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Defending Art

Italy and the International Security of Cultural Heritage
21 January 2026, start time 08:45 - 16:30
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fZDBtwjkGJVDX3hw8
Economics Building, Via Inama 5, Trento
Conference Room "Alberto Silvestri" (via Inama 5, Trento)
Free – Registration required, Online – Registration required
Organizer: School of International Studies
Target audience: Students, UniTrento PhD students, Research Fellows, Researchers, Postdoctoral Researcher, UniTrento faculty, UniTrento Alumni, General public
Registration link: Registration Form
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Referent: Alessandra Russo
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Programme

 

8:45 Opening

 

9:00-10:00  Endangered Heritage in Contexts of Conflicts, Crises, Emergencies

Keynote speech

Krista Pikkat (Director of the Culture and Emergencies Entity, UNESCO): “The Protection of Cultural Heritage in Emergencies: UNESCO’s Interventions”

Chair: Alessandra Russo (University of Trento)

 

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

 

10:30-12.30 Panel 1 - Cultural Heritage Protection at Work: International, Regional and National Actors

Mathilde Leloup (Université Paris 8): “Cultural Heritage and Emergency Situations: New Tools in International Law” (ANR HUMANITIES)

Maddalena Cogorno (University of Florence): “Beyond Emergency: the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Contexts of Prolonged Crisis” 

Paolo Foradori (University of Trento): “Protecting Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict: The European Union and the Quest for Actorness”

Camilla Pagani (University of Trento): “Heritage Diplomacy: Case studies from non-Western Actors”

Chair: Francesca Capone (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa)

 

12.30-13:30 Lunch break

 

13:30-15.00 Panel 2 - Memory, Reconciliation, Rights

Christa Roodt (University of Glasgow): “The Interplay of Memory, Restitution, Reconciliation in the International Security of Cultural Heritage”

Giulia Perrone (Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria): “Safeguarding Digital Cultural Heritage under International Law”

Ludovico Carofano (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa): “Protecting Cultural and Natural Heritage When Territory Disappears”

Chair: Marta Stroppa (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa)

 

15.00-16.30 Final Roundtable “Practices from the Field” (ONLINE)

Shadia Abdrabo (National Museum of Sudan)

Fadel Al-Utol and Béatrice Blandin (Museum of Art and History, Geneva)

Vianney Basse (Aliph Foundation)

Gaianè Casnati (Centre for the Study, Preservation and Enhancement of Armenian Cultural Heritage - SIREH)

Fangyi Li (University of Edinburgh)

Isber Sabrine (Heritage for Peace)

Chairs: Paolo Rosa and Camilla Pagani (University of Trento)