Courses and other educational opportunities on the ethics of heritage conservation
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Survey on Ethics of Heritage Preservation
The St André International Center for Ethics and Integrity is seeking to create an inventory of educational programs worldwide on the ethics of heritage preservation. We are particularly interested in learning about courses or course components on ethics that are part of degree programs in heritage preservation.
We have put together a short 15-question survey in an attempt gain as comprehensive an overview as we can. The survey will enable you to provide information about a degree program you are involved in yourself, but also to leave contact information for programs around the world you are familiar with and which we should hence approach to complete the survey as well.
You can access the survey here. Thank you
Courses
The ethics of cultural heritage
Free course
Coimbra University
Ethics of heritage
https://apps.uc.pt/courses/EN/unit/81503/16281/2025-2026
University College London – Cultural Heritage Studies MA
Heritage Ethics and Archaeological Practice in the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa (ARCL0199)
Cambridge University
MPhil in Heritage Studies
This graduate degree program includes several courses on heritage ethics
https://www.heritage.arch.cam.ac.uk/graduates/mphil
University of Oxford
Introduction to art and cultural heritage law and ethics
https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/introduction-to-art-and-cultural-heritage-law-and-ethics
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Heritage, Ethics, Politics and Community Archaeology (FM0500)
https://www.unive.it/data/course/338858/programma?utm_source=chatgpt.com
University of Malta
Conservation / Built Heritage – Conservation Principles & Ethics (BLH4023)
https://www.um.edu.mt/courses/studyunit/BLH4023?
Johns Hopkins University (USA) – Master’s in Cultural Heritage Management
The Protection of Global Cultural Heritage: Laws, Policies, Politics, and Advocacy (AS.465.710)
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs – Museum Practice & Heritage Management
Archaeology in the Public: Heritage Law, Ethics, and Community Engagement (ANTH 3180)
https://catalog.uccs.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=19&poid=5117#/usr/local/webroot/acalog-legacy/shared/htdocs_gateway/ajax/preview_course.php
Lectures
University of Hamburg
Handle with Care: Cultural Heritage and Ethics in Manuscript Studies
Short lecture series, we want to discuss considerations behind these ethical guidelines and examples from real life research with a wide range of scholars and students of UHH.