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Past Projects

Explore some of our past research projects.

To learn more about the Centre for Heritage's past projects, click on their profiles below. 

Illuminations

A project exploring ways to establish a medieval church as a cultural venue and heart of the community.

WallCAP

A community archaeology project at Hadrian’s Wall.

Plural Heritages of Istanbul

A study of the cultural heritage of the Land Walls of Istanbul.

Critical Heritages (CoHERE)

An exploration of how identities in Europe are constructed through heritage representations and performances connected to ideas of place, history, tradition, and belonging.

Cultural Heritage in Landscape (CHiLaT)

A project to develop landscape characterisation methods to address environmental and social challenges.

PICH

A heritage research centre project focused on how urban planning and governance reforms can impact on historic built environment and intangible cultural heritage.

Cultural Heritage Through Time

A project to develop products to visualise landscape change over time.

You Can't Move History

A collaborative project to engage young people in cultural heritage. This involved four UK universities, the film-making collective BrazenBunch, and the campaign group Long Live Southbank.

Mapping Contemporary Art

An exploration of the contemporary art landscape of UK heritage sites.

Universities at War

An investigation of First World War stories associated with Durham and Newcastle Universities.

Amazing Archives

An education outreach project that engaged North East schools with local heritage.

Dementia and Imagination

An investigation of the impact of visual arts activities for people living with dementia.

Active Ageing and Heritage in Adult Learning

An exploration of the impact of open-air museums on older people with memory problems.

Northern Heartlands

A community engagement project to establish one of the UK's Great Places.

The 'Wild Man' Game: Engaging Young People with Heritage

A project to develop tools to enhance young people's engagement with heritage and the historic built environment, resulting in a game app called 'Wild Man'.

Reconstructing Han Identities

An exploration of the Hanfu movement in contemporary China.

Expanded Interiors

A project bringing contemporary fine art practice to Roman houses at Herculaneum and Pompeii.

Our World Heritage

A project to renew and reinforce heritage protection for the next 50 years, building a global network that can promote our cultural and natural heritage.

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