Cultural Heritage in Peace and Conflicts
Course, Master's level, 5KV706
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Spring 2026
Spring 2026,
Visby, 100%, On-campus, English
- Location
- Visby
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 23 February 2026–29 March 2026
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university
- Selection
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Higher education credits (maximum 285 credits)
- Fees
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If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 12,500
- Total tuition fee: SEK 12,500
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2025
- Application code
- UU-00303
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 26 January 2026–15 February 2026
- Information on registration from the department
Spring 2026
Spring 2026,
Visby, 100%, On-campus, English
For exchange students
- Location
- Visby
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 23 February 2026–29 March 2026
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
-
A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 26 January 2026–15 February 2026
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
This course provides an introduction to the social implications of cultural heritage during and after conflicts. For the purposes of the course, conflict is defined as a strong disagreement between parties in society, and as a struggle originating in incompatible needs.
You will study the meanings and uses of cultural heritage before, during and after violent conflicts. In conflicts, monuments, museums and other heritage institutions do not just become targets. They have often been used for ideological and state-building purposes long before an intra-state or interstate conflict reaches a violent stage. When international actors intervene in post-conflict development, it is often with the aim to use heritage to help promote a more tolerant, inclusive and peaceful society, but such instrumental aims may be obstructed by existing group identities, notions of heritage, poorly planned interventions and other factors.
The course deals with the complexity of heritage in conflicts as well as with the possibility of using it to promote peaceful and sustainable development. You will not only be introduced to the problems associated with heritage in conflict areas, but also to practical and technical interventions on sites with the constructive aim of preserving them or giving them new functions.
Contact
- Director of Studies Erika Weiberg
- erika.weiberg@antiken.uu.se
- +46 18 471 62 38
- Study administration at Campus Gotland, Carina Dahlström
- studieadministration-cg@uu.se
- +46 498 10 82 34