The University Museum and the Making of Academic Heritage Insights from the Jagiellonian University Museum

00. Introduction: The Jagiellonian University as a Laboratory of Memory

Part 1-Making Academic Heritage (from the standpoint of a university museum)

01. Academic Heritage – Idea and Practice – Joanna Ślaga and Natalia Bahlawan

02. Academic Heritage in the Making. The case of the Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius – Joanna Ślaga and Natalia Bahlawan

03. Academic Heritage Design: Balancing Desirability and Feasibility – Magdalena Banaszkiewicz

Part 2 Dissecting Narratives

04. University Storytelling – Katarzyna Jagodzińska and John Beauchamp

05. The Dispute over the Statue of Nicolaus Copernicus in Collegium Maius – Artur Wójcik

06. Activism and Academic Heritage at the Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius – Marlena Nikody

Part 3 Highlighting the Unseen

07. The Organic Nature of Academic Heritage – Paweł Plichta

08. Experiencing the University Museum – Katarzyna Jagodzińska and John Beauchamp

09. Between Image and Identity. Managing the Heritage of the Jagiellonian University in the Context of a Historic City – Łukasz Gaweł

Part 4 Reimagining Academic Heritage across Europe

Biography

Katarzyna Jagodzińska is an art historian, museologist, and heritage practitioner. Assistant Professor at the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University, and curator of the public programme at the MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, former head of the Europa Nostra Heritage Hub for Central and Eastern Europe.

Joanna Ślaga is a cultural studies scholar and museum professional. Deputy Director for Research and Strategy at the Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius. She is actively involved in national museum networks and public outreach related to cultural heritage.

Magdalena Banaszkiewicz is an Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the Institute of Intercultural Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. She is a co-founder of the Critical Heritage Studies Hub and represents the Jagiellonian University in Una Europa’s Steering Committee for Cultural Heritage