By Kaat Van Son o bring more attention to heritage landscapes on the fringes of highly developed areas, I present the case of De Ruige Heide in northern Antwerp, Belgium, which I will refer to as the “Rough Moors” from here on. In a fragmented…
When: 11-14 October 2022 Where: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam What: networking, training, workshopping and agenda setting on Cultural Heritage and Spatial Planning, Democratisation, Inclusivity, Migration, Multicultural…
Save the date: 12, 13, 14 October 2022. You are invited to the Heriland international conference on Cultural Heritage and Spatial Planning
Heriland Handbook Launch at VU Amsterdam Heriland, in collaboration with ICCROM, is pleased to announce the launch of The Heriland Handbook: Training the Next Generation of Heritage and Landscape Professionals.This milestone publication marks a key outcome of the Heriland European Doctoral Programme, offering a forward-looking…
Rebecca Saats, an ESR in the Heriland project based at the University of Gothenburg, defended her thesis successfully! In her thesis, she delved into the concepts of ‘Care’ in heritage studies, particularly with an interest in the place-identity, place branding, and heritage conservation. Here is an…
On October 22, 2025, two Heriland Early Stage Researchers reached an important milestone in their academic journeys. Maciej Jakub Świderski (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and Tinatin Meparishvili (Newcastle University) successfully defended their PhD theses before examiners and supervisors, marking another proud achievement for the Heriland network.…