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Sophie Starrenburg

@s-starrenburg.bsky.social
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Assistant prof of public international law in Leiden • cultural heritage, human rights & environmental law • previously LLM at Leiden & Cambridge, PhD at Leiden & postdoc at Tilburg • @s_starrenburg over on Twitter.

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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Just a few days left to submit your abstract!
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Kate Huber (she/her) @ecocritickate.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Join us May 7th to discuss heritage, environment, and justice @tilburguniversity.bsky.social! I will launch my book with a response from @lcollins232.bsky.social and host a roundtable with @mcorporaal.bsky.social @philpaiement.bsky.social @s-starrenburg.bsky.social & Wessel Ganzevoort. Register 👇
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ESIL IG on International Law of Culture @esiligculture.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Please join us next week for this event on MONDIACULT, co-organised with @asilorg.bsky.social's Cultural Heritage and the Arts Interest Group! Speakers include Beatriz Barreiro Carril, Jorge Sánchez Cordero, J.P. Singh, and UN Special Rapporteur Alexandra Xanthaki. www.asil.org/event/mondia...
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MONDIACULT and the Future of Cultural Policy: Cultural Rights in Global and Comparative Perspective | ASIL
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REPAIR @reparativefinance.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Had to post about this #restorativejustice #videogame..: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...
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Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums
Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Please join us for our pre-conference IG workshop in Málaga on 3 September. Interest Group workshops are a great way to get to know other scholars in your area of research, and the Annual Conference is always fun! If you have any questions about submitting an abstract - feel free to reach out.
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EJIL: Talk! @ejiltalk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Cultural Rights: The Case of Bonaire | by Flore Heinrich and Sophie Starrenburg
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Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Cultural Rights: The Case of Bonaire
On the 28th of January, the District Court of the Hague rendered its judgment in the case of Greenpeace v. the Netherlands. The case addressed the Dutch State’s mitigation and adaptation obligations t...
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Flore Heinrich and I have co-authored a blog on @ejiltalk.bsky.social on the recent judgment in the Bonaire case, focusing on how the District Court of The Hague approached cultural rights in the context of climate change and implications for future litigation: www.ejiltalk.org/climate-chan....
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Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Cultural Rights: The Case of Bonaire
On the 28th of January, the District Court of the Hague rendered its judgment in the case of Greenpeace v. the Netherlands. The case addressed the Dutch State’s mitigation and adaptation obligations t...
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Andrew Potts🏳️‍🌈 @andrewspotts.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Fascinating new ruling in the case of @greenpeace.nl vs Netherlands with the court holding that NL had not fulfilled its duty to adapt Bonaire to climate change & in so doing had discriminated against it, with the court drawing attention to the failure to plan to adapt Bonairean cultural heritage 1/
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Groundbreaking: the District Court in The Hague has just held that The Netherlands is in violation of articles 8 and 14 of the ECHR for failing to take (timely) climate mitigation and adaptation measures with respect to #Bonaire, in a case brought by #Greenpeace on behalf of the island's residents.
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Looking forward to meeting international law friends old and new at #ESIL2025!
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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Catherine O’Rourke is looking for a new (three-year) postdoc for her ERC project on the role of care in international law (deadline: 15 Sept). my.corehr.com/pls/dcurecru...
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Stichting Het Groninger Landschap @groningerlandschap.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Vacature: belangenbehartiger Waddenzee (3 dgn p/w) Zeven natuurorganisaties zoeken een strategische verbinder met hart voor natuur & beleid. Werk je graag aan thema’s als biodiversiteit, klimaat & kustontwikkeling? 👉 Solliciteer vóór 31 aug via: www.groningerlandschap.nl/vacatures
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Vacature: Belangenbehartiger met secretaristaken bij Coalitie Wadden Natuurlijk - Het Groninger Landschap
Draag jij de Waddenzee een warm hart toe en ben je een strategische verbinder met gevoel voor natuurbeleid? Dan zijn wij op zoek naar jou!
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Sophie Schuberth @sophieschuberth.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The ICJ "for the first time explicitly acknowledged the legal standing of all States in relation to obligations erga omnes (in the sense of Article 48(1)(b) ASR). Until now, the Court’s decisions on collective obligations had been confined to obligations erga omnes partes arising under treaties." 👇
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Lien Vandamme @lienvandamme.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This is SO important. The International Court of Justice affirms that the failure to phase out #FossilFuels can constitute an internationally wrongful act, giving way to #ClimateReparations for related harm. 🔥 Truly a new dawn for climate action and accountability. ⚖️ #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
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Mike Becker @mikebecker.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The #ICJ advisory opinion covers a lot: customary status of climate change-related obligations, what due diligence means for adaptation/mitigation measures, the impact of sea-level rise on statehood, what types of fossil fuel-related activities might constitute an internationally wrongful act. 1/6
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The 47th meeting of the World Heritage Committee is at UNESCO until 7/16, & is streaming live. Development, environmental & climate pressures & resilience are being discussed & new site nominations voted on. 🌏 #climateheritage #natureculture Docs & livestream here: whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/...
