Events
Take a look at the upcoming and past events from the Heritage Institute here.
Coming soon
Heritage Institute affiliates day and inaugural seminar, Tuesday 28 January
Heritage Institute affiliates update event, 2pm
This session will report on the Institute's activities so far; explain the benefits of affiliation and introduce plans to appoint new roles to champion heritage research across their four research pillars.
This event offers an opportunity to think about how your work aligns with the Heritage Institute's objectives, share ideas, and identify ways we can support each other's activities.
Inaugural seminar with Dr Martin Goffriller, 4.30pm
Then from 4.30pm, come along to the SOTA library again to hear from Dr Martin Goffriller who will be delivering a talk on Archaeology and built heritage of the Lower Syr Darya, Kazakhstan, for the Institute's inaugural lecture in their new seminar series.
Dr Goffriller is an archaeologist and heritage management practitioner His academic and professional career is marked by extensive work in the preservation and management of cultural heritage, with a particular focus on Spain, the Middle East and Central Asia.
The event includes a networking session with refreshments from 4.30pm and the talk itself will begin at 5pm.
You can book a place here.
Past events
Heritage Institute Launch event 18th September 2024.
Venue: The Blue Coat, School Lane, Liverpool
Read about the launch of the Heritage Institute here.
Targeting Beauty: Ukrainian heritage in crisis
15 March 2024
Professor Ian Kuijt guest lectures with a first-hand account of travels around Kyiv and Chernihiv, illustrating the destruction on the ground, and discusses the complexity of understanding and assessing the destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage, both material and immaterial.
Heritage keynote lecure 2022: Creating a Wondrous Place
In June 2022, the University of Liverpool was honoured to welcome Karen O'Rourke, Curator of Urban and Community History at National Museums Liverpool, as she presented the annual Heritage Keynote Lecture.
Heritage keynote lecture 2021: Paul Boniface, Secretary of the National Trust
In his talk 'People & Places: The History, Properties and Personalities of the National Trust', Paul charted the history of the National Trust from the end of the nineteenth century to the current day, explaining the charity’s mission and how it has responded to the changing conservation challenges and concerns of different generations.
Future plans
- Annual public lecture & talk series
- Heritage Alliance of the New Silk Road (HANSR) roundtable & events
- Impact projects (10 for REF2021)
- Aga Khan Award for Architecture
- Getty Conservation Institute initiatives