Geopolitics of Heritage: debates on memorialisation of the past

Who decides what is heritage? Whose history is represented? How is heritage used to support political goals? How do international disputes affect cultural property and historical sites? How communities remember, repair, and renegotiate uncomfortable pasts?. All these questions underline how governments, international organisations, and communities read heritage (understood in both tangible and intangible forms)as a practice related to political identity, territory, diplomacy, and power relations. Monuments, archaeological sites, museums, traditions, oral memories and historical narratives are shaped by political power and international relations. In this panel, we welcome papers addressing theoretical and applied dimensions of heritage, advancing understanding of its role as both a product and a driver of human agency, international agendas, geopolitical dynamics, and diplomatic engagement.