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Every RELIC student follows a different mobility pathway during the first three semesters. Then, at the start of semester four, everyone comes together again in Cyprus for one of the programme’s most distinctive experiences, the Intensive Immersion Course. Hosted by the Cyprus Institute, this two week course is much more than a study trip. It is a practice based, collaborative learning experience where students work across disciplines and pathways to explore heritage in a con

Digital tools are transforming heritage work. They help us document, preserve, analyse, and share cultural materials in ways that were impossible a decade ago. At the same time, they raise difficult questions about power, access, ownership, and representation. In RELIC, this tension is part of the curriculum, especially during the Barcelona semester at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Students in the Spanish and English pathway explore digital heritage through a critica

Hannah Zondervan at the baptismal font from 1952. Photo: Jaap Schaaf A recent newspaper feature from the Netherlands highlighted a project that captures the spirit of RELIC very well: students from the University of Groningen researching religious heritage objects in the Dominican Church of Leeuwarden. The article presents a remarkable local collection of around 650 religious heritage objects, described as the largest collection of religious heritage in the Diocese of Friesla