Researchers from the Data4UA project, which brings together partners from Latvia, Ukraine, Greece and Slovenia, invite you to online lectures on the preservation, research and restoration of cultural heritage under military threat. Particular attention will be paid to the role of society and higher education institutions in caring for Ukraine's cultural heritage since Russia's full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022.

A total of six lectures will take place, the upcoming ones on 17 September, 24 September, 2 October, 8 October, 15 October and 22 October at 16.00. The lectures will be in English (with a partial translation into Ukrainian) and will take place via the online platform Zoom. Everyone is welcome to attend, but registration is required in advance.

Upcoming lectures:

17 September, 16.00 - "University Museums' Challenges in Times of War in Ukraine", Polina Verbytska, Professor of the Department of History, Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage, Lviv Polytechnic National University, registration here.

24 September, 16.00 - "Institutional changes in Ukrainian universities and the development of curricula in cultural heritage management during the war", Svitlana Muravska, Associate Professor of the Department of History, Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage, Lviv Polytechnic National University, registration here.

2 October, 16.00 - "Cultural heritage at risk of conflict and war: human rights and democracy perspectives", Rita Grīnvalde and Elīna Gailīte, researchers at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, University of Latvia, registration here.

8 October, 16.00 - "On-site collection of wood properties data on cultural heritage site: Case study of castle Leskovec", Miha Humar, Head of the Department of Wood Pests, Wood Modification and Protection at the Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Ljubljana, registration here.

17 October, 16.00 - "Empowering cultural heritage management in Ukraine with Earth observation data and citizen science", Bente Lilja Bye, Co-Founder of Space4CC, Dr. Kateryna Boichenko, Researcher, Space4CC, registration  here.

21 October, 15.00 - "Microscopic techniques for the characterisation of archaeological wood", Angela Balzano, a Researcher at the Department of Wood Science and Technology Biotechnology Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, registration here.

After the lecture series, all online lectures will be available on the Data4UA youtube account.