
Benedetta Serapioni
PhD Candidate
(IEG) Leibniz Institute of European History (Mainz)
Participe à 1 Session
I gained my MA in Middle Eastern Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, in 2012. Afterwards, since August 2013, I have been a PhD researcher at the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz, Germany. My research is part of a five-people project entitled: "Knowledge of the World - Heritage of Mankind: The History of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage", which is funded by the Leibniz Competition of the Leibniz Association. The aim of the project is, firstly, to investigate, using archival sources, the history of the foundation of the UNESCO World Heritage Program. Secondly, through the work of five sub-projects, we aim to investigate the political dimensions of discussions about cultural and natural heritage and to measure the relationship between the state and civil society in the governance of the World Heritage Program. My research "Contested Heritage, Symbolic Recognition: International Experts, the Old City of Jerusalem and the beginning of UNESCO World Heritage (1971-1982)" focuses on the history of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls as World Heritage. This is a significant case study for analyzing multiple understandings and constructions of cultural heritage discourses, in the late 1960s and 1970s. Discourses that ranged from UNESCO's universal heritage paradigm and its aim to transcend the heritage logic of nation-states, to the use made by local competing actors of this international paradigm, to reinforce their national claims over the city and its urban heritage.
Sessions auxquelles Benedetta Serapioni participe
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- 14.30 Owning Jerusalem's Past: UNESCO World Heritage and the Struggle for Symbolic Recognition
- Participant.e Benedetta Serapioni ((IEG) Leibniz Institute of European History (Mainz)) |
- 13:30 - 14:00 | 30 minutes Partie de: Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management: Possibilities and Limitations
- The aim of this paper is to reflect, from an historical perspective, on the ways the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention opened a new space to...
- Paper
Sessions auxquelles Benedetta Serapioni assiste
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12:30
- Registration UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall
- 12:30 - 17:30 | 5 heures
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13:00
- What is Critical Heritage Studies: Open Forum
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520
- 13:00 - 15:00 | 2 heures
- This forum will explore the current directions of critical heritage studies and what makes ACHS distinctive. Panel members will discuss what the...
- Workshop
17:00
17:00
- Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
- Inscription req. Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
- 17:00 - 19:30 | 2 heures 30 minutes
- Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...
- Cocktail
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11:00
- 16.00 Mitigating Cultural Contestation: The Case of Black Pete
- Participant.e Dr. Pieter Wagenaar (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) | Participant.e Jeroen Rodenberg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Cultural Contestation: Politics and Governance of Heritage
- In current cultural heritage literature there is much emphasis on the uses of heritage in the construction of group identities. The (hi)stories ...
- Paper
- 11.00 Borders in Heritage: An Introduction
- Participant.e Laurier Turgeon (Université Laval) | Participant.e Prof. Dominique Poulot (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) | Participant.e Dr Astrid Swenson (Brunel University London ) |
- 11:00 - 11:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine
- This paper will provide the conceptual introduction to the panel, drawing on results and reflections stemming from a six-year project on “Fronti...
- Paper
- Borders of Heritage | Frontières du Patrimoine UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M280
- 11:00 - 15:00 | 4 heures
- How do borders shape heritage and its potential for change? Despite the growth of international connections in heritage studies, national, linguist...
- Regular session
- Changing Places, Changing People? Critical Heritage(s) of Diaspora, Migration and Belonging I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M560
- 11:00 - 15:00 | 4 heures
- Much is being made of the perceived breakdown of the nation-state, which was historically configured as a “container” of heritage formations, adopt...
- Regular session
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12:30
- Lunchboxes | Boîtes à lunch UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
- 12:30 - 13:30 | 1 heure
- Repas
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18:30
- Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 18:30 - 20:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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9:00
- At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 heures 30 minutes
- With sustainable development gaining momentum as a priority of UNESCO heritage policies, an increasing number of food-related nominations are being...
- Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
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- Film Series: De engel van Doel
- Inscription req. Concordia, LB Building - LB 125
- 19:00 - 21:00 | 2 heures
- Directed by Tom Fassaert and presented by Marc Jacobs. ___ Doel, a Belgian village near the Dutch border, is disappearing quickly and d...
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9:00
- 13.30 Approaching Rights in the World Heritage Arena: Methodological Considerations
- Participant.e Peter Larsen (University of Lucerne) | Participant.e Ms Kristal Buckley AM (Deakin University Australia) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: How do Rights Change Heritage?
- A number of actors within the World Heritage system have, within recent years, started addressing rights, rights-based approaches and language. ...
- Paper
- 11.00 "You Can’t Move History: You Can Secure the Future”: Young People, Activism and the Indivisible Nature of Intangible and Tangible Heritage
- Participant.e Rebecca Madgin (University of Glasgow) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Activism, Civil Society and Heritage
- Debates spanning the value of urban heritage have recently intensified with the increasing belief that tangible and intangible heritage are “ind...
- Paper
- An Intergenerational Conversation about Heritage Conservation Education: The Rise, Fall, and (Necessary) Redefinition of Expert Knowledge Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.430
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 heures 30 minutes
- As recent publications have demonstrated, the role of the expert in heritage conservation is a relevant, indeed imperative topic of discussion. On ...
- Roundtable
- Activism, Civil Society and Heritage Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 5.215
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 heures
- Heritage processes vary according to cultural, national, geographical and historical contexts. Since the late 1980s, the phenomenon of contestation...
- Regular session
- Subversion and Heritage in Contemporary Africa Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.435
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 heures 30 minutes
- This session will address the potential and limitations of heritage as a tool for leverage, empowerment and dissent in Africa. It is widely a...
- Regular session
- How do Rights Change Heritage? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.235
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 heures
- Questions about the repatriation of cultural property, issues of access and exclusion in the World Heritage system, intangible heritage practices i...
- Regular session