
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 auxquelles Dr Suzie Thomas FSA participe
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- 11.00 Locals, Incomers, Tourists and Gold Diggers: Space, Politics, and the "Dark Heritage" Legacy of the Second World War in Finnish Lapland
- Participant.e Dr Suzie Thomas FSA (University of Helsinki) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Flexible Scales and Relational Territoriality in the Meaning-Making of Cultural Heritage
- In different circumstances and at different times, the actions of countries, communities, and even individuals may be prioritized and celebrated...
- Paper
Sessions auxquelles Dr Suzie Thomas FSA assiste
12:30
12:30
- Registration UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall
- 12:30 - 17:30 | 5 heures
- Welcome Coffee UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Ground Floor Hall
- 12:30 - 17:30 | 5 heures
- Pause
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
11:00
11:00
- 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
14:00
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)
- Inscription req. Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium
- 14:00 - 15:30 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- "What does heritage change?" is a multifaceted question to which the answer(s) are in primary respects related to real-life negotiations among dif...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

19:00
19:00
- 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...
9:00
9:00
- Flexible Scales and Relational Territoriality in the Meaning-Making of Cultural Heritage Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.445
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 heures
- Space plays a crucial role in the production and meaning-making of cultural heritage. Although space has often been discussed in heritage studies, ...
- Regular session
18:00
18:00
- Film Series Celebration : Sugar Shack Event
- Inscription req. Concordia, LB Building - LB 123
- 18:00 - 19:00 | 1 heure
- To celebrate our film series dedicated to heritage, sponsored by the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland and the United St...
- Cocktail
9:00
9:00
- Co-Production in Heritage: Towards New Imaginaries. Part II. Co-Production, Conservation and Memory; Co-Production and the Professional Imaginary Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.401
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 heures
- Involving communities, visitors or the public is frequently presented as one of the major tasks of museums and heritage sites in current global mov...
- Regular session
- 09.00 Caring (or Not) about the Beamish Museum: The Co-Production and Co-Enactment of Affective Heritage
- Participant.e Dr Sarah De Nardi (Durham University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Co-Production in Heritage: Towards New Imaginaries. Part II. Co-Production, Conservation and Memory; Co-Production and the Professional Imaginary
- The poetics of heritage co-production works as a connective tissue between heritage publics, practitioners and heritage objects through material...
- Paper