Adriano Devita
adriano.devita@gmail.com
Organization:
Adriano Devita
Role:
Founder
Country of residence:
Italy
Brief Description:
Sono uno psicologo esperto in formazione degli adulti. Ho fondato l'Associazione Faro Venezia e contribuito al processo di ratifica della Convenzione di Faro in Italia. Mi interesso da sempre di patrimonio dissonante, ho scritto articoli e organizzato incontri su questo tema.
Aija Van der Steina
aija.vandersteina@va.lv
Organization:
Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
Role:
Researcher
Country of residence:
Latvia
Brief Description:
I have devoted more than 20 years of my academic career to tourism research, with a particular focus on dark heritage and dark tourism in recent years. I have led an interdisciplinary research project examining Jewish heritage and Holocaust sites within the contexts of tourism and heritage management. My current research explores difficult heritage, focusing on the perception and interpretation of Soviet military heritage, primarily from the Cold War period, and on the attitudes of key stakeholder groups, including local residents and tourists.
Alessia Strozzi
alessia.strozzi@cultura.gov.it
Organization:
UNIVPM/Ministry of Culture
Role:
PhD Student/Conservation officer
Country of residence:
Italy
Brief Description:
My research explores dissonant heritage through the lens of conservation, wellbeing, and social cohesion. I am interested in how participatory heritage practices can address conflict, foster dialogue, and support communities facing contested histories, disasters, and cultural change. My goal is to develop anticipatory and inclusive heritage management approaches.
Alessia Zampini
alessia.zampini2@unibo.it
Organization:
University of Bologna - Department of Architecture
Role:
Researcher in Tenure Track
Country of residence:
Italy
Brief Description:
My research focuses on the protection of monuments in times of war, heritage-making processes developed together with heritage communities and strategies for the conservation of dissonant heritage, with a focus on bunkers, and fascist architectural heritage. Member of the Co.Co.War team, I teach Conservation History and Architectural Preservation
Alex Ioannou
alexioannou@outlook.com
Organization:
Bangor University
Role:
Doctoral Researcher
Country of residence:
Wales, UK
Brief Description:
I am interested in bringing together more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the narratives we tell about the landscape we shape and which have shaped us.
Alexandre Kostka
akostka@unistra.fr
Organization:
Université de Strasbourg
Role:
Researcher and docent
Country of residence:
France
Brief Description:
German dissonant heritage, especially architecture and urbanisme, in regions formerly administered by Germany. Research project comparing Strasbourg and Poznan under that aspect.
Amy Iwasaki
amyiwasaki0@gmail.com
Organization:
World Monuments Fund
Role:
Fellow
Country of residence:
United States
Brief Description:
I have a Master's in heritage studies, where I first studied dissonant/difficult heritage, and after (re-)joining the heritage professional sector, I see it is a topic that is everywhere right now!
Ana Romero Sire
ana.romero@gmail.com
Organization:
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Role:
researcher
Country of residence:
Spain
Brief Description:
I am a historian/conservator. I research and publish about dissonant heritage in Spain. I would like to design conservation projects and map and interpret a number of sites and monuments connected to fascist legacies, but we lack models.
Andrea Rumpf
andrea.rumpf@stiftung-westwall.rlp.de
Organization:
Stiftung Grüner Wall im Westen - Mahnmal ehemaliger Westwall
Role:
Director
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
Public foundation of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, owning and managing the thousands of relics of the bunker line Westwall (Siegfried line), built by the national socialist regime from 1938 to 1940 and largely destroyed after the Second World War.
Andrea Szekely
andrea.kotosz@univ-reims.fr
Organization:
University of Reims Champagne Ardenne
Role:
adjunct professor
Country of residence:
France
Brief Description:
I am a geographer in the field of cultural, and tourism geography, spatial planning, .border studies. On the base of my field expiriences in tourism (I have seasonaly worked as toursit guide,). I was involved to cultural heritage knowledge transfert in 2005 among France (pays de la Loire,) Hungary (Veszprém County) and Romania (Kovasna county). I am interesetd in the role of built heritages in metropolises
/ capitals according the SDGs goals. Since 2023, I am active in Heritopolis. I would like to co-create innovativ methodology to comparative analysis
Andreas Joh. Wiesand
wiesand@hotmail.de
Organization:
ARCult Media / ERICarts
Role:
Director / former Director
Country of residence:
DE
Brief Description:
As co-organiser of the ESPON HERIWELL project (2020-22), one of my focal tasks has been to investigate contested and severely neglected heritage
Aneta Vasileva, M.Arch., Ph.D.
a.vasileva@nan.bg
Organization:
New Architectural Heritage Foundation
Role:
Co-Founder and Chairman
Country of residence:
Bulgaria
Brief Description:
Architectural historian, critic and theorist. Specialized in postwar architecture. Teaches at the History and Theory of Architecture Department of UACEG - Sofia. Member of ICOMOS Bulgaria and DOCOMOMO Bulgaria. Analyzing modern and socialist architecture as dissonant heritage since 2018.
