Welcome

Welcome to the 17th newsletter of the Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage (MACCH). MACCH is a transdisciplinary research centre that brings together economic, legal, (art) historical, philosophical, sociological and practical expertise in the fields of arts, culture and heritage.

In this newsletter, we share, amongst other things, new transdisciplinary research projects on the topics of heritage landscapes and born digital heritage. We’re also very happy to highlight the inaugural speech of prof.dr. Lars van Vliet on restitution and the PhD defense of Ellen Hardy on arts subsidies, to introduce our new MACCH colleague Kulsoom Malik and showcase a new publication in the Springer Book Series ‘Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market’, by Joanne Dingwall McCafferty.

Kind regards,
dr. Claartje Rasterhoff, Managing Director

On behalf of the MACCH Steering Committee:
Dr Lydia Beerkens, Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL)
Dr Joop de Jong, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University
Prof Rachel Pownall, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University
Prof Nico Randeraad, Social Historical Centre Limburg (SHCL)
Dr Claartje Rasterhoff, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University 
Dr Christoph Rausch, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University
Dr Vivian van Saaze, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University
Prof Hildegard Schneider, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
Prof Lars van Vliet, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
Dr Donna Yates, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University