International Heritage

Rodrigo Christofoletti works at the interface between History and International Relations with a focus on cultural heritage. He is leader of the research group Cnpq - Heritage and International Relations. Researcher at LAPA - UFJF Heritage Laboratory and collaborator at CITCEM - Transdisciplinary Research Center "Culture, Space and Memory" at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (FLUP). He completed a mobility internship (Post-doctorate) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (2023-2024) and is a professor of Cultural Heritage in the History course at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF) where he also teaches in the Postgraduate Program from the same university. He has experience in the area of political history and cultural assets with an emphasis on Cultural Heritage, working mainly on the following themes: heritage and soft power; cultural goods; illicit trafficking in criminogenic cultural goods and collectibles and world heritage.

• 1 Soft Power and Heritage.- 2 Digressions on Cultural Diplomacy.- 3 International Trafficking in Cultural Objects.- 4 Interoperability as a Preservation Tool.- 5 Return and Restitution of Cultural Goods.- 6 Heritage of Humanity, World Heritage and Common Heritage.- 7 The Deep Roots of the Long-Lived UNESCO.- 8 Documents That Have Shaped UNESCO's World Heritage.- 9 Natural Heritage.- 10 Tourism Phobia.- 11 Lusophony as Heritage.- 12 UNESCO Memory of the World.- 13 Welcome as Soft Power.- 14 Symbols, Statues and Functions of the Past.- 15 From Aswan to Cairo.