PEACE - ProtEcting Art in situations of armed Conflict and Emergency

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Deadline for Registration

July 27th 2025

Period
15th -19th September 2025

Learning objectives  

The Seasonal School will introduce participants to the urgent topic of the protection of cultural heritage, relying on an interdisciplinary approach. The seasonal school will provide the participants with an overview of the legal framework governing the protection of cultural heritage in situations of armed conflict and emergency, as well as with a thorough analysis of the international relations’ perspective, combining also history, archaeology, religion and gender studies.  

Teaching methodologies 

Students will find an interactive and cross-disciplinary learning environment that will combine frontal lectures with the analysis of case studies (Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Mali, Sudan, Ukraine). The participants will be required to actively participate in the group discussions, in-class activities and exercises that will be proposed in the course of the seasonal school. 

Target participants 

Undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students from different backgrounds (e.g. law, political science, life sciences and engineering) who are interested in understanding the legal, political and diplomatic underpinning of the protection of cultural heritage in situations of armed conflict and emergency. 

Coordinator and key teaching staff 

Coordinator: Francesca Capone 

Key teaching staff: Emanuele Sommario, Lorenzo Gasbarri, Marta Stroppa, Francesco Paolo Levantino,  Ludovico Carofano, Alessandra Russo, Paolo Rosa, Paolo Foradori 

SDGs (https://sdgs.un.org/goals) 

4, 5, 16