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David Lowenthal Memorial Symposium

4 October 2022

A Memorial Symposium celebrating the work and life of Professor David Lowenthal was held at the Royal Geographical Society in London in September.

Beverley Butler (UCL Institute of Archaeology), co-organiser of the David Lowenthal Memorial Symposium (Sept 2022)

The special event,聽jointly organised by Eleanor Lowenthal and Beverley Butler,聽focused on David Lowenthal's significant contributions to different academic disciplines: Geography and Landscape studies; Cultural Heritage as well as聽Caribbean Studies.听

The Cultural Heritage session consisted of presentations on David Lowenthal's foundational influence on this domain and comprised of the following papers/ speakers:

  • 'The Past - What's New?', , UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures, Linnaeus University Sweden
  • 'Heritage Questing with David Lowenthal',聽 Beverley Butler, UCL聽Institute of Archaeology
  • 'The Past is Taxiang (other places): Responses from an early-career East Asian Lowenthal reading group',, Kings College London

A final afternoon session offered a space for friends and family to share more personal memories of David.听

The event was supported by the UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies and .听