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DrMelathi Saldin

(she/her)

Lecturer In Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • Lecturer In Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • +61 3 924 45463 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

I am an archaeologist and critical heritage scholar with over a decade of academic and professional experience working in Sri Lanka and Australia. My research examines the relationship between difficult heritage, local communities and cultural resilience. I am an International Member of ICOMOS and Co-Chair of the Sri Lanka ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage. I co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction (2023).

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Lecturer In Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies
    Deakin University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

MEDIA

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DEGREES

  • PhD, Heritage Studies
    Deakin University, Burwood, Australia30 Mar 2015 - 23 Mar 2021
  • Master of Philosopy, Archaeology
    University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka5 Feb 2008 - 8 Apr 2013
  • BA (Hons), Archaeology
    University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka3 Feb 2003 - 7 May 2007

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Sinhala; Sinhalese
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Malay
    Can speak and understand
  • Tamil
    Can understand

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Heritage, archive and museum studies
  • Studies of Asian society

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences

AREAS OF EXPERTISE