Dr Suzie Thomas FSA

University Lecturer

University of Helsinki

Participates in 1 Session

Suzie Thomas is University Lecturer in Museology at the Universtiy of Helsinki (Finland), currently on research leave to work on Academy of Finland project "Lapland's Dark Heritage: Understanding the Cultural Legacy of Northern Finland's WWII German Materialities within Interdisciplinary Perspectives". She has her PhD from the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University (UK) and has previously worked at the Council for British Archaeology and the University of Glasgow (UK). Selected recent articles: Thomas, S., Seitsonen, O., and Herva, V.-P. (2916) Nazi memorabilia, dark heritage and treasure hunting as 'alternative' tourism: understanding the fascination with the material remains of World War II in Northern Finland, Journal of Field Archaeology. Thomas, S. (2015) Collaborate, Condemn, or Ignore? Responding to Non-Archaeological Approaches to Archaeological Heritage, European Journal of Archaeology 18(2): 312-328 Thomas, S. (2014) Vulnerable by design: Theft and Finnish Architecture, The Historic Environment: Policy and Practice 5(3): 231-44 Recent books: Grove, L. and Thomas, S. (eds.) (2014) Heritage Crime: Progress, Prospects and Prevention, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan Thomas. S., and Lea, J. (eds.) (2014) Public Participation in Archaeology, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press

Sessions in which Dr Suzie Thomas FSA participates

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

11.00 Locals, Incomers, Tourists and Gold Diggers: Space, Politics, and the "Dark Heritage" Legacy of the Second World War in Finnish Lapland

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Flexible Scales and Relational Territoriality in the Meaning-Making of Cultural Heritage

Paper

Dr Suzie Thomas FSA, University of Helsinki (Participant)

In different circumstances and at different times, the actions of countries, communities, and even individuals may be prioritized and celebrated...

Sessions in which Dr Suzie Thomas FSA attends

Friday 3 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

12:30

Registration

5 hours, 12:30 - 17:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall

Welcome Coffee

5 hours, 12:30 - 17:30

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall

Pause

17:00

Opening Ceremony and Cocktail

2 hours 30 minutes, 17:00 - 19:30

Signup required

Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel

Cocktail

Prof. Tim Winter, Deakin University (Potential)

Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Potential)

Dr Clarence Epstein, Concordia University (Moderator)

Christine Zachary-Deom (Participant)

Luc Noppen, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage (Participant)

Hon. Serge Joyal c.p., o.c. (Participant)

Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:00

Changing Places, Changing People? Critical Heritage(s) of Diaspora, Migration and Belonging I

4 hours, 11:00 - 15:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M560

Regular session

Prof. Máiréad Nic Craith, Heriot-Watt University (Participant)

Dr Susannah Eckersley, Media, Culture, Heritage, Newcastle University, UK (Moderator)

Prof. Ullrich Kockel, Intercultural Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University (Moderator)

Much is being made of the perceived breakdown of the nation-state, which was historically configured as a “container” of heritage formations, adopt...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

14:00

Keynote: Renaming, Removal, Recontextualization of Heritage: Purging History, Claiming the Present, Imagining the Future? (What Change-Role for Heritage Professionals?) (James Count Early)

1 hour 30 minutes, 14:00 - 15:30

Signup required

Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. James Count Early, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States (Participant)

Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Moderator)

"What does heritage change?" is a multifaceted question to which the answer(s) are in primary respects related to real-life negotiations among dif...

19:00

Film Series: De engel van Doel

2 hours, 19:00 - 21:00

Signup required

Concordia, LB Building - LB 125

Prof. Marc Jacobs, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Moderator)

Directed by Tom Fassaert and presented by Marc Jacobs. ___ Doel, a Belgian village near the Dutch border, is disappearing quickly and d...

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

Flexible Scales and Relational Territoriality in the Meaning-Making of Cultural Heritage

6 hours, 9:00 - 15:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.445

Regular session

Dr Satu Kähkönen, University of Jyväskylä (Moderator)

Prof. Kristin Kuutma (Moderator)

Prof. Tuuli Lähdesmäki, University of Jyväskylä (Moderator)

Space plays a crucial role in the production and meaning-making of cultural heritage. Although space has often been discussed in heritage studies, ...

18:00

Film Series Celebration : Sugar Shack Event

1 hour, 18:00 - 19:00

Signup required

Concordia, LB Building - LB 123

Cocktail

Dr Jessica Mace, University of Toronto (Moderator)

Gwenaelle Reyt (Participant)

Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Participant)

Dr Marie-Blanche Fourcade, Musée de l'Holocauste Montréal et UQAM (Moderator)

To celebrate our film series dedicated to heritage, sponsored by the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland and the United St...

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00

Co-Production in Heritage: Towards New Imaginaries. Part II. Co-Production, Conservation and Memory; Co-Production and the Professional Imaginary

6 hours, 9:00 - 15:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.401

Regular session

Bethany Rex, Newcastle University, United Kingdom (Moderator)

Dr Nuala Morse, University of Manchester / University College London (Moderator)

Dr Katherine Lloyd, Heriot-Watt University (Moderator)

Involving communities, visitors or the public is frequently presented as one of the major tasks of museums and heritage sites in current global mov...

09.00 Caring (or Not) about the Beamish Museum: The Co-Production and Co-Enactment of Affective Heritage

30 minutes, 9:00 - 9:30

Part of: Co-Production in Heritage: Towards New Imaginaries. Part II. Co-Production, Conservation and Memory; Co-Production and the Professional Imaginary

Paper

Dr Sarah De Nardi, Durham University (Participant)

The poetics of heritage co-production works as a connective tissue between heritage publics, practitioners and heritage objects through material...