Kerstin Stamm

Kerstin Stamm, is an art and architectural historian, based in Berlin. Her central research interest are the international history, theory and practice of heritage conservation. Within this field she is interested in questions of (collective) identity, notions of a (common) cultural heritage, and the idea of cultural memory. Further related work topics of Kerstin‘s are urban studies and a critical history of art history as a discipline/science. Kerstin has worked inter alia for ICCROM in Rome, was scientific assistant at the Technical University Dortmund, and for the Brandenburg State authority for heritage conservation. Her publications include Europa. Eine Fallgeschichte! (ed., Berlin 2016), “The blind spot. Heritage discourse in the European Cultural Heritage Year 2018 “ (essay, 2019), or “The stones of Rome. Urban conservation, urban development” (essay, 2015). Kerstin is an ardent supporter of the Faro Convention as well as of the European Manifesto for Multiple Cultural Affiliation. Following the conference, she will start working as officer for heritage funding at Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz.