meeting organization itself. Our Cultural Heritage has much to contribute in the fight against the climatic emergency, something that it was well reflected in the development of the COP25 Madrid-Chile 2019. 

ESACH Meeting 2021 Madrid is conceived to give voice to many young participants and for that we launch a Call for Proposals for the election of 14 speakers for presentations and the novelty of the Call for Posters, for another 8 people. In addition, we will invite professionals with a long career, also professional and social associations to participate in specific presentations and discussion tables. There will also be a practical workshop on Cultural Heritage management and visits to heritage sites in the capital of Spain. 

To find out more, visit
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APPLY
Do you have a research, work, professional experience or practice that you would like to present?

Our meeting for students and young professionals of cultural heritage will be hosted by @uni.complutense, @somosupm @etsamadrid and our @masterpc21. Would you like to join us in Madrid for a unique experience?

Due to our semi-presential nature, registration will be for both modalities: face-to-face and online.

It is very easy and accessible. You will only have to access the following link and fill in the form.

Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Heritage​
esach talks!

Where: Online
Date: 25 Feb 2021, 7pm CET
Theme:  Young and innovative perspectives on sustainable tourism and its relationship to cultural heritage
details
ESACH Talks are interactive, fast-paced events that provide a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies. To make things more interesting, each presentation lasts five minutes and must be accompanied by a slide presentation.


Each Talk has a length of 45 minutes and includes presentations by ESACH students and young professionals, as well as some time for discussions and comments. Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members!
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The session will be followed with breakout room discussions! Participation is optional, but it is easy to join - just stay on the Zoom event at the conclusion of the Talks. The discussions will last for up to 30 minutes and will include an opportunity for participants to network and share ideas, experiences, and questions related to the presentations and topic of the month in smaller groups.
To find out more about ESACH, visit www.esach.org
Theme
In our fifth ESACH Talk, we will be exploring young and innovative perspectives on sustainable tourism and its relationship to cultural heritage. Topics can include:
  • Ways in which tourism can contribute to heritage conservation
  • Tourism as a driver for sustainable heritage-led development
  • Tourism management at cultural heritage sites
  • Tourism as a driver of local economic development
  • Relationship between cultural tourism on local communities
  • Policy recommendations for a future of sustainable tourism
  • Partnerships between the heritage, tourism, and business sectors for the successful implementation of sustainable tourism practices
  • And much more!
speakers
  • Keynote speaker, Evinc Dogan - Our World Heritage Tourism team member
  • Oriada Dajko - “The Success of Dark Heritage Museums in Tirana”
  • Ella Erzsébet Békési - “Heritage and Tourism for Sustainable Solutions: Stakeholder Involvement in Heritage Tourism to Safeguard Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage”
  • Valentina Araya - "Industrial Heritage Recovery through Sustainable Tourism: The case of Lusatia in Germany"
  • Héctor Manuel Aliaga de Miguel - H-2020 IMPACTOUR: Focusing on the interests and needs of sustainable Cultural Tourism destinations

MUSEUMS & ART
esach talks!

Where: Online
Date: 21 Jan 2021, 7pm CET
Theme: Museums and Art for Cultural Heritage in partnership with Europa Nostra
details
ESACH Talks are an interactive, fast-paced event that provides a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies. To make things more interesting, each presentation lasts five minutes, and must be accompanied by a slide presentation.


Each Talk has a length of 45 minutes and includes presentations by ESACH students and young professionals, as well as some time for discussions and comments. Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members!
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ESACH Talks! will now be followed with breakout room discussions! Participation is optional, but it is easy to join - just stay on the Zoom event at the conclusion of the Talks. The discussions will last for up to 30 minutes and will include an opportunity for participants to network and share ideas, experiences, and questions related to the presentations and topic of the month in smaller groups.

To find out more about ESACH, visit www.esach.org
Theme
In our fourth ESACH Talk, we will be exploring new and young perspectives on museums and art and their contribution to cultural heritage. This includes topics such as:
Heritage and the politics of restitution
Decolonizing museums
Exhibiting the intangible
Museum curation
Exhibition design, 
Museum-Related Cultural Governance
speakers
  • Keynote speaker, Charlotte Rixten-  Director of the Museum Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk, Netherlands
  • Gabriele Langosco - “Writing museum wall texts and labels: theoretical approaches and practical challenges”
  • Giovanni Pescarmona - “Where Renaissance Meets Technology”
  • Raul Gomez Hernandez - Promoting diversity and inclusion with digital collections. #reinventingBeethoven, a creative educational challenge from Europeana Foundation
  • Levent Tökün  - Role of Museums in the Fight Against Illicit Trafficking
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HERITAGE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
esach talks!

Where: Online
Date: 16 Dec 2020, 7pm CET
Theme: Cultural Heritage towards Sustainable Development
​In partnership with Europa Nostra
details
 ESACH Talks are an interactive, fast-paced event that provides a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies. To make things more interesting, each presentation lasts five minutes, and must be accompanied by a slide presentation.

Each Talk has a length of 45 minutes and includes presentations by ESACH students and young professionals, as well as some time for discussions and comments. Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members!