Ani Kodjabasheva
ani@kolektiv.bg
Organization:
The Collective Foundation
Role:
Project manager
Country of residence:
Bulgaria
Brief Description:
At The Collective Foundation, we use collaborative design, placemaking, and public art to activate neglected and degraded urban sites and open them up as public spaces. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ani-kodjabasheva/
Anne Katrin Feßler
annekatrin.fessler@koer.or.at
Organization:
Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Wien (KÖR Wien)
Role:
Head of Communication
Country of residence:
Austria
Brief Description:
Art in public spaces operates at the intersection of art, society and politics. Art plays an active role in urban design and can take a stance on culturally significant objects with historical baggage, thereby contributing to an active culture of remembrance.
Annisa Rahma Amadea
amadeaar@gmail.com
Organization:
ICOMOS Indonesia
Role:
Member, Coordinator of EPWG
Country of residence:
China and Indonesia
Brief Description:
Prize winner of 2024 ICOMOS Culture-Nature Prize for preserving WWII Japanese Shipwreck in Sangihe Island, Indonesia.
Anouk Tessel de Vries
anouk.vries@rijksoverheid.nl
Organization:
Rijksvastgoedbedrijf
Role:
Advisor heritage
Country of residence:
Netherlands
Brief Description:
Heritage advisor specialised in distraught heritage
Aurora Arjones Fernández
maarjones@uma.es
Organization:
Universidad de Málaga
Role:
Profesora
Country of residence:
Spain
Brief Description:
Profesora en la Facultad de CC.de la Educación de la Universidad de Málaga, especializada en el conocimiento didáctico del patrimonio cultural en los perfiles docentes de profesorado de Educación para la ciudadanía y derechos humanos; y profesorado de Turismo Sostenible.
Bart Erens
bart.erens@rijksoverheid.nl
Organization:
Board of Government Advisors
Role:
Advisor on architecture and urbanism
Country of residence:
Netherlands
Brief Description:
The Board of Government Advisors is an independent advisory board which advises the Dutch government on spatial quality, upon request or at its own initiative. We are working on a guideline for dealing with dissonant heritage buildings for the Dutch Central Government Real Estate Agency.
Birgit Kann
birgit.kann@bbr.bund.de
Organization:
Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR)
Role:
Management of the ExWoSt research projects "Integrated approaches to Dissonant Heritage in Europe" and "Integrated approaches to Dissonant Heritage in Europe: Instruments, procedures and methods"
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
Involved in the topic of dissonant heritage since 2021; interested in potentials and challenges of site-based dissonant heritage in Europe and the special approaches deriving from that (especiall on a local level and in smaller cities and remote areas)
burcu selcen coşkun
selcen.coskun@msgsu.edu.tr
Organization:
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Role:
Full professor
Country of residence:
Türkiye
Brief Description:
Currently I am doing research on the decolonization of heritage education and work in a study group dedicated to start critical heritage studies in Istanbul. My field of interest covers modernist heritage and industrial heritage sites. I teach theory of conservation in various Post-graduate modules.
Carlos García Vázquez
ccggvv@us.es
Organization:
Universidad de Sevilla
Role:
Professor
Country of residence:
España
Brief Description:
I am interested in the concept of "curated decay." I study cases of abandoned buildings whose ruins have been colonized by vegetation. Their heritage value is not only cultural but also natural.
Carola Hein
c.m.hein@tudelft.nl
Organization:
Delft University of Technology
Role:
Delft University of Technology
Country of residence:
Netherlands
Brief Description:
As Professor History of Architecture and Urban Planning and UNESCO Chair Water, Ports and Historic Cities I am interested in multiple aspects of dissonant heritage, including post-war and post-socialist dissonance, but also questions of dissonance of future heritage notably related to environmental questions.