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47th session of the World Heritage Committee
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Priya Pillai @pillaipriy.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Hot on the heels of the advisory opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on 3 July confirming obligations on states, the International Court of Justice #ICJ Advisory Opinion #AO on #climatechange to be delivered on 23 July. One to watch!
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 27/06/2025
These beads are beautiful, and this trade wasn't just one-way! At Iron Age Hama, western Syria, amber beads have been found that were produced on the Baltic coast. (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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All the way from the Baltic: amber beads from an Iron Age grave at Hama, western Syria | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
All the way from the Baltic: amber beads from an Iron Age grave at Hama, western Syria - Volume 99 Issue 404
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Dr Deniz Ikiz @denizikiz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Interesting argument to revoke the WHS status of the Lake District - mass tourism and monoculture farming are indeed important threats to address to ensure biodiversity conservation and sustainable development for cultural landscapes www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Conservationists call for Lake District to lose Unesco world heritage status
Campaigners say designation promotes unsustainable sheep farming at expense of nature recovery and local communities
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
One of the best things about working in cultural heritage law? Our conferences have awesome field trips 😎 pictured: Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul.
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A reminder that our workshop on cultural heritage and climate change will be taking place next week! There are still some spots available, so do register if you would like to join the discussion.
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A reminder that our workshop on cultural heritage and climate change will be taking place next week! There are still some spots available, so do register if you would like to join the discussion.
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Abbie Yunita 🍉 @ayunita.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Join us in Leiden on May 16th for a workshop on heritage reparations! My contribution asks what Dutch water heritage looks like when viewed from Jakarta.
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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 26/04/2025
A significant part of the Sudan National Museum’s collections come from the UNESCO campaign of the 1960s and ’70s to salvage ancient artefacts from areas to be flooded for dams. The looting of those collections is the undoing of those efforts, writes Rennan Lemos
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The threat to Sudan’s cultural heritage | Apollo Magazine
Reports of looting at the Sudan National Museum were confirmed last month as government forces retook Khartoum. Rennan Lemos weighs up the potential losses
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
What a lovely story: “The 12 dadikwakwa-kwa shell dolls … have been given by the Indigenous Australian Anindilyakwa community to a UK museum on one condition – that children play with them once a year.” www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Indigenous Australian shell dolls let out for children’s play at UK museum
Twelve dadikwakwa-kwa given to Manchester Museum on condition they are not permanently kept behind glass
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 10/04/2025
Saying goodbye to tobogganing #ClimateEmergency
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Andrew Potts🏳️‍🌈 @andrewspotts.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The #AR7 report outlines adopted by @ipcc.bsky.social markedly expand coverage of culture & heritage -- but to realize that potential, the IPCC will now need authors & reviewers with culture expertise. Deadline: 17 April! Learn more: preservinglegacies.circle.so/c/haca-resou... #climateheritage
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Culture and Heritage in AR7 Action Alert | Preserving Legacies
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
🚨 Save the date! 🚨 Can we repair the loss of cultural heritage caused by climate change? On 16 May 2025, @gakturk.bsky.social and I are bringing together scholars and practitioners in Leiden for an interdisciplinary workshop. Programme and registration 👉 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20....
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An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate Change-Induced Damages
We are delighted to announce the upcoming workshop 'An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate-Induced Damages’, hosted with the support of the Leiden University F...
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
❗A reminder that the call for our workshop this September Berlin is open until this Friday - looking forward to receiving everyone's abstracts! ✨
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Anna Garnett @beketaten.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"The museum held an estimated 100,000 artefacts from thousands of years of the country’s history, including the Nubian kingdom, the Kushite empire and through to the Christian and Islamic eras." A desperate tragedy & shameful indictment #KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures
Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missing
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Just attended the excellent inaugural lecture of Ingrid Boas at Wageningen on the theme of climate mobilities. Lots of things which international lawyers can learn from by viewing movement as a result of climate change (whether of humans or non-humans) through this lens: www.wur.nl/en/newsartic...
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Andrew Potts🏳️‍🌈 @andrewspotts.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Green transformation & climate impacts can reorder/disrupt populations, intersecting with other social change. Excited to speak to heritage’s role at “EU Enlargement: Cultural Heritage as a Key Resource,” 3-4 April in Budva ME & online. 🔗 www.europeanheritagehub.eu/registration... #ClimateHeritage
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Register for the European Heritage Hub Forum in Budva, Montenegro
The third European Heritage Hub forum will take place in Budva, Montenegro, from 3-4 April 2025. This edition will focus on social transformation, highlighting the vital role of cultural heritage in f...