To find out more about ESACH, visit www.esach.org
Theme
In our third ESACH Talk, we will be exploring new and young perspectives on the contribution of cultural heritage towards sustainable development. This includes
contribution of culture to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the New Urban Agenda and the Urban Agenda for the EU sustainable cultural heritage and urban management strategies, sustainable urban practices, such as urban agriculture or the creative reuse of historic buildings traditional and Indigenous knowledge and practices, and their role in achieving sustainable development and much more!
speakers
  • Keynote speaker, Jan Schultheiß - Urban Agenda for the EU
  • Ahmed Morsi - The Fallacy of Revitalization: Subversive Creativity, Consumption and the Contestation of Heritage Spaces
  • Elena Cautis - The Capital of Dacia - a living museum of European Cultural Heritage
  • Federico Varela - Development of a Smart City in a historical context
  • Qi Wang - Creative Reuse - The contribution of culture to the SDGs

NEW PROFESSIONALS FORUM
ESACH + EUROPEANA NEW PROFESSIONALS TASK FORCE CROSSOVER EVENT

Where: Online
Date: 17 Nov 2020, 7pm CET
Theme: Digital Technologies and Innovation
In partnership with Europa Nostra
details
 ​​ESACH Talks are an interactive, fast-paced event that provides a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies. Each Talk has a length of 45 minutes and includes presentations by ESACH students and young professionals, as well as some time for discussions and comments. To make things more interesting, each presentation lasts five minutes, and must be accompanied by a slide presentation. Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members.
The event will be recorded and later published on Youtube and social media.
Theme
In November, following the first ESACH Talks! and the Europeana 2020 conference, we will be joining forces with Europeana's New Professionals Task Force to explore new perspectives on the potential of digital technologies in cultural heritage studies, including topics such as photography, advanced surveying techniques, advanced software and digital preservation.
speakers
  • Keynote speaker: Killian Downing - Europeana Councillor, Chair of New Professionals Task Force
  • Federica Bressan - Fulbright scholar and Marie Curie alumna
  • Annachiara and Laura - Master Degree students in Architectural Design and History, at Politecnico di Milano
  •  Ceren Yucel - Architect and master's student, specializing in BIM, Heritage BIM architecture and facility management. 
  • Mina Hanna - Egyptian architect, architectural photographer, and a recent graduate in Architectural Design and History from Politecnico di Milano

esach talks! people and heritage

Where: Online
Date: 6 Oct 2020, 7pm CET
Theme: People and Heritage
In partnership with Europa Nostra
details
 ​​ESACH Talks are an interactive, fast-paced event that provides a platform for sharing knowledge amongst students and young professionals working within cultural heritage studies. Each Talk has a length of 45 minutes and includes presentations by ESACH students and young professionals, as well as some time for discussions and comments. To make things more interesting, each presentation lasts five minutes, and must be accompanied by a slide presentation. Attendance is open to everybody, not just ESACH Members.
Theme
In our first ESACH Talk, we are inspired by the work of Europa Nostra as the leading citizens' movement to protect and celebrate Europe's cultural and natural heritage. We will be exploring young perspectives on the topics related to civic involvement and democratic participation in heritage matters, such as citizens' roles in the preservation of heritage, youth participation, participatory management strategies and people-centered approaches to heritage.
speakers
  • Keynote speaker: Manon Richard - Youth involvement in heritage matters and the role of Europa Nostra
  • Kavya Iyer Ramalingam - ICH communities and the development of heritage-sensitive commercialization strategies
  • Münire Nurgül Büyükgüllü - The Role of Rural Communities and Heritage Preservation in Cumalıkızık
  • João Victor Porto Jarske - How international arbitration may enhance the protection of Indigenous people´s cultural heritage
  • Goran Đurđević, Khuong Tran Huang, Chen Haotian, Gemma Ryles - Reflection for future: an introduction to Mirror Studies project
  • Special guest: Jetske Berger, European Heritage Tribune. 
​Moderated by Filip Petkovski​ and Carlota Marijuan Rodriguez. 

​ESACH MEETING 2021

Where: Madrid, Spain
Date: Spring 2021
Theme: Our common past, our future
details
The 3rd ESACH Meeting "Our common past, our future", is organised by ESACH and the MA Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century: Management and Research (ESACH Madrid). It will be hosted by the Complutense University of Madrid and open to both members and non-members. 
The meeting was meant to be in June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it was postponed to 2021.  ​
Theme
The meeting aims to continue the work carried out in previous meetings in Girona (2018) and Genova (2019) by creating a place for the exchange of knowledge and ideas about cultural heritage. In 2021, the emphasis will be on sustainable management strategies, the 2030 Agenda and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. We believe that cultural heritage has much to contribute in the fight against the climatic emergency, as reflected in the development of the COP25 Madrid-Chile 2019.
speakers
The Meeting will consist of 14 presentations and eight poster presentations, as well as a practical workshop on Cultural Heritage Management and visits to cultural sites throughout Madrid. In addition, we will invite heritage experts, professional and community associations to participate in specific presentations and discussion tables.
​The list of speakers will be updated closer to the date.