Astrid Swenson
Professor of European Historical Cultures at the University of Bayreuth
She received her Ph.D from the University of Cambridge and previously taught in Cambridge, London and Bath. She writes on the construction of heritage, memory and museums across borders in Modern Europe, and beyond. Her publications include The Rise of Heritage in France, Germany and England, 1789-1914 (Cambridge University Press 2013), From Plunder to Preservation: Britain and the Heritage of Empire (edited with Peter Mandler, Oxford University Press, 2013), and Art Looting and Restitution in the 20th Century (Special issue of the Journal of Contemporary History 2017 ed with Bianca Gaudenzi). She loves to explore and develop international and interdisciplinary approaches and has co-directed a number of research networks including on ‚Frontieres du Patrimoine‘ and ‚Sensory Cities‘. She currently works on a book on the impact of shifting borders on Crusader Heritages in the Modern Mediterranean
