War and conflict

Below you will find a list of war and conflict related reading. The list is a work in progress and will be regularly updated. If you are aware of other resources you think are important and should be included then please feel free to email feedback@criticalreflections.org with your suggestions.

Bokova, I. (2021). UNESCO’s Response to the Rise of Violent Extremism. Los Angeles: Getty Publications

Bonaviri, G. M. and Sadowski, M.M. (2024) Heritage in War and Peace: Legal and Political Perspectives for Future Protection. Springer

Breen, C. (2023) Conflict, Cultural Heritage and Peace: An Introductory Guide. Oxon: Routledge

Clark, T. and Dunkley, M. (eds.) (2022) Cultural Heritage in Modern Conflict: Past, Propaganda, Parade. Oxon: Routledge

Cuno, J. (2022). Cultural Heritage and Mass Atrocities. Los Angeles: Getty Publications

Cuno, J., & Weiss, T. G. (2020). Cultural Heritage Under Siege. Los Angeles: Getty Publications

Emberling, G. and Hanson, K. (eds.) Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past. Chicago. Oriental Institute Museum Publications

Foradori, P. (2017) Protecting cultural heritage during armed conflict: the Italian contribution to ‘cultural peacekeeping’. Modern Italy 22, (1), 1-17

Frowe, H., & Matravers, D. (2019). Conflict and Cultural Heritage. Los Angeles: Getty Publications

Higgins, N. (2020) The Protection of Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflict: The Changing Paradigms. Oxon: Routledge

ICA, ICOM and ICOMOS (2024) Declaration on the protection of archives, libraries, museums and heritage places during armed conflicts and political instability

Legner, M. and Kreutz, J (2016) Heritage under attack: motives for targeting cultural property during armed conflict. International Journal of Heritage Studies 23 (3), 1-13

Lixinski, L. and Zhu, Y. (eds.) (2024) Heritage, Conflict, and Peace-Building. Oxon: Routledge

Luck, E. C. (2020). Cultural Genocide and the Protection of Cultural Heritage. Los Angeles: Getty Publications

Meskell, L. (2018) A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace. New York: Oxford University Press

Rosenblatt, A. (2015) Digging for the Disappeared: Forensic Science after Atrocity. Stanford University Press

Stone, P. and Bajjaly, J. F. (2008) The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq. Suffolk: The Boydell Press

UNESCO/ICCROM (2016) Endangered Heritage: Emergency Evacuation Heritage Collections. Paris: UNESCO

Viejo-Rose, D. and Stig Sorensen, M. L. (2015) Cultural Heritage and Armed Conflict: New Questions for an Old Relationship. In Waterton, E. and Watson, S. (2015) The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Heritage Research. Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan, 281-296

Walasek, H. (2016) Bosnia and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage. Oxon: Routledge

Walasek, H. (2019) Cultural heritage and memory after ethnic cleansing in post-conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina. International Review of the Red Cross. 101 (1), 273-294

Weiss, T. G. and Connelly, N. (2020) Cultural Cleansing and Mass Atrocities. Los Angeles: Getty Publications