Carolina Rodríguez López
caroliro@ucm.es
Organization:
Complutense University of Madrid
Role:
Associate Professor (Tenured)
Country of residence:
Spain
Brief Description:
Carolina Rodríguez-López specializes in the reconstruction of urban spaces after war, with a focus on Madrid, from a comparative perspective. She has curated exhibitions on the subject and is conducting research on Madrid's Arco de la Victoria as an example of Franco's dissonant heritage.
Chiara Mariotti
chiara.mariotti@univpm.it
Organization:
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Role:
Researcher (RTDb) in Architectural Heritage Conservation
Country of residence:
Italy
Brief Description:
Ph.D. Architect and Researcher in Architectural Conservation at the Department of Construction, Civil Engineering and Architecture, Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy). Research interests: built heritage conservation, preventive and planned conservation strategies, dissonant heritage, especially military landscapes (bunker lines) and post-conflict sites. Vice PI and coordinator of the UNIVPM local unit in the PRIN project Co.Co.War (https://cocowar.com/). Teaching activities: Conservation History and Architectural Preservation. Member of the Advisory Board of SIRA–Società Italiana per il Restauro dell’Architettura
Claus-Peter Echter, Dr.-Ing.
cpechter@gmx.de
Organization:
ICOMOS and Europa Nostra
Role:
ICOMOS: Past President ICOMOS CIVVIH, Europa Nostra: Vice-President Europa Nostra Germany
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
From the beginning I am a member of the action group on dissonant Heritage. My special interest is the importance of this heritage for towns, cities and metropolises.n group
Daniel Rico
Daniel.Rico@uab.cat
Organization:
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Role:
Professor in Art History and Heritage Culture, Head of the Department of Art and Musicology
Country of residence:
Spain
Brief Description:
I have recently published a book on the critical conservation of dissonant heritage, focusing on Francoist monuments and the politics of democratic memory in Spain: ¿Quién teme a Francisco Franco?: Memoria, patrimonio, democracia (Anagrama, 2024)
Denitsa Dimitrova
office@buildaz.eu
Organization:
BuildAZ
Role:
manager
Country of residence:
Bulgaria
Brief Description:
I am interested in dissonant heritage and work as an appraiser of immovable cultural properties, focusing on the preservation of historical sites.
Diana Unterhitzenberger
diana.unterhitzenberger@gmx.de
Organization:
University of York
Role:
PhD researcher
Country of residence:
United Kingdom
Brief Description:
I am currently looking at the values and management of contested Cold War heritage and have a general interest in 20th and 21st heritage, especially in Germany.
Dora Ivanova
buzludzha.project@gmail.com
Organization:
Buzludzha Project Foundation
Role:
CEO
Country of residence:
Bulgaria
Brief Description:
I am an architect and the the founder and CEO of Buzludzha Project Foundation, which works to preserve and revitalize the Buzludzha monument in Bulgaria.
Doriana Musaj
doriana_musaj@universitetipolis.edu.al
Organization:
Polis University
Role:
PhD/Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Planning, Environment and Urban Management
Country of residence:
Albania
Brief Description:
I graduated in Urban Planning with a PhD in Architecture and Urban Planning. I lecture at Polis University, focusing on dissonant heritage, urbanization conflicts, and public realm challenges in cultural preservation.
Eduarda Vieira
evieira@ucp.pt
Organization:
Universidade Católica Portuguesa- School of Arts
Role:
Associate Professor/senior Researcher
Country of residence:
Portugal
Brief Description:
I'm an associate professor with more than 40 years of heritage work. Since 2019 I became interested in Dissonant Heritage research/work topic. I work with heritage conservation and restoration, and heritage studies. Currently, I'm developing research on the Portuguese Colonial War and Museum decolonization. In 2023 I organized the 1st webinar on Heritage of Tragic Memory in Portugal, with the attendance of Iberian and international experts.I've supervised a postdoc on the Holocaust collection of Auschwitz Museum.
Elisa Bailey Aiano
elisa@riserosarage.com
Organization:
Rise Rosa Rage Archive of Socio-Political Graphics
Role:
Founder & Curator
Country of residence:
Spain
Brief Description:
I founded and curate the Rise Rosa Rage Archive of socio-political, peace and memorial graphics related to international rights struggles since the 1960s, am Newsletter Editor of the ICOM Committee for Human Rights and Memorial Museums, and provide strategic consultancy and interpretation on memorial site projects.
