Prof. Ivan Murin and Kestutis Zaleckis in the RSA Annual Conference: Global Challenges, Regional Collaboration and the Role of Places" have presented the joint research “The Cognitive Frames Modeling as an Approach to Analyze a Place Transformation from Attractors and Selectionist Theory: Case Kaunas” conducted by the international team of the project “Heritage in Depopulated European Areas”.
19 June 2024
In May 2024 HerInDep team togetehr with students from the Charles University's Faculty of Humanities has visited Krkonoše region. The focus of the stay was the question of post-war forsed resettlement of ethnic Gemans from the region.
31 May 2024
Andrew Jennings and Andrew Lind recently organised and ran the UHI Institute for Northern Studies International 6th St Magnus Conference in Lerwick, Shetland.
20 April 2024
We are happy to announce that HerInDep is going to paticipate on the RSA's Annumal 2024 Conference: Global Challenges, Regional Collaboration and the Role of Places.
1 March 2024
This week as part of the HerInDep: Heritage in Depopulating European Areas project, Andrew Jennings, from UHI Shetland and Andrew Lind from UHI Orkney welcomed the researchers from Prague and Lithuania to a workshop in Lerwick, Shetland to the extraordinary cultural event - UpHellyAa.
6 February 2024
HerInDep opens a call for paper for the International Journal of heritage Studies.
The special issue will focus on interdisciplinary heritage science and targets the question how demographic instability – mainly depopulation – affects cultural transmission, and considers means for the safeguarding
cultural heritage.
9 January 2024
HerInDep was introduced by Andrew Lind at the recent Northern and Arctic Island Studies Research Thematic Network workshop held in St. John's, NL, December 7-8. Co-organized by Andrew Jennings, the workshop brought together 30-some researchers and students, in-person and online, from around the North Atlantic to strategize a research agenda for the coming year. The group discussed a number of themes, including:
18 December 2023
Shetland Heritage Association, the Shetland community partner in HerInDep, led the first of its series of workshops, which it is holding together with Shetland Amenity Trust, throughout the isles on Saturday 28th October between 1.45 – 3.45pm at the Bressay Heritage Centre, on the island of Bressay.
28 November 2023
In November 2023, the HerInDep research team is going to meet again, in a joint study visit in Kaunas, Lithuania. We are going to discuss the ongoing research, held a workshop with local stakeholders, and participate in a guided tour in the study area.
12 September 2023
