HEI International Student Conference 2025

Welcome to HEI's annual International Student Conference!

This conference unites early career researchers in both formal and informal settings, providing a platform to explore the latest developments in the field of heritage studies.

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HEI: Heritage Experience Initiative has the pleasure of inviting to HEI’s International Student Conference 2025.

The conference will bring together students from archaeology, museology, conservation, cultural heritage studies and similar disciplines. The aim of the conference is to function as a platform where students can present their research to other students, discuss and gain new insights, and build international networks. 

We have opened for registration: https://nettskjema.no/a/550072 

  • All available seats have now been reserved. If you are keen on attending in person, you can send an email expressing your interest. We will keep a waiting list and inform you if a seat becomes available due to cancellations.

09:00 Registration

09:15 HEI, Unn Pedersen

09.20  Welcome, Kamilla Samuelsen and Teodor Stenberg-Jacobsen

 

Chair: Brita Brenna

09:30  Þóra Pétursdóttir, IAKH, Archaeological storytelling as genre in climate change action

Q&A

10:00  Keynote 1 Ingar Moen Johnsen, IAKH, Lands of the Anthropocene: The tension between heritage and memory politics on Svalbard

Q&A

10:20 Coffee break

10:40 Keynote 2 Eva Nilsson, IKOS, Object biographies: conservation and research

Q&A

11:10 Hedda Signora Bergraff Berggraf, IAKH, Wives or Objects? Mobility, Power and Female Burials from the Nordic Bronze Age

Q&A

11:25 Jadira Vanessa Segura, IKOS, From the ancient tones of the Andes to modern-day Chile: A living cultural heritage that continues to resonate with people across time, space and cultural boundaries

11:45 Iselin Sørensen, IAKH, Pseudoarchaeology in social media

Q&A

12:05 Lunch

 

Chair: Vibeke Viestad 

13:00 John McNicol, En hilsen fra IAKH

13:15 Maren Sættem Vestad and Anniken Øvrebø, IAKH, Vang stave church

Q&A

13:30 Keynote 3 Sofie Scheen Jansen, IAKH, Serving multiculturalism: Creating small wins through food events at Norwegian museums

Q&A  

14:00 Astrid Rudjord, IAKH, Archaeology and heritage in divided societies: looking at the role of archaeology in identities in Northern Ireland and Sápmi

Q&A 

14:15  Synne Vestby, IAKH, The relationship between cultural heritage management and urban development in Oslo and Trondheim

Q&A

14:30  Poster presentation MUSKUL students, IKOS

16:00  Discussion

16:30  Dinner

Tags: HEI, Heritage, student conference
Published June 26, 2025 4:26 PM - Last modified Oct. 21, 2025 5:57 PM