Dr. Daryna Zhyvohliadova is a cultural professional and academic with