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Elsa Duval M.A.

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Personal Details:

Elsa Duval has a BA in History and Sociology from the University of Bielefeld and a BA in Archeology from Paris Sorbonne University. 2011-2012: she was a visiting fellow at Columbia University in New York. In 2012, she obtained an MA in Medieval History from Paris Diderot University and Bielefeld University. 2012-2013: French teaching assistant at Tamkang University, Taiwan. Lecturer in the European Languages and Transcultural Studies Department der UCLA in Los Angeles since 2019.
From 2013 to 2016 Elsa Duval has been a member of the academic staff of the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz in the project »Knowledge of the World – Heritage of Mankind« at the Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz.

Research Interests:

20th century Germany
Urban history
International organizations
Heritage conservation
Politics of history and diplomacy of culture.

Research projects:

European Heritage on a Global Stage: Aachen Cathedral, German Heritage Politics and the Beginnings of the UNESCO World Heritage List

The project "European Heritage on a Global Stage: Aachen Cathedral, German Heritage Politics and the Beginnings of the UNESCO World Heritage List" analysed the history of Aachen Cathedral as a World Heritage Site. It was part of the project "Knowledge of the World - Heritage of Mankind: The History of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage".

Knowledge of the World – Heritage of Mankind: The History of UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage

The research project investigated the origins of the UNESCO World Heritage program for the first time on the basis of historical sources. Taking the World Heritage program governance institution as a prism, it investigated the shifting structures, institutions and actors, perceptions and agency. In five subprojects, it provided new insights into "transformations" of statehood, society and politics, culture and nature, time and space, past, present and future since the 1970s.