The 2024 Conference “Religious Heritage in Transition: Challenges and Solutions” programme will start with a day of study visits on Sunday 22 September (optional), followed by two days of presentations and exchange on Monday, 23 September and Tuesday, 24 September.
More information about the speakers here.
SUNDAY | 22 SEPTEMBER 2024 (Study visits)
On 22 September we invite you to an afternoon of study visits to explore Krakow’s vibrant religious heritage. The walking tour will start at 14.00 and last 3 hours. Sites will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
19:00 | Informal dinner with conference attendees and speakers (at participants’ own expense) (Restaurant TBC)
MONDAY | 23 SEPTEMBER 2024
Venue: Galicia Jewish Museum (Dajwór 18, 31-052 Kraków, Poland)
8.00 | Registration
9.00 | Official institutional welcome
1st SUB-THEME: RESILIENT HERITAGE
Moderated by Susanne Urban, Head of Research and Information Department of Antisemitism, University Marburg and Chair of the FRH Conference Committee
10.00 | Keynote presentation by Nazar Kozak, Senior Researcher at the Department of Art History in the Ethnology Institute (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)
10.30 | Audience Q&A
10.45 | Coffee break
11.15 | Presentation by Romas Jakubauskas, Head of the Sunni Muslim Religious Centre in Lithuania
11.25 | Presentation by Lucia Conte Aguilar, post-doctoral researcher at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
11.35 | Presentation by Patty Wageman, Director of the Groningen Historic Churches Foundation
11.45 | Poster presentation by Sare Nur Avcı, Architect from Bilkent University and Master’s studies at Kadir Has University, Istanbul.
11.50 | Audience Q&A
12.30 | Lunch
2nd SUB-THEME: SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
Moderated by Jennie Hawks, Founder of the Building Crafts and Conservation Foundation and member of the FRH Communications Committee
13.30 | Keynote presentation by Serena Napoletano, member of La Paranza Social Cooperative
14.00 | Audience Q&A
14.15 | Presentation by Karl-Magnus Melin, carpenter/craft researcher and doctoral student at the University of Gothenburg. ICOMOS wood expert member
14.25 | Presentation by Lilian Grootswagers, President of the FRH Advisory Board and Director of erfgoed.nu
14.35 | Presentation by Adam Klups, Care of Churches & Diocesan Advisory Committee Team Leader and Senior Church Buildings Officer at the Anglican Diocese of Gloucester, United Kingdom
14.45 | Poster presentation by Ana Souto Miebach, Communications Consultant and Content Creator specialising in marketing and media for church organisations
14.50 | Audience Q&A
15.05 | Coffee break
15:30 | Presentation by FRH Working Groups
15.45 | FRH Photo Competition 2023 award ceremony
16.00 | Summary and conclusions of the day
16.30 | End of day 1
19.00 | Conference dinner
The conference dinner will take place in the Galicia Jewish Museum. It will be enlivened by a musical performance by “Klezmorim” a local band playing klezmer (a traditional genre of Ashkenazi Jews from Central and Eastern Europe).
TUESDAY | 24 SEPTEMBER 2024
Venue: Galicia Jewish Museum (Dajwór 18, 31-052 Kraków, Poland)
3rd SUB-THEME: DIGITAL FUTURES
Moderated by Peter Aiers OBE, 34th Master and Chief Executive of the Charterhouse in London and member of the FRH Council
10:00 | Keynote presentation by Marc Grellert, managing director of Architectura Virtualis
10.30 | Audience Q&A
10.45 |Coffee break
11:15 | Presentation by Joseph Elders, CBA(Hons) MA PhD, freelance professional specialising in religious heritage
11.25 | Presentation by Andrew Sneddon, Senior lecturer in International History at Ulster University and Victoria McCollum, Director of Development and External Partnerships and Senior Lecturer Cinematic Arts at Ulster University, Derry
11.35 | Presentation by Borja Fernández Gutierrez, Camino Aplicación
11.45 | Poster presentation by Daria Belkouri, Research Assistant/Architect/ARB at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment
11.50 | Audience Q&A
12.30 | Lunch
4th SUB-THEME: QUALITY OF LIFE
Moderated by Silvia Aulet, researcher in spiritual and religious tourism at the University of Girona and member of the FRH Conference Committee
13.30 | Keynote presentation by Melanie Kay Smith, Associate Professor and Researcher at Budapest Business University
14.00 | Audience Q&A
14.15 | Presentation by Kevin Griffin, School of Hospitality Management and Tourism at Technological University Dublin
14.25 | Presentation by Senada Demirović Habibija, President of the Urban House IDEAA in Mostar
14.35 | Presentation by Bernabé Moya, Botanista and international expert on Monumental Trees, Mature Forests and Biodiversity
14.45 | Poster presentation by Paul Ariese, Senior Lecturer and PhD Researcher Religious Heritage, Reinwardt Academie
14.50 | Audience Q&A
15.05 | Coffee break
15.30 | Religious Heritage Innovator of the Year 2023 award ceremony
16.00 | Summary and conclusions of the conference
17.00| End of the conference
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