Marija Kamber

Marija Kamber is a heritage lecturer and researcher specialising in cultural heritage governance, politics and policies. She holds a PhD in Heritage Studies from the University of Kent, where her doctoral thesis examined cultural heritage discourse in Europe through the activities of the Council of Europe - the subject of her book Council of Europe's Heritage Discourse: Critical Perspective on the History, Policy, and Politics of European Heritage. She also holds a Master of Arts in Heritage Studies (University of Kent/AUEB) and a Master of Economics (University of Rijeka, Croatia). Marija currently teaches at Sciences Po Paris (Campus de Reims), where she convenes courses on Heritage Policies and Governance, and at Syracuse University's Strasbourg campus, where she teaches a course on the politics of cultural heritage preservation. Her research interests span post-conflict heritage, dark and dissonant heritage, decolonisation of heritage practices, and the UNESCO World Heritage System. She has published on dark heritage tourism in Sarajevo and presented her work at major international conferences including the ICOM General Conference and the European Association of Archaeologists annual meeting. Beyond academic teaching and research, Marija has been actively engaged with international heritage organisations. She participated in ICCROM's First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis course and contributed to the Peacebuilding Assessment Tool for Heritage Recovery and Rehabilitation (PATH). She is currently directing two summer field schools - one on Heritage Management in Athens and one on dissonant heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina - and serves as a coordinator for the Council of Europe projects at The Heritage Management Organisation.