FRH TALKS | Building a Future in Religious Heritage: Challenges and Opportunities for Young Researchers and Professionals

Nurturing talent in religious heritage

We are delighted to invite you to a new FRH Talk in which we will present our recent publication “Building a Future in Religious Heritage: Challenges and Opportunities for Young Researchers and Professionals“. This document, produced by the FRH Young Professionals and Researchers Working Group, provides a comprehensive analysis of career barriers as well as a set of actionable recommendations to equip young professionals with the necessary skills, knowledge and opportunities to build a successful career in cultural and religious heritage.

This online session will feature Jana Žarković and Vanesa Menéndez Montero, both members of the working group, who will guide us through the key-findings as well as the proposed toolkit to nurture talent in the field of religious heritage. The session will kick off with an introduction by Samidha Pusalkar, chair and coordinator of the working group, and a member of the FRH Scientific Committee. At the end there will be an open exchange on the document and the vital role that  young scholars and practitioners play in preserving, understanding, and revitalising religious heritage across Europe.

This event will take place on 19 March from 12:00 to 13:00 CET.

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Jana Žarković

Jana Žarković is an art historian and cultural anthropologist born in Belgrade, Serbia. Jana has been a curatorial assistant at Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF) for four years, and has worked as Multimedia Coordinator at the Youth Initiative for Human Rights and as a PR, Communication and social media manager at Civic Initiatives. As a curatorial Assistant, she has participated in curation and creation of various exhibitions, mainly revolving around Islamic and Western Religious art, and particularly in the area of applied arts. She is an active member of multiple cultural and heritage organizations. Jana has been a member of the Young Professionals and Researchers Working Group since 2024. Her main interestes are in the areas of cultural policy, applied arts, and cultural heritage management.

Vanesa Menéndez Montero

Vanesa Menéndez Montero (Madrid, 1994) is a postdoctoral researcher in International and European Law at DynamInt, Humboldt University of Berlin. She is an expert on cultural heritage law and its intersections with human rights law and international criminal law. She collaborates with artists and NGOs in various jurisdictions to explore the legal challenges to the protection of culture. She is an active member of ESACH and FRH, having taken part in the Young Professionals and Researchers Working Group since its inception in 2024.