UNESCO

Cornelius Holtorf visited the Leverhulme Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre established in 2022 at the University of York, UK. All the Centre’s work “begins from the premise that there is an urgent need to develop new ways of thinking about and managing heritage.”

The Leverhulme Centre is housed in the historic King’s Manor building and led by Professor Emma Waterton (centre) and Dr Hayley Saul (right).

During the morning, Holtorf met 14 researchers at the Centre to discuss their ongoing research. Later gave a lecture entitled “Decolonising the Future: From Preserving Memory across Generations to Sustaining the (Re-)Generation of Memory” for a combined physical and digital audience of around 50 (5-6 March 2026).