University of Gothenburg
Centre for Critical Heritage Studies (CCHS)

Centre for Critical Heritage Studies (CCHS)

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Welcome to the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies (CCHS) at the University of Gothenburg. Cultural heritage is the reworking of the past in the present. We are devoted to critical and interdisciplinary studies of the many layers of cultural heritage as a material, intangible, emotional and intellectual field. CCHS operates as an inter-faculty research centre at the University of Gothenburg.

CCHS activities are framed in research themes and the Heritage Academy - a platform for, and collaboration with, external actors as museums, archives, NGO's etc.

Centre for Critical Heritage Studies aim to be an open, dynamic research environment with an international outlook, and we invite collaboration.

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Events and latest news

Collaboration award to CCHS coordinator Jenny Högström Berntson
Högström Berntson is awarded the Humanities Faculty's Collaboration Award 2024. The award aims to recognize employees'…
Conference
Heritage Fair 2024
Event in Swedish
CFP
TEHIC Final Conference on Heritage Interpretation 2025
The Erasmus+ TEHIC project announces the open call for contributions to its final conference, “Training and…
CCHS event series
More information and links to events in the CCHS open event series. Welcome!
Cultural heritage and sustainable development (CULTSUS)
Research, teaching and cooperation about and for sustainable development and cultural heritage are central to the vision of…
Podcast
Podcast The Practice of History: Dig Where You Stand
In this episode we sat down in conversation with the two editors who brought the translated volume to life: Astrid von Rosen…
Latest publication in the CUP Elements series on critical heritage studies
Heritage Making and Migrant Subjects in the Deindustrialising Region of the Latrobe Valley

News, social media and podcasts

Dissemination
A selection of CCHS's publications, videos, podcasts can be found here.
Sign up for CCHS Newsletter
Podcast in Swedish on food and heritage
Podcast in Swedish on food and heritage: Matarvspodden
CCHS:s poddar
Podcast: Inside the Box
Podcast by the Centre for Critical Heritage Studies and the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg, in collaboration with…
CCHS Newsletter 3, 2024
Social media
CCHS Facebook
Social media
Heritage Academy Facebook
Heritage Academy Newsletter 2, 2024 (in Swedish)

Research and organisation

Research
Centre for Critical Heritage Studies (CCHS) is a cross-disciplinary, cross-faculty research centre at the University of…
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About us
CCHS organisation
The CCHS is a university cross-disciplinary research centre. The CCHS leadership group is supported by the Executive group,…

CCHS associated projects

TEHIC
EU project TEHIC #TEHIC is an #ErasmusPlus project that aims to create a standardised training curriculum & training…
Archaeological Coastal Heritage: Past, present and future of a hidden…
The HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Doctoral Network (2024–2027) ArCHe trains 10 doctoral candidates in…

Meet CCHS researchers and affiliated PhD students

Research story/portrait
Studying the historical memory of a war
Meet Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, PhD student in history at the Department of Historical Studies and affiliated to the Centre for…
Research story/portrait
Meet CCHS researcher Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist
Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist is based at the Department of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg and teaches, among…
Research story/portrait
Meet CCHS researcher Elisabeth Punzi, psychologist
Elisabeth Punzi is a clinical psychologist, and senior lecturer in psychology at the Department of Social Work. She is also…
Research story/portrait
Meet CCHS researcher Håkan Karlsson, archaeologist
Håkan Karlsson, professor of archeology at the Department of Historical Studies, has been active at the Centre for Critical…

Cooperation

The centre is a hub for many different collaborations within academia and with external stakeholders. CCHS hosts two podcast series together with external partners.

Cooperation
Centre for Critical Heritage Studies collaborate with academic institutions and the heritage sector both on national and…
CCHS:s poddar
Inside the Box - podcast on heritage
Inside the Box is a podcast and conversation series devoted to the multifaceted area of cultural heritage. Together with…
Cooperation
Heritage Academy
The Heritage Academy aims to be a bridge between the academic world and the surrounding society in line with the University…
Kulturförvaltningen, Västra Götalandsregionen
CCHS:s poddar
Matarvspodden - Podcast about culinary heritage
A podcast in Swedish concerning the many forms and layers of culinary heritage.

CCHS 2023 -

CCHS is a cross faculty centre at the University of Gothenburg.

Faculty of Humanities
The Faculty of Humanities is the place to explore humanity’s existential questions. Here, we teach and conduct research in…
Faculty of Education
The education offered by this Faculty is directed at several areas within Education, for example learning and teaching among…
The Faculty of Science
Welcome to our scientific world that includes everything from the smallest particle to the largest galaxies. Feel free to…
Faculty of Social Sciences
One of the faculties with most international students at the University of Gothenburg.
The Artistic Faculty
The Artistic Faculty at the University of Gothenburg is Scandinavia's largest Academy of Arts with an internationally unique…
School of Business, Economics and Law
Welcome to the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg! Here you will find research and…

CCHS and UGOT Challenges

The Centre for Critical Heritage Studies, CCHS, was a partnership between the University of Gothenburg (UGOT) and University College London (UCL) during 2016-2022. Our research clusters have been established both at UGOT and UCL. CCHS was funded via the UGOT Challenges initiative 2016-2022.

Research partner
London's Global University
The Centre for Critical Heritage Studies is a partnership with the University College London (UCL) and our research clusters…
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