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LYNX is the Center for the Interdisciplinary Analysis of Images, Contexts, Cultural Heritage. It is a research unit of the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, connected to the Curriculum in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies (CHMS) within the PhD in Cultural Systems. Moreover, LYNX participates in the Phd program in Management of Digital Transformation (MDT) and contributes to the National PhD in Heritage Science.
LYNX promotes and carries out case study based research projects concerning the mechanisms of image production and their contextually specific reception and use. It does privilege projects that adopt multidisciplinary strategies of analysis.
EVENTS
EVENTS
3 November 2026
PhD Thesis Defence
Ginevra Ludovici (AMCH), "Self-Initiated Institutions: Artist-Run Educational Platforms"
4 November 2026
PhD Thesis Defence
Luisana D'Amato (AMCH), "The Illicit Trade in Cultural Heritage in North Africa Since the Arab Spring: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Cross-Border Movements in their Socio-Economic, Institutional, and Geopolitical Contexts"
12 November 2026
Ritratti d'artista con Luisa Laureati. Testimonianze, dialoghi, riletture
23 November 2026
Joint Advanced Seminar
Round Table
Violeta Caballero Caballero (CHMS), Presentation of the PhD project
Matteo Lorenzini (Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca)
NEWS
NEWS
Happy Birthday IMT!
IMT celebrates its first twenty years!
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OUR RESEARCH THEMES
OUR RESEARCH THEMES
Role of Images, Objects and Spaces (Production, Contextual Reception, Uses, Tangible and Intangible Dimensions, from Antiquity onwards);
Image Tradition and Perception, Media (from Antiquity onwards, including Film Studies, Photography);
Difficult Heritage: Analysis, Management, Organization;
Digitization of Cultural Heritage;
Cultural Heritage Law and Globalization;
East and West (from Antiquity onwards).
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