The EduHub is the educational arm of the HeritageLab.
We believe in our responsibility towards the community and that our skills should be shared with those who can benefit from them the most. This section reflects our commitment to this mission statement through a series of articles written specifically for the HeritageLab EduHub by our core team of heritage professionals and art historians. Through our wide range of expertise, this section provides pedagogical tools for those interested in delving deeper into the fields of heritage documentation, community narratives, material culture, and museology, among others.
To demonstrate our commitment, these articles are freely available on our EduHub.
The articles and guides that comprise EduHub provide scholars, students, and teachers with pedagogical tools that enable a smooth introduction to central topics in the field of heritage studies.
We add content to the EduHub on regular basis.
If you have any comments or would like to contribute an article to the EduHub archive, please get in touch with the project Editor and Lead Writer, Dr. Alia Soliman
EduHub Call for Papers
EduHub call
To: Heritage and museum educators, PhD students, Senior researchers, Journalists, Heritage professionals, Art Historians, Archeologists
Project Synopsis:
Eduhub is a digital library operating under the CIE-Center for International Heritage Activities. The CIE is a non-profit organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
EduHub is a digital space where storytelling meets learning, making heritage accessible through clear, engaging, and educational content.
We are building an open-access resource bank that sparks curiosity and encourages heritage enthusiasts to connect with culture, history, and community in fresh and relatable ways.
We aim to provide learners with accessible reading material and educational resources that make heritage relatable to everyone, especially young audiences and beginners in heritage and museum studies.
Detailed Project Description:
Eduhub is an educational initiative which addresses a crucial gap in heritage education by creating materials that render cultural heritage both accessible and intellectually rigorous. The foundation it established—focusing on heritage relatability, material culture interaction, museum experiences, and everyday heritage recognition—provides essential literacy that enables learners to understand heritage as a living, dynamic force rather than static historical artifacts. This approach is particularly valuable because it democratizes heritage knowledge, moving beyond traditional academic gatekeeping to invite broader public engagement with cultural materials and practices.
The integration of contemporary debates adds critical depth to our foundational work. Topics like digitization and collection modernization reflect the field’s technological transformation and the ongoing tension between preservation and accessibility. Restitution and repatriation debates challenge learners to grapple with colonial legacies, ownership ethics, and the relationship between museums and source communities. Heritage erasure— whether through development, conflict, or deliberate cultural suppression—introduces questions about power, memory, and whose stories get preserved or forgotten. These nuanced discussions prepare learners to understand heritage not just as cultural appreciation but as sites of ongoing negotiation about identity, justice, and collective memory.
This balanced approach serves multiple audiences effectively. General learners gain practical skills for engaging with heritage in their daily lives while developing awareness of the complex forces shaping cultural preservation. Students and professionals benefit from materials that ground theoretical debates in accessible contexts, making specialized knowledge more approachable. By combining foundational engagement with critical analysis, your educational initiative can cultivate both heritage appreciation and the analytical skills needed to navigate contemporary challenges in museology and cultural preservation.
Call for Contributions:
EduHub invites educators, heritage professionals, students, writers, and creative thinkers to contribute original, accessible, and engaging educational articles that help audiences explore heritage in all its diversity while inspiring curiosity and understanding.
What Topics Can You Write About?
Eduhub welcomes contributions that lay at the intersection of heritage, art history, archeology, and museology. Below are some strands and threads that you can explore but we also hope you can surprise us. We welcome your creativity!
Core Themes:
- Exploring Heritage: Making sense of everyday heritage, monuments, and material culture.
- Museum Encounters: How young people can interact with museum collections and spaces.
- Storytelling with Objects: Uncovering the hidden stories of artifacts, crafts, and traditions.
- Cultural Practices: Introducing festivals, foods, and family traditions from different cultures.
Topical Debates:
- The digitization and modernization of collections: How technology shapes heritage.
- Repatriation and restitution: Why some objects are returned to their places of origin.
- Heritage erasure and loss: Understanding why some heritage disappears or is destroyed.
- Sustainability and heritage: Protecting heritage for future generations.
- Community voices in heritage: Who decides what is preserved and shared?
- Heritage between past and future: situating contemporary citizens at the heart of heritage experiences Contributor Guidelines: Write with Purpose: Start your article with a clear learning goal. What is the relevance of this topic to today’s reader. Accessible, Storytelling Style: Keep the tone friendly, inclusive, and beginner-friendly—like an encyclopedia entry that tells a great story. Avoid heavy academic language. Keep it Concise:
Word count: 1200-2000 words. Focus on clarity and engagement. Add Visuals: Every article should have relevant images: personal photos, museum collections, or open-access visuals. Offer Learning Tools and further readings: You may attach worksheets, simple guides, or activity prompts for teachers and learners to explore the topic further. Why Contribute? - Be part of a platform dedicated to inclusive heritage education.
- Share your passion with young learners across the world
- Build your writing portfolio in heritage communication.
- Contribute to and foster an open-access learning culture
- Get published within one month of your final submission How to Submit:
- Email your article draft or topic proposal to the project Editor and Head of Education Outreach at the CIE, Dr. Alia Soliman at alia.soliman@heritage-activities.nl
- Subject line: “EduHub Article Submission: [Your Topic]”
- Include: a short bio (50 words) and 1–2 sample images.
- Rolling submissions—send anytime!