Transcultural Diplomacy and International Law in Heritage Conservation: A Dialogue Between Ethics, Law, and Culture

Olimpia Niglio is a Professor in Comparative History of Architecture. She is currently appointed by Hokkaido University, Japan, and a scholarship holder at Korea Foundation, Republic of Korea. Since 2012, she has been a Research Fellow at Kyoto University's Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, She has been a Professor at Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano and also at International School University of Ibagué, Colombia. She studied at the University of Naples Federico II where she obtained her PhD, Executive Master at Business School Sole24ore and Post Ph.D (Miur) in Conservation of Architectural Heritage. She is the director of EdA Esempi di Architettura International Research Center, is a member of the International Committee Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS ) and Vice president of Asian Cultural Landescape Association (ACLA). Eric Yong Yoong Lee is the President of YIJUN Institute of International Law, as well as Professor of International Law at Dongguk University, in Seoul, South Korea. He is also Distinguished Adjunct Professor at Shandong University of Technology's School of Law. Dr Lee obtained his AB (political science) and MPA (public policy) from the University of Washington and Seoul National University, respectively. He continued studying international law at Leiden University for his LLM, and completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Peter Malanczuk at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. An analyst of international law based on international relations, Dr Lee is an expert in international organization, international dispute settlement, and inter-Korean relations.