Transcultural Diplomacy and International Law in Heritage Conservation

Olimpia Niglio is a Professor in Comparative History of Architecture. She is currently appointed by Hokkaido University, Japan, and a scholarship holder at Korea Foundation, Republic of Korea. Since 2012, she has been a Research Fellow at Kyoto University's Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, She has been a Professor at Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano and also at International School University of Ibagué, Colombia. She studied at the University of Naples “Federico II” where she obtained her PhD, Executive Master at Business School Sole24ore and Post Ph.D (Miur) in Conservation of Architectural Heritage. She is the director of EdA Esempi di Architettura International Research Center, is a member of the International Committee Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS ) and Vice president of Asian Cultural Landescape Association (ACLA). Eric Yong Yoong Lee is the President of YIJUN Institute of International Law, as well as Professor of International Law at Dongguk University, in Seoul, South Korea. He is also Distinguished Adjunct Professor at Shandong University of Technology's School of Law. Dr Lee obtained his AB (political science) and MPA (public policy) from the University of Washington and Seoul National University, respectively. He continued studying international law at Leiden University for his LLM, and completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Peter Malanczuk at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. An analyst of international law based on international relations, Dr Lee is an expert in international organization, international dispute settlement, and inter-Korean relations.

• Preface.- Acknowledgement.- Introduction.- Chapter 1 Structure of the research.- Chapter 2 Transcultural diplomacy and international law.- PART I: HERITAGE AND CULTURE.- Chapter 3 Academic disciplines as Transcultural heritage: In defence of culture as cultivation.- Chapter 4 Octagon – The Quest for Wholeness.- Chapter 5 Ecclesiastical Heritage as Human Right.- Chapter 6 Curzio Malaparte’s War Novels in Poland: Then and Now.- Chapter 7 A living heritage. The Villa E.1027 by the sea .- Chapter 8 Jitiya: Tharu Inherence to Eco-Culture.- Chapter 9 Importance and perspectives of natural heritage, in Romania.- Chapter 10 A relationship between Plants and their Hindu and Buddha cultures: An analysis Ficus religiosa (Pipal).- PART II: HERITAGE AND LAW.- Chapter 11 International Legal Instruments as a means for the protection of Cultural Heritage.- Chapter 12 International and European obligations to protect Cultural Heritage in Belgium.- Chapter 13 Cultural Heritage in International Law: (Still) Looking for a Definition? The Taxonomy of Cultural Heritage Across the Spectrum of UNESCO Conventions and Beyond.- Chapter 14 Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs), holder communities and conflicts with central States: policies for the recognition of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and intellectual property (IP) regulation.- PART III: HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY.- Chapter 15 Cultural Diplomacy in India: Dispersal, Heritage Representation, Contestation and Development.- Chapter 16 Algeria and its heritage: Inventory of the various heritage policies, from the pre-colonial to colonial and post-colonial times