Elke Krasny
elke.krasny@gmail.com
Organization:
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Role:
Professor
Country of residence:
Austria
Brief Description:
I am a cultural studies scholar with a focus on architecture, spatial practices, contemporary art and urbanism. My interest is in critical practices in relation to dissonant heritage.
Emilia Kaleva
emiliakaleva@nan.bg
Organization:
UACEG (Sofia)/ICOMOS Bulgaria/NAH foundation
Role:
teacher/member/co-founder
Country of residence:
Bulgaria
Brief Description:
Participating in several research projects raised my interested in exploring dissonance as part of culrural significance of different sites.
Emilia Siandou
esiandou@tph.moi.gov.cy
Organization:
Department of Town Planning and Housing, Republic of Cyprus
Role:
Planning Officer
Country of residence:
Cyprus
Brief Description:
I am an architect specialized in the conservation and management of monuments and sites, focusing on 20th-century heritage. In Cyprus, this heritage is closely tied, physically and symbolically, to local and international conflicts, often constituting dissonant heritage and raising important questions about how such sites are preserved, interpreted, and engaged with today.
Emilio José Delgado Algarra
emilio.delgado@ddcc.uhu.es
Organization:
University of Huelva
Role:
Professor, Coordinator of the Bachelor’s Degree in Primary Education
Country of residence:
Spain
Brief Description:
I am a Professor at the University of Huelva and a researcher at the COIDESO Research Centre, specialising in Social Sciences Education, democratic memory, XR and critical citizenship. My work focuses on how technology and heritage can support democratic memory and critical citizenship education in learning contexts.
Francesco Calzolaio
f.calzolaio@culturnet.net
Organization:
Venti di Cultura
Role:
presidente
Country of residence:
Italy
Brief Description:
in my professional carrier and in the activities of the association we aim to engage the local communities on the enhancement od heritage at risk for uman and natural threats, such as overtourism in Venice and the heartquake in the Marche region: the heritage communities are always dissonant with the mainstram power
Gabriela Encheva
g.emilovaencheva@gmail.com
Organization:
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Role:
Student
Country of residence:
Netherlands
Brief Description:
My name is Gabriela Encheva, I am 24 years old and I am from Bulgaria. I’ve graduated with a bachelor’s degree in History of Art, Architecture and Landscapes at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and I am currently a student in Architectural History and Heritage at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. I am mostly passionate about dissonant/contested heritage in the Balkans, especially communist buildings and monuments. With all being said, I am looking forward to making new conenctions with people interested in the same topics as me and being part of a bigger network.
GRAHAM BELL
graham.bell.uk@gmail.com
Organization:
Buzludzha Project Foundation
Role:
Trustee
Country of residence:
United Kingdom
Brief Description:
Interest as board member of Europa Nostra is all European dissonant heritage - architectural, planning, even tourism
Guy Clausse
guy.gisela@gmail.com
Organization:
Europa Nostra
Role:
VP
Country of residence:
Luxembourg
Brief Description:
After/during a career at European Investment Bank I joined Europa Nostra, notably its "7 Most Endangered" Programme, which includes a number of dissonant heritage projects.
Guy Conde-Reis
gconde-reis@urban.brussels
Organization:
ULB + Urban.brussels
Role:
Enseignant
Country of residence:
Belgium
Brief Description:
Teacher(Heritage and Politics) at the Faculty of Architecture, ULB.
Head of Cultural Strategy at Urban.brussels.
Heimo Prünster
hpruenster@gmail.com
Organization:
Arch. Heimo Prünster
Role:
self-employed
Country of residence:
Italien
Brief Description:
Architect, researcher, and designer with a focus on cultural history. I integrate research and design through an interdisciplinary, analytical, and creative approach. I see dissonant built heritage as key to advancing questions of identity in a European context—shaped by my South Tyrolean background, where identity is historically layered and continually evolving.
Ina Belcheva, PhD
ina.belcheva@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr
Organization:
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
Role:
Associate Professor
Country of residence:
France
Brief Description:
I am interested in the role artists, art historians and curators play in the dissonant heritage processes, debates, narrative constructions, and specifically in their role as memory mediators.
