Our next discussion of the Transylvania Lectures series will explore how Transylvania's various ethnic communities have historically contributed to the region's rich cultural heritage and how they continue to shape it today. We will explore the ways in which this diverse legacy fosters dialogue, cooperation, and mutual understanding among the communities living in the region. The conversation aims to highlight effective communication strategies about this shared heritage to promote stronger intercultural connections. 

Participants: 

  • Graham Bell is the director of the UK-based NGO Cultura Trust and the Hungarian Renaissance Foundation. He is part of Europa Nostra Board, the Executive Committee of the European Federation for Architectural Heritage Skills, chair of the The Bakelite Design Trust and one of the founder members of the Climate Heritage Network. He is also member of a range of international heritage organisations including ICOMOS, Europeana Network Association, and IMPACTOUR. At a European Union level, he is part of the European Commission’s “Voices of Culture” Working Group and was a participant of the European Commission’s Expert Group on Digital Cultural Heritage and Europeana. He was the UK national coordinator during the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018. He is one of the founder members and a current member of FRH’s (Future for Religious Heritage) Advisory Board. 
  • Csilla Hegedüs, president of Transylvania Trust, received 2 Europa Nostra prizes: for the Rimetea Heritage Conservation Project and for the International Built Heritage Conservation Training centre at Bánffy castle, Bonțida. As minister of culture, she initiated the National Limes project - frontiers of the Roman Empire, included this year in the Unesco world heritage list. In 2021 as state secretary, she designed the Attractive Romania project, where over 260 historic buildings are restored and promoted. She was Board member of Europa Nostra, and for 10 years jury member of the European Heritage Label. 
  • Dr. Radu Albu-Comănescu, lecturer at the Faculty of European Studies, Babeș-Bolyai University, whose work focuses on promoting dialogue between ethnic communities through cultural heritage. He is a member of the advisory board of the Rațiu Forum at the London School of Economics; associate of the think-tank Visegrad Insight in Warsaw. He is active in various international NGOs and Romanian public policy think-tanks. Deputy Director of the Institute of International Relations and Area Studies at the BBU.

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