Anna Demetriou

Anna Demetriou is a PhD candidate in Cultural Heritage, pursuing a cotutelle between the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Bologna. Her research, entitled “UNESCO and Cultural Heritage in Conflict: Dispersion, Restitution, and Protection of Cypriot Cultural Heritage (19th– 21st century)”, examines the circulation, protection, and restitution of Cypriot cultural heritage, with a focus on the aftermath of the 1974 conflict. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history of art and archaeology from the University of Western Brittany in Quimper and a master’s in museum history of museums and cultural heritage from Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. During her first year of the PhD, she completed the “Delphine Lévy University Diploma: Access to Art and Heritage – Tools and Research.” Her postgraduate work includes studies on the restitution of Cypriot cultural goods, including three religious artefacts, and on the effectiveness of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee, illustrated through the Bogazkoy Sphinx and the Parthenon Sculptures.