Recent publications

International Law and Cultural Heritage

The Oxford Handbook of International Cultural Heritage Law

(2020) Oxford University Press, edited by Francesco Francioni and Ana Filipa Vrdoljak.

The 2003 UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention: A Commentary

(2020) Oxford University Press, edited by Janet Blake and Lucas Lixinski.

2021 ASIL book prize winner

Culture and the Pandemic

(2021) International Journal of Cultural Property.Special issue, vol.24, no.1

‘Culture is the essence of being human.’

(UNESCO, 1970)

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

The UNESCO Chair and UTS supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart and its implementation in full.

Read more