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[caption id="attachment_4419" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Jean-Pierre Houël, La prise de la Bastille, 1789, gouache, 50,5 x 37,8 cm, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France.[/caption]Type : ConférenceDate : 6 mai 2017Lieu : CambridgeFrom the French Revolution in the eighteenth century, to the communist revolutions in twentieth century Russia and China to the Arab Spring in the twenty-first century, heritage has been in the crosshairs of aspirations to change and utopian constructions of possible futures.This research seminar will explore the unique and complex relationship between cultural heritage and revolutions, two concepts with seemingly opposed temporal connotations.5 MAY 201718:00 – 20:00 Documentary Screening &#38; informal dinner Revolution ’67 - PBS documentary (90 min.), Bongiorno Productions6 MAY 20179:00 INTRODUCTION9:10 Dominique Poulot – The French Revolution and the Democratization of Heritage: Or the Parallel Inventions of Vandalism and HeritageChair: Mathilde LeLoup9:30 – 11:00 SESSION 1 – REVOLUTIONARY VANGUARDS IN RETROSPECT. Chair: Tom CrowleyAstrid Swenson – Out with the old? The role of revolution in the rise of heritageJulie Deschepper – Between past and future: the “heritage revolution” in RussiaHeonik Kwon – Shrine for displaced spirits: A heritage of the Vietnamese revolutionTom Stammers – The Homeless Heritage of the French Revolution11:00-11:20 COFFEE BREAK11:20- 12:30 SESSION 2 – BUILDING AND DESTROYING SOCIALIST PASTS. Chair: Margaret ComerFrancesco Iacono – Counter-revolution or why it is impossible to have a heritage of communism and what can we do about itMyroslava Hartmond – Where The Bodies Are Buried: A Comparative Study of Lenin Disposal in Post-Communist StatesLaura Demeter – Regime Change and Cultural Heritage Protection, a Matter of State Security12:30 – 1:00 Martha McGuinn – authentic.obj (Artist talk in the South Lecture Room)1:00 – 2:00 LUNCH2:00-3:00 SESSION 3 – MATERIALITY AND IMMATERIALITY OF REVOLUTION; Chair: Marie Louise Stig SørensenDr Lila Janik – Materiality of praxis and substance: a tangible witnesses to the Russian Revolution and the subsequent oppressionJohn Carman – Anarchist ambiguity: the past and creating a free societyMichael Falser – From Maoist Revolution to the Mimicking of UNESCO’s Cold War Diplomacy. The Khmer Rouge and the (Un)Making of Angkor/Cambodia as Cultural Heritage (1975-1990)3:00-3:45 SESSION 4 – EXHIBITING REVOLUTION. Chair: Johanna Zetterstrom-SharpDr. Jennifer E. Altehenger – Industrial Chinoiserie: China’s Pavilion at the Leipzig Trade Fairs in the 1950sFlaminia Bartolini – Entertaining Italy with Propaganda: The Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution in Rome4:15-5:00 SESSION 5 – THE ARAB SPRING: RECONCILING COMPETING VISIONS. Chair: Dacia Viejo RoseDr. Shadia Mahmoud – Museums and Cultural Heritage in Post-Revolution Egypt: Transformation and TransmissionDena Qaddumi – Confronting the Past for the sake of the Future: Cultural Heritage in Tunis5:00-5:30 DISCUSSION5:30-6:00 WINE RECEPTION7:00 DINNER