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Starting now! Link: uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/9467075836...
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
An amazing farewell lecture for an equally amazing professor who has shared his knowledge so generously with his students and colleagues over the course of his career (and has inspired and supported so many ECRs). Thank you Niels 🙏
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A reminder that the Call for Papers is open until this Wednesday!
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
A new CfP from the ESIL IG on the Law of Culture - this time on the theme of ‘progress’ in cultural heritage law. IG workshops are a great way to informally get to know other scholars in the field, so do apply! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Looking forward to organising this event @unileiden.bsky.social in May 2025 with Gül Aktürk Hauser: “An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate-Induced Damages”. CfP deadline on 14 March 2025: bit.ly/3WLubyc.
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Call for Abstracts: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate-Induced Damages - Leiden University
Climate change is dramatically impacting cultural heritage - both tangible and intangible - across the globe. This conference asks: what happens next? It does so by focusing on the overlooked issue of...
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ESIL IG on International Law of Culture @esiligculture.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Starting now!
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Spread the word! There is now a climate & heritage feed. Tag with #climateheritage for all things related to climate change impacts on tangible & intangible cultural heritage & what to do about it. 🏺🧪🗃️🌎 bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Looking forward to organising this event @unileiden.bsky.social in May 2025 with Gül Aktürk Hauser: “An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate-Induced Damages”. CfP deadline on 14 March 2025: bit.ly/3WLubyc.
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Call for Abstracts: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Heritage Reparations: Responding to Climate-Induced Damages - Leiden University
Climate change is dramatically impacting cultural heritage - both tangible and intangible - across the globe. This conference asks: what happens next? It does so by focusing on the overlooked issue of...
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Heritage researchers at Leiden University: next month there will be an informal event where we can get to know one another and pitch our research. Hope to see you there! www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...
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Mark Klamberg @klamberg.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Starter packs if you want to follow professionals, scholars and organisations in the field of public international law. go.bsky.app/9mPfGRg
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VidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸 @vidyakumar.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The African Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 14th Annual Conference, to take place October 17-18, 2025, in Maputo. The theme is: "Africa, Culture, and International Law." The call is here 👇🏾 www.afsilsadi.org
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About | The African Society of International Law
The African Society of International (AfSIL) is a network of practitioners, scholars, technocrats and students engaging with international law as practiced, implemented, and forged in Africa. The Society seeks in particular to...
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Rachel King @rachelking.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New publication out today! 🏺🗃️ This is my argument for an economic history of heritage-making in African states over the past 40 years, and how this speaks to themes like sovereignty, commodification of tradition, and (of course) the idea of usable pasts >>
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The Neoliberalisation of Heritage in Africa
Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - The Neoliberalisation of Heritage in Africa
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Lynda Albertson @sauterne.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Reposting Jason's list of people in the art crime field as I suspect we will have new additions after the recent Facebook announcement. ‪@chasingaphrodite.bsky.social has put together a strong list of people engaged in the heritage crime field and is a good list of folks for accurate information.
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The ESIL Interest Group on the International Law of Culture is now also on Bluesky - give us a follow in order to see what we are up to!
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Anna Saunders @annasaunders.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The editors of Völkerrechtsblog are calling for blog posts for the fourth 'Women in International Law' symposium - this year with a particular focus on women and armed conflict, but submissions on any topic are welcome. Deadline 3 February 2025. voelkerrechtsblog.org/call-for-pap...
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Call for Papers: Women in International Law Vol. 4
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Sophie Starrenburg @s-starrenburg.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Last year I was interviewed by Elien Doesselaere and Henrike Radermacher about my research - we had a wonderful conversation about the ups and downs of heritage protection. The results have just been published in Faro, a Flemish heritage magazine. You can check it out here: issuu.com/faronet/docs...
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faro | tijdschrift over cultureel erfgoed, 17(2024)4
Dossier Wallonië: hoe staat het bij de buren? / "Erfgoed is altijd politiek": interview Laurajane Smith / Onderzoek in erfgoedbibliotheken / Buurtgerichte erfgoedprojecten in trek
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Heike Krieger @heikekrieger.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Gentle Reminder: please submit your abstracts for the 20th Annual Conference of ESIL at FU Berlin until 31 January 2025!
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Paul Stewens @p-stewens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
So I'm aware that there's already an excellent #StarterPack on Cultural Heritage Law but maybe it'd be cool to have one dedicated only to art and cultural heritage crime with a wider disciplinary range: go.bsky.app/UtWmSRM This is work-in-progress, and I'm grateful to anyone who helps me grow it!
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