Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape 2023 by Leanna Wigboldus and Elizabeth Brabec The Cultural Landscape of Khinalig people and the “Köç Yolu” Transhumance Route is a continuing cultural landscape situated in the Greater Caucasus Mountains of Azerbaijan.
Cultural Landscapes’ Critical Role in Responding to Climate Change
Celebrating the International Day of Monuments and Sites April 18, 2023, 9:00 EST, 13:00 UTC
2018 WUN Co-sponsored Symposium
WUN: Culture, Migration and Adaptation in a Rapidly Changing World Following on a successful Symposium in 2017, the Center partnered with the World Universities Network (WUN) again in 2018 to organize the Understanding Cultures Global Challenge Symposium on “Culture, Migration
IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016
In September 2016, the UMass Center for Heritage & Society paired up with US/ICOMOS to report on the Nature-Culture Journey at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Honolulu. The Nature-Culture Journey was a series of over 50 sessions at the
Nature & Culture: An idea whose time has come
Most great ideas that come along in society, bubble up under the surface, independently and in multiple locations, until suddenly there is a critical mass of people and organizations talking about the same thing. That is what has happened over
CHS Welcomes New Faculty Affiliate Samuel J. Redman
Samuel J. Redman is a historian working on issues surrounding heritage studies, public history, and oral history in the modern United States. He has a B.A. in anthropology and history from the University of Minnesota, Morris and a M.A. and