Inge Dornan
inge.dornan@brunel.ac.uk
Organization:
Brunel University of London
Role:
Deputy Dean, College of Arts, Law and Social Sciences
Country of residence:
United Kingdom
Brief Description:
My research examines the contested legacies of empire, race and slavery in public memory. Through work on controversial UK monuments honouring slavers and imperialists, and wider debates on monuments, counter-campaigns and colonial remembrance, I explore how dissonant heritage shapes identity, belonging and historical understanding, while fostering informed public engagement with difficult pasts.
Jan Schultheiß
jan.schultheiss@bmwsb.bund.de
Organization:
BMWSB
Role:
Policy Officer
Country of residence:
DE
Brief Description:
DHAG coordinator
Jeannette Brabenetz
info@brabenetz.de
Organization:
www.brabenetz.de
Role:
Freelance Art Historian
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
I am art historian and curator, with a focus on east european art, art history and architecture, archives and collections in transformation.
Jordi Guixé
jordiguixe@ub.edu
Organization:
European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) of the University of Barcelona's Solidarity Foundation of the University of Barcelona's Solidarity Foundation
Role:
Director
Country of residence:
Spain
Brief Description:
Historian, founding director of the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM), and an associate professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Specializing in public memory policies, he is widely recognized for his research on Francisco Franco's repression and its impact on political exiles during the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Cold War.
Jörg Haspel
joerg.haspel@denkmalschutz.de
Organization:
Technical University Berlin
Role:
Honorary Professor
Country of residence:
DE
Brief Description:
I practise and teach heritage conservation; and dissonaces and conflicts play an importante role in the experience, preservation and appropriation of cultural sites and cultural goods
Jörg Haspel
jhaspel@gmx.de
Organization:
Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz
Role:
Chair of the Board of Trustess (Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz)
Country of residence:
DE
Brief Description:
I am interested in tangible heritage (monuments and sites) as cultural, ecological and peace making ressource
Jos Tomlow, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
j.tomlow@hszg.de
Organization:
Hochschule Zittau / Görlitz
Role:
research and teaching
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
As a Dutch born citizen I am interested in intercultural historic processes, including WW II and mostly researching towards construction history. My family was a victim of the German Reich.
Judit Holp
holp@mementopark.hu
Organization:
Memento Park Budapest / Monumentum Public Benefit Foundation
Role:
Managing Partner
Country of residence:
Hungary
Brief Description:
In the past 15 years I have been working on raising awarness and supporting critical thinking of the audience of our dissonant heritage site as a tour guide, museum pedagogist, and communication expert.
Karsten Feucht, Dip.-Ing.
feucht@industriekultur.berlin
Organization:
Berlin Center of Industrial Heritag (bzi)
Role:
Industrial Heritage Manager
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
We discover, discuss and publish the unrecognised potential of Berlin's industrial heritage trying to raise awareness of the ambivalent role of industrialisation and its possible contribution to sustainability.
Lambert Heller
lambert.heller@posteo.de
Organization:
TIB - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology
Role:
Founder and head of TIB Open Science Lab
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
I'm a librarian. I explore futures of knowledge infrastructure and cultural memory. With a focus on inconvenient and dissonant heritage.
Lidija Zupanic Suica
lidijazupanicsuica@gmail.com
Organization:
Educatio for the 21st Century
Role:
director
Country of residence:
Serbia
Brief Description:
An art and civic education teacher, and the president of Education for the 21st Century. A Board Member of EuroClio – the European Association of History Educators, where I contribute to shaping the future of history and citizenship education across Europe.
With a diverse and far-reaching professional portfolio, I am highly experienced in project management, coordination, and consultancy at both national and international levels. My areas of expertise include curriculum development, textbook authorship, teacher training, and cultural heritage education.
Love Antell
love@loveantell.se
Organization:
Du e fri AB
Role:
Multimedia artist
Country of residence:
Sweden
Brief Description:
I am a multimedia artist, with a particular focus on digital public art and digital monuments in dialogue with physical locations that have a dissonant heritage.
Lynda Dematteo
dematteo@ehess.fr
Organization:
CNRS
Role:
Researcher
Country of residence:
France
Brief Description:
Lynda Dematteo is an anthropologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), and has been the co-chair of Political Studies at the EHESS (Paris) since 2024. She was granted a fellowship by the University of Bergamo to conduct an ethnographic study of dark tourism in Salò.
