people

Meet members of the Heritage Hub group

Katrina Navickas

is director of Heritage Hub.

She promotes local and regional history and heritage research and has expertise in community co-production and Lottery Heritage Fund grant applications.

Rosa Chalfen

The Heritage Hub welcomes our new Policy and Community Engagement Officer, Rosa Chalfen.

Rosa Chalfen is working to expand the Hub’s networks of local heritage organisations, community history groups, and policy makers in cultural and creative sectors.

You can contact Rosa at uh.heritage@herts.ac.uk

Owen Davies

is Professor of Social History and runs the MA Folklore Programme. Prof Davies co-founded Heritage Hub in 2010.

Prof J Morris

is Professor of History and runs Heritage for Business.

Sue Davies headshot

is a Lecturer at the 91心頭’s Business School with a special interest in the management on non-profit organisations. Before joining the University in 2021 she worked in the heritage sector for several decades.

Andrew Green

Andrew Green is Senior Research Fellow and runs the Oral History Team.

Grace Lees Maffei

is Professor of Design History and Director of DHeritage, the Professional Doctorate in Heritage. She is co-editor with Prof Rebecca Houze (Northern Illinois University, USA) of  (Routledge).

Howard Berry

is  Principal Lecturer and Head of Post-Production for the Film and Television degrees in the School of Creative Arts. He directs the Film Heritage strand.

Steven Adams

is Associate Dean Research in Creative Arts

Sam George

is Associate Professor Research in English Literature.

Susan Parham

runs the and is particularly interested in the placemaking aspects of heritage.

Deirdre O'Neill

is senior lecturer in film.

Kaja Franck photo of face

is a lecturer in English Literature and the Programme Leader for the MA: Literature & Culture. Her interests include the Gothic, fictional monsters and monstrous animals, and she is a co-founder of the research project .'

Charlotte Holloway is Head of Impact at the University Research Office

is Head of Humanities Research

r is  Head of Department of Humanities

is  Senior Lecturer in Film and Media

is Senior Lecturer in Media

is  Senior Lecturer in Film and Television

is part of the Centre of Research in Professional and Work based learning

s Senior Lecturer in History and Folklore

is Reader in History

Our research associates include:

Liz Currie - currently taking a PhD in History and research assistant for Heritage Hub and the Research Office

Dr Barbara Wood - associated research fellow and DHeritage graduate

Fabian Hiscock - Oral history team member and MA History graduate

We have a lively cohort of DHeritage students and graduates working in professional heritage across the UK and world. Read about the DHeritage cohort's work on the Director's blog:

Fabian standing in front of table for HARVEST project

Our community, heritage and local authority partners include:

  • Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS)
  • Welwyn-Hatfield Museums service
  • St Albans museums service
  • St Albans Abbey archives
  • Hertfordshire Cultural Education Partnership (HCep)
  • Dacorum Heritage Foundation
  • Dacorum Borough Council
  • Stevenage museum and cultural forum
  • Smallford railway heritage
  • British Schools Museum Hitchin
  • Three Rivers council
  • Letchworth Garden City heritage foundation

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