Challenges and Opportunities for EU Heritage Diplomacy in Ukraine

 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.

HER-UKR Website hosted by KU Leuven (HER-UKR PI)

• KU Leuven (Belgium) – Project Lead (PI)
• Kyiv Mohyla Academy (Ukraine)
• Uniwersytet Jagielloński (Poland)
• Universität Regensburg (Germany)
• Ilia State University (Georgia)
• Université de Lille (France)
• University of Tartu (Estonia)
• University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
• University of Kent (United Kingdom)
• Tufts University (United States)
• University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
• University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
• Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy (Ukraine)
• Univerzita Karlova (Charles University, Czech Republic)
• Södertörns Högskola (Sweden)

YEAR 1

HER-UKR WP5 YEAR 1 REPORT

Strategic communication of Ukraine’s heritage Year 1 Report: Key findings and policy recommendations 
By N. Chaban, S. Zhabotynska, and D. Kuznetsova (eds.)

YEAR 1 DISSEMINATION EVENTS

YEAR 2

HER-UKR WP5 YEAR 2 REPORT

Digital heritage diplomacy: Findings and Recommendations

By N. Chaban, S. Zhabotynska, D. Kuznetsova, N. Zemzyulina,  E. Bond, and S. Hill (eds.)

YEAR 2 DISSEMINATION EVENTS