Maria Paola Pasini
mariapaola.pasini@unicatt.it
Organization:
Istimec - Rome; Catholic University of Sacred Heart-Milan
Role:
Rechercher
Country of residence:
Via MOnte 40 - 25085 Gavardo (Bs) Italy
Brief Description:
Maria Paola Pasini is an economic historian and research fellow at ISTSMEC – Istituto Storico Italiano per l’Età Moderna e Contemporanea, where she conducts research on dissonant heritage and tourism. She recently co-edited "Dissonant Heritage in Tourism. Confronting Difficult Pasts in Italy and Beyond" CEU PRESS and specialises in difficult heritage studies and tourism history.
Marius Freund, M.Sc.
marius.freund@uni-kassel.de
Organization:
University of Kassel, Institute for Urban Design
Role:
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
Nuclear-power-plants in Germany are architectural witnesses of a ferocious political debate on energy. Since their shutdown the deconstruction of all sites is planned, despite the technological possibility of their preservation.
Markus Hirth
mail@projektstadthirth.de
Organization:
projekt.stadt
Role:
urbanist
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
I accompany the project "RÜSTUNG.STADT.WANDEL" which deals with the large scaled dissonat heritage in Stadtallendorf from the very start
Marlon Seidel
wolfgangbishop3050@anonmails.de
Organization:
Pp & Marlon AG
Role:
Seidel Services
Country of residence:
Switzerland
Brief Description:
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Megan Buskey
megan.buskey@gmail.com
Organization:
N/a
Role:
independent writer
Country of residence:
usa
Brief Description:
I am an independent writer interested in memory politics in post socialist contexts
Meredith Drum
mdrum@vt.edu
Organization:
Virginia Tech
Role:
Associate Professor
Country of residence:
United States
Brief Description:
I am a digital artists making extended reality projects about contested monuments, including Soviet monuments in Bulgaria.
Nadia Osornio
airbag1005@yahoo.com.mx
Organization:
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Role:
Professor
Country of residence:
Mexico
Brief Description:
Visual artist interested in urban landscape and urban issues in a broad sense. My work reelaborates architectural heritage with a historical and environmental perspective. Dissonant heritage may enrich such narrative.
Nataliya Tchermalykh
nataliya.tchermalykh@graduateinstitute.ch
Organization:
Geneva Graduate Institute
Role:
Professor
Country of residence:
Suisse
Brief Description:
I am an anthropologist, PI of a ERC-funded Starting Grant project dedicated to transhistorical studies of Iconoclasm.
Nick Carter
nick.carter@acu.edu.au
Organization:
Australian Catholic University
Role:
Professor Modern History
Country of residence:
Australia
Brief Description:
I am a historian of modern Italy. My research examines the difficult heritage of Italian Fascism. I have co-edited special issues on the subject for Modern Italy (2019) and the Journal of Contemporary History (2024). I have also published on difficult heritage in the Journal of Modern Italian Studies (2017) and the Australian Journal of Politics and History (2020).
Nikolay Likov
cs@interlos.bg
Organization:
Test
Role:
Test
Country of residence:
България
Brief Description:
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OLGA DOLININA
o.e.dolinina@gmail.com
Organization:
Miensk Urban Platform
Role:
Expert in urban planning, project manager of events
Country of residence:
Belarus
Brief Description:
Olga Dolinina, PhD in Industrial Urbanism, specializes in the historical reinterpretation of Soviet industrial heritage, strategic spatial planning, and the promotion of non-formal education in Belarus. Her work emphasizes the crucial role of industrial heritage in fostering sustainable regional development and shaping national identity.
Olha Tikhonova
olechka.tikhonova@gmail.com
Organization:
Seville University
Role:
Project Leader (Principal Investigator)
Country of residence:
Spain
Brief Description:
Dr. Tikhonova, a Ukrainian scholar, specializes in cultural heritage preservation and architectural history. As a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the University of Seville, she researches Southeast Asia's dissonant colonial forts.
Oscar Seguro
oscar.seguro-apostolo@ec.europa.eu
Organization:
European Commission
Role:
Policy Officer
Country of residence:
Belgium
Brief Description:
I want to be up to date on the latest reflections around dissonant heritage and related projects.
Patrick Leech, Prof.
johnpatrick.leech@unibo.it
Organization:
ATRIUM / University of Bologna
Role:
Member of the Scientific Committee of ATRIUM
Country of residence:
Italy
Brief Description:
Active in ATRIUM since 2014 as President (2014-2016, 2019-2022) and as member of the Scientific Committee. I follow in particular relations with European institutions and partners.
