Ladin Akcacioglu

My doctoral research examines the role of heritage during States of Emergency when the state acts outside of the ‘norm,’ a period when heritage narratives can be revised and re-materialized. Particularly, I am interested in understanding what happens in the realm of heritage policy and practice when a State of Emergency is declared after a disaster, through the case study of the 2023 Turkish Syrian earthquakes in southernmost Turkey. I recently completed an MPhil in Heritage Studies at the University of Cambridge. My MPhil dissertation, titled “Heritage Atmospheres: An olfactory approach to understanding the impact of the 2023 earthquakes in Antakya, Turkey,” examined the embodied dimensions of heritage loss following the 2023 Earthquakes in Antakya, Turkey