Explore some of our current projects.
To learn more about the Centre for Heritage's current projects, click on their profiles below.
Campus Legacies aims to research, understand and reconcile the colonial heritages of Newcastle University. Find out more about this project which is led by the Centre for Heritage Co-Directors and Professor Annie Tindley (School of History, Classics & Archaeology).
The Cessation of Volunteering project will explore how older volunteers (aged 65+) and volunteer managers negotiate transitions out of a particular volunteering role and the impact that this can have in the lives of both volunteers and volunteer managers.
Museums are in a moment of change - the idea of what a museum is, who it is for and why it does what it does needs to be considered more carefully, as the institution repositions itself within contemporary social and cultural dynamics of democracy. Photo: Eckersley 2023
A seminar series exploring LGBTQ+ identity and how it connects to cultural, political, and critical ideas around who we are.
An exploration of how heritage issues affect military and post-military landscape sites.
An example of local resources being used to create a community-based curriculum for primary schools on the theme of Ancient Greece.