Paula O'Donohoe
contestedhistories@euroclio.eu
Organization:
Contested Histories Initiative
Role:
Programme Director
Country of residence:
Netherlands
Brief Description:
The Contested Histories Initiative seeks practical remedies to contestations over historical markers in public spaces as part of broader efforts to create more inclusive and equitable societies, particularly for and with communities that have been marginalised or disenfranchised due to race, ethnicity, gender, or other affiliations.
Piero Sassi, Dr.
piero.sassi@uni-kassel.de
Organization:
Universität Kassel – Department of Urban Regeneration and Planning Theory
Role:
lecturer and research associate
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
Piero Sassi defended (2022) his doctoral thesis on urban development in Madrid under Franco’s dictatorship. His main research foci are on urbanism history and spatial planning in European Union’s policies.
Rafaël Deroo
rafderoo@gmail.com
Organization:
EFFORTS Europe
Role:
Secretary general
Country of residence:
Belgium
Brief Description:
We work on the other side of fortified or military built heritage : what lies behind the walls has often a difficult aspect (concentration or detention camps were often situated in fortresses or military buildings).
Ramona Novicov
ramona.novi@gmail.com
Organization:
University of Oradea
Role:
member in the Scientific Committee of ATRIUM
Country of residence:
Ramona
Brief Description:
Associate Professor at the University of Oradea; coordinator of four student summer camps in Ștei and of the virtual reconstruction of the former Soviet city, published extensively on these subjects.
Riin Alatalu
riin.alatalu@artun.ee
Organization:
ICOMOS
Role:
Vice-President
Country of residence:
Estonia
Brief Description:
Vice-President of ICOMOS; Associate professor of cultural heritage and conservation in Estonian Academy of Arts; UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies in Estonian Academy of Arts; vice-chairperson of Estonian Heritage Conservation Council; member of ICOMOS University Forum, Rights-Based Approaches working group, CIVVIH, ICLAFI and ISC20C.
I am researching, teaching and advocating for the preservation of dissonant heritage through contextualisation. I am especially keen of policies and politics concerned.
Sandra Uskokovic
sandra.uskokovic@gmail.com
Organization:
University of Dubrovnik
Role:
Professor
Country of residence:
Croatia
Brief Description:
Full Professor at the University of Dubrovnik, specializes in modernist and Southeastern European art and heritage. A Visiting Fellow at Humboldt, Berlin, and UCL, London.
SAVIA PALATE
palate.savia@ucy.ac.cy
Organization:
University of Cyprus
Role:
Lecturer
Country of residence:
Cyprus
Brief Description:
As an architectural historian I am interested in the role of architectural history in contributing to the intangible value of buildings, sites, and landscapes that may have been neglected, abandoned, ruined, or even demolished, in contested territories.
Schumann Andra
asc@andraschumann.de
Organization:
Andra Schumann Planungsgesellschaft mbH
Role:
CEO
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
Architect working on dissonant heritage site Bogensee and Saalecker Werkstaetten
Shaimaa Ashour
shaimaa.ashour@gmail.com
Organization:
Docomomo Egypt
Role:
Co-founder
Country of residence:
Saudi Arabia
Brief Description:
Shaimaa Ashour is an associate professor of architecture and interdisciplinary studies in the Department of Architectural Engineering and Environmental Design, College of Engineering & Technology at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport in Cairo. She currently teaches at the Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Design at the Prince Sultan University in Riyadh. She held a seat on the Committee for Architecture at the Supreme Council of Culture under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture from 2011 till 2020.
Shauna Latosky
shauna.latosky@unbc.ca
Organization:
University of Northern British Columbia
Role:
Assistant Professor
Country of residence:
Canada
Brief Description:
communication about Italian colonial objects in Ethiopia
Silvio Oksman
silvio@oksman.com.br
Organization:
metropole arquitetos
Role:
partner/architect
Country of residence:
brazil
Brief Description:
architect and schoolar on 20th century heritage, VP of the ISC20c I have a posdoc on architecture and places of memories
Simona Bravaglieri
simona.bravaglieri@gmail.com
Organization:
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Role:
Post-doc Research Fellow
Country of residence:
Italy
Brief Description:
I am a Post-doc Research Fellow for the project CHANGES - Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society, and Lecturer in Heritage Anthropology at the University of Bologna. My research focuses on cultural heritage and sustainability, critical heritage studies, sustainable tourism, active dissonance and resilience in communities in case of conflict or disaster. My PhD at the Politecnico di Milano in Conservation of the Architectural Heritage focused on the Cold War Heritage in Italy. I am interested in processes of re-activation of dissonances in neglected or politicized heritage, and its intersection with current challenges such as climate change and migration.
