2023-2026
Jean Monnet Network (Policy Debate)
Supported by Erasmus+, European Commission
KU Leuven in Belgium (PI), the Kyiv Mohyla Academy in Ukraine, the Uniwersytet Jagiellonski in Poland, the Universität Regensburg in Germany, Ilia State University in Georgia, Université de Lille in France, Tartu University in Estonia, the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, the University of Kent in the UK, Tufts University in the US, the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Bohdan Khmelnitskyy University of Cherkasy in Ukraine, Univerzita Karlova (Charles University) in the Czech Republic, and Södertorns Hogskolan in Sweden.
Professor Natalia Chaban (Lead), PD-PCF UC/ UC Department of Media and Communication
Professor Paul Millar, School of Humanities and Creative Arts
Dr Christopher Thomson, UC Arts Digital Lab
Dr Geoffrey Ford, UC Arts Digital Lab
The project HER-UKR: Challenges and opportunities for EU heritage diplomacy in Ukraine will address the role of cultural heritage in the EU’s external action. A consortium of 15 universities will bring together interdisciplinary expertise on EU foreign policy, Eastern European memory politics and heritage practices. HER-UKR aims to explore the potential of the EU as a values-based actor in heritage policies by focusing on three subtopics: 1) EU cultural heritage diplomacy for promoting democracy and European values; 2) conflict prevention with focus on contested heritage; 3) protection and reconstruction of heritage.
HER-UKR will use the principles of engagement of the 2021 EU concept on cultural heritage in conflicts as a framework for the case of Ukraine, where cultural heritage remains highly contested. The project’s objectives are to 1) stimulate research on EU heritage diplomacy; 2) promote excellence in teaching on EU heritage diplomacy; 3) pool expertise on heritage policies in East Central Europe; 4) provide European policymakers with solid research expertise for engaging constructively with Ukraine’s cultural heritage field; 5) monitor new tendencies in cultural heritage policies; 6) develop dissemination tools that increase the impact of the project. The objectives will be implemented through 8 work packages.
PD-PCF UC team, led by Professor Natalia Chaban, in collaboration with Professor Paul Millar (the School of Humanities and Creative Arts) and Dr Christopher Thomson and Dr Geoffrey Ford (UC Arts Digital Lab) and colleagues from the Cherkasy National University (Ukraine), is responsible for Work Package 5 Strategic Communication.
