Heritage in War and Peace - Legal and Political Perspectives for Future Protection

This edited collection, which brings together nearly fifty authors from across the globe and various disciplines, makes a valuable contribution to the field of conservation, covering a wide range of topics regarding the protection of heritage in times of war and peace. Uniquely linking the two typically separate perspectives, the book builds on the wealth of discussions that took place during the 2021 and 2022 installments of the international 'Heritage in War and Peace' Seminars held in Rome and Montréal, respectively.

Issues explored in the volume include but are not limited to questions surrounding the protection of contentious heritages, unsustainability of the current dichotomic cultural/natural heritage protection frameworks, digitalization of heritage, place of heritage in military conflicts, use of heritage by armed non-state actors, indigenous peoples' relationships with heritage, the intersection of intellectual property (IP) law and heritage, human rights matters linked to heritage protection, and the latest case studies surrounding restitution.

Given its scope, the book will be of particular interest not only to practitioners and conservation specialists but also to academics and students in the broader social sciences and humanities, and to all those who hope to preserve our heritage for future generations.

Gianluigi Mastandrea Bonaviri is a Professor of Diplomatic and Consular Law at the University of Bologna and collaborator of the Chair of International and European Diplomatic and Consular Law at Sapienza. He joined the ranks of the diplomatic career in March 2016 and served as Deputy Chief of the Human Rights and United Nations Office at the Directorate General for Political Affairs and Security of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Since February 2021, he has been First Secretary at the Embassy of Italy in Cairo. He has a Master in Diplomatic Studies at the Italian Society of International Organisations and a PhD in Public, Comparative and International Law from La Sapienza University. He is an expert in international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international criminal law, cultural heritage, humanitarian diplomacy and cultural diplomacy.

Miroslaw Michal Sadowski is a Lecturer in Legal Theory at the School of Law, University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland; Affiliated Researcher within the 'Mnemonic Reality' project at the Centre for Global Studies, Aberta University in Lisbon, Portugal; Postdoctoral Fellow at CEBRAP - Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning in São Paulo, Brazil; and Research Assistant within the 'Memocracy' project at the Institute of Legal Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. In 2023 he obtained a Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) title from the Faculty of Law, McGill University, in Montréal, Canada. He is an expert in law and memory studies, cultural heritage law, Central and Eastern European studies and the law of Hong Kong and Macau SARs. He serves at the Board of the Richard Wagner Society of Wroclaw, Poland.