Simona Pinton
simona.pinton@hotmail.com
Organization:
UNIPD - Faro Venezia - Fondazione Venezia per la ricerca sulla pace
Role:
Adjunct Professor - Secretary General
Country of residence:
Italy-US
Brief Description:
To extend my knowledge and critical thinking on the subjects and to study how people, communities and institutions respond to that heritage
Simone Huijbregts
simone.huijbregts@rijksoverheid.nl
Organization:
Board of Government Advisors
Role:
Advisor architecture and urbanism
Country of residence:
Nederland
Brief Description:
The Board of Government Advisors is an independent advisory board which advises the Dutch government on spatial quality, upon request or at its own initiative. We are working on a guideline for dealing with dissonant heritage buildings for the Dutch Central Government Real Estate Agency.
Sophie Denoel
sophie.denoel@awap.be
Organization:
Agence wallonne du Patrimoine
Role:
General Inspector
Country of residence:
BElGIUM
Brief Description:
Inspector General at the Agence wallonne du Patrimoine (AWaP), Belgium. I work daily on heritage protection, restoration and cultural diplomacy. Deeply interested in dissonant heritage — how societies preserve what is painful, not glorious. Keen to develop concrete projects in Wallonia around dark sites and difficult memory. Looking forward to exchanging.
Tamar Gachechiladze
tata.gachechiladze.90@gmail.com
Organization:
Industrial Heritage Tbilisi
Role:
Co-Author
Country of residence:
Georgia
Brief Description:
Tamar (Tata) Gachechiladze (1990) is an architect and researcher working at the intersection of architecture, urban studies, and heritage research. Her work focuses on the social and cultural value of industrial buildings in post-socialist societies. She is a co-author of the research Industrial Heritage of Tbilisi.
Urte Evert, Dr.
urte.evert@zitadelle-berlin.de
Organization:
Museen Zitadelle Spandau
Role:
Museum director
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
As the director of the exhibition "Unveiled. Berlin and its Monuments" I became an expert on problematic objects like the dismantled political monuments as from the Nazi era and the GDR. My aim is to teach and learn and to reduce fear of change as well as the preservation and display of “toxic” objects such as Hitler busts.
Uta K. Mense
ukmense@proton.me
Organization:
-
Role:
-
Country of residence:
Germany
Brief Description:
Several research on unwanted heritage related to remainings of the German military in WW II and its further treatment and connotation in East- and West-Germany after 1945.
Vaidas Petrulis, Dr.
vaidas.petrulis@ktu.lt
Organization:
Kaunas University of Technology; ICOMOS ISC20C
Role:
Assoc. prof. and leader of WG on DH in ICOMOS ISC20C
Country of residence:
Lithuania
Brief Description:
Interested in DH as the head of the ICOMOS ISC20C DH Working Group, and as an academic resource for training professionals in master's studies on 20th-century architectural heritage (www.arurcohe.com)
Valeria Pica
valpica@gmail.com
Organization:
University d’Annunzio
Role:
Researcher
Country of residence:
Italy
Brief Description:
I’m a researcher on cultural studies with a vast experience in museum education and community engagement. I’m deeply interested in emotional sustainability and how people interact each other when working in the CCSs bringing together personal and collective interests, narrative, and expectations. Working with this reader h group, I’d like to deepen the dynamics behind narrative, memory, and identity of past and present stories.
Vytautas Jurkus
vytautas.jurkus@9fortomuziejus.lt
Organization:
Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum
Role:
Head of Educational Departament
Country of residence:
Lithuania
Brief Description:
Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum is today one of the largest monumental sites in Europe. This unique 50-hectare site is a memorial complex comprising a World War II mass murder site and a burial ground, as well as a memorial to Nazism victims.
The museum presents Lithuania’s traumatic experiences of the mid-20th century in an authentic space that allows visitors to engage with, learn about and better understand the significance of this important historical period. It is a place of serenity that goes beyond the passive presentation of cultural assets and aims to educate society and promote historical awareness through a variety of cultural activities.
