Heritage Research Group Seminars
The Cambridge Heritage Research Group (HRG) meets regularly in term-time for discussions on the theme of heritage. The program includes talks by invited speakers as well as members of the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre. Forthcoming talks are also advertised on our Events Page.
Seminars are open to all students and staff and the general public.
If you would be interested in speaking or would like more information please email the Seminar Series Coordinator William Wright.
Lent Term 2026
All Seminars take place in the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Seminar Room on Thursdays, 13:00-14:00, unless otherwise specified below
29 January
Living Status and Millenary Fisherman: Uses of Heritage during the Venezuelan Crisis
Dr. Oliver Antczak, CHRC, University of Cambridge
5 February
Participatory Encounters in Prestigious Institutions
Molly Stock-Duerdoth, Fitzwilliam Museum and University of Leicester
12 February
Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia: Critical Reflections
Dr Rebecca Roberts and Professor Cameron Petrie, University of Cambridge:
*TUESDAY 17 February
Cultural Heritage in Conflict-Related Recovery: Planning and Practice in Ukraine
Dr Dora Merai, University of Newcastle
26 February
Re-reading Power and Memory: The Ife Sacred Forests and Osugbo in the Era of Mining and Colonial Sculptural Economies
Oluwasola Obisesan, University of Edinburgh
5 March
Red Dirt Nationalism: A Discourse Analysis of the US Country Genre’s Mobilization of Dirt, Soil, and Land in 21st Century Lyrics
Dr Camille Westmont, University of Alabama
19 March
Materialising Myth: Mórẹ̀mí, Monumental Politics, and the Struggle for Narrative Authority
Akeem Adagbada, University of Cambridge