ISH 10th Anniversary, 2001-2011

In 2011, CSH celebrated its tenth anniversary with a programme of events. The Centre for Sustainable Heritage was launched on 1 March 2001 as an interdisciplinary research and teaching team. A decade later, the Centre has grown substantially in numbers and research projects, and now offers two Masters teaching programmes, an annual guest lecture programme, and boasts the UK’s first Heritage Science laboratory.

The tenth anniversary programme included a variety of events celebrating different areas of the Centre’s successes, including the MSc in Sustainable Heritage, its innovative Heritage Science Laboratory, and its international collaborations and research networks. The events were attended by international policy-makers, heritage professionals and academics, the next generation of heritage leaders as well as senior UCL academics.

Professor May Cassar, Director of the Centre, says, ‘It would not be an overstatement to say that the link between sustainability and cultural heritage which is common place today, was first mooted by the Centre. Over the last decade we have striven, through work with our partners, with our research and teaching and in our discussions with policy makers, to strengthen the link between evidence and decision-making at all levels. While curiosity is what ignites the spark of all our endeavours, our intentions are practical – to give a sustainable future to cultural heritage in all its manifestations.’

Programme of Events