Centre for International Heritage activities - CIE - Centrum Internationale Erfgoedactiviteiten

Academic knowledge is the fundament for many heritage programmes. However, in the practice of the executive phase of a program it often plays a minor role.
CIE strives for more coherence between the research phase and the executing phase of a project, because a connection between field and university strengthens both the practical input as well as the academic output. Therefore, CIE supports scientific research programs with universities and other relevant institutes and participates in university programs on international heritage.

Activities
The research project of the Avondster was the instigator for further research in other areas. The CIE has chosen to place her new research activities in a theoretical framework that can best be defined as ‘the Material Culture of the European Expansion’. From 2009 we are intensifying our relation with the University of Leiden through lecturing and coordinating activities in the field of international heritage cooperation. Future activities will be the development of an academic framework for Historical Archaeology of the European Expansion.