Protection of endangered heritage during armed conflicts

Lecture by Joanne Dingwall McCafferty, PhD student at Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen.

Cultural heritage is often used as a tactical tool in many global conflicts to usurp another culture’s identity and history. Civil society plays a key role in enabling safeguarding of cultural heritage during armed conflict.

This lecture will address the relationship between UNESCO and civil societies during armed conflict.

It will also consider the role UNESCO plays in engaging with civil society organisations and the need for better support of civil societies in conflict zones. It will look at how civil societies can best be prepared during both peacetime and conflicts and how reconstruction capabilities post-conflict can be facilitated.

About the lecture series

Kronborg Castle celebrates its 20th anniversary as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in 2020. This is marked by a series of lectures that focus on the cultural heritage, why we care for it and what happens when we don't.