Art, Heritage, Diplomacy and Global Conflicts (DHP-H230)

Spring 2027 · DHP H230 · Tufts University · 3 credits · Undergraduate

From antiquity and into the present, conflicts of all kinds have impacted art and heritage. Objects of art and visual culture have been destroyed, looted, or reinterpreted; monuments and sites have been targeted or have sustained collateral damage; and archives and collections have been threatened. This course explores the impact of conflicts (especially armed conflicts) on art and heritage through explorations of particular case studies ranging from Greek, Roman, and medieval conquests, the Byzantine iconoclastic controversies, the Napoleonic campaigns, the World Wars, and more recent conflicts in the Balkans, the Middle East, Armenia, and Ukraine. In addition to documenting, understanding, and analyzing instances of destruction, the course engages with the layered meanings of art and heritage (both tangible and intangible), the ideological motivations behind the destruction or protection of certain objects and monuments in times of crisis, preservation and reconstruction efforts, the legal and ethical aspects of cultural property in global conflicts, as well as the opportunities and challenges of heritage diplomacy today.

Course codes: DHP-H230

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