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Durham Centre for Cultural Heritage Protection
The DCCHP builds on the expertise available in the Department of Archaeology in issues pertaining to cultural heritage protection, at a global scale. The centre seeks to give a clear focus for a wide range of active engagements in documentation and monitoring, training and knowledge exchange and the delivery of strategic resources in the field of heritage protection. The centre’s activities make full use of the range of skills available in Durham to work with a variety of partners, in the UK and internationally.
About DCCHP
Heritage is essential to our sense of identity and place in the world, but is more than ever
under threat from conflict, development and tourism, natural disasters, and climate change. As a result, archaeology sits at the heart of contemporary political and social debates. Inspired by
Durham’s own UNESCO World Heritage Site, a long tradition of archaeological fieldwork in the U.K., and internationally, and a broad and deep trajectory of heritage protection and training globally, we work to sustain and protect cultural heritage for future generations. We do this through documentation, research, training, and consultancy, and by seeking to understand how people across the globe engage with and respond to their own heritage and that of others.
Upcoming Activities
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6 December 2022 - Heritage partnerships SDG Workshop 1 - SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Speakers: Introduction by Dr Mark Manuel Kai Weise, President of ICOMOS Nepal and GCRF Doctoral Student Durham University Jane Gibson, Durham World Heritage Site Co-ordinator Dr Keir Strickland, Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University, Australia
https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/the_missing_pillar.pdf https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2453/1/ICOMOS_SDGs_Policy_Guidance_2021.pdf |
Time: 3.00PM UK
Format: Online via Zoom
Link: https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/j/91342132598?pwd=WEs2ZStpZ0tuMzVnY2JWYStSa2lzQT09
Meeting ID: 913 4213 2598 / Passcode: 114860
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| 25 April 2022 - Launch of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Endangered Archaeology: Using Remote Sensing to Protect Cultural Heritage in Persian (Farsi) and French (also available in English and Arabic) |
View the course in Persian (Farsi) View the course in French |
5 May 2022 - Conference - Value of Archives in Heritage Protection and DocumentationOrganised by Marta Diaz Guardamino, Kristen Hopper, Anna Leone, Graham Philip for the Heritage Partnerships and MaVis Research and Impact Groups
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Time: 10:00AM to 4:00PM UK Format: TBA Venue: TBA
Participants: Dr Pascal. Butterlin, Dr Michael Fradley, Dr Hopper, Prof. Leone, Prof. Asa Eger, Prof. Dell’Unto |
Find out more
Find out more about the Centre at the links below
People
Publications
Projects
Ancient Identities: Iron Age and Roman Heritages
Benchmarking the social and economic impacts of the tangible and intangible heritage of Middle Egypt
Co-Producing Tolerant Futures through Ancient Identities
Emergency Assessment of Threats to Heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA)
Heritage from Below. Drežnica: Traces and Memories 1941-1945
Heritage Without Borders
Lindisfarne: The search for the heart of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria
North-East Heritage Partnership
Partnership in Action: Training and Managing the Heritage of Libya and Tunisia
Post-Earthquake Rescue Archaeology in Kathmandu
Promoting the Protection of Heritage Sites in Nepal
REFIT: Resituating Europe’s first towns
Seismic Safety and Kathmandu’s Historic Urban Infrastructure
Sustaining Jordan’s Heritage and Cultural Identity
The Natal Landscape of the Buddha, Phase I: Lumbini
The Natal Landscape of the Buddha, Phase II: Tilaurakot
Training in Action: Heritage Preservation in Post-conflict North Africa