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The Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre (HGC) is home to a collaborative group of critical and creative researchers who engage with heritage.
Join us for this week’s YOHRS lecture with Dr Chris Andersen from the University of Alberta. Chris will present on Nov 20th, 1-2pm in the
Huntingdon room (K/122) of King’s Manor, about:

A Preposterous Exhibit: Imagining Métis Wartime Heritage at the Imperial War Museum
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
HGCRC Artist-in-Residence, Henna Asikainen, is exhibiting at the Shieldfield Centre, Newcastle. NewBridge Project presents Lintukoto, a sound installation by Henna. HGCRC are working on getting Lintukoto to the York Festival of Ideas in 2026, so if you can’t make it to Newcastle watch this space…
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
We are pleased to announce that the first three episodes of the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre Podcast Series are now available on SoundCloud and Spotify! You can find links to each here: www.hgc.hosted.york.ac.uk/heritage-for...
Podcast Series – Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre
www.hgc.hosted.york.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just hit "publish" on a new Centre blog post on the Sycamore Gap tree, written by PhD student, Ben Davenport, and Research Fellow, Tanja Hoffmann. Enjoy! www.hgc.hosted.york.ac.uk/the-life-and...
The life and loss of the Sycamore Gap tree – Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre
www.hgc.hosted.york.ac.uk
October 10, 2023 at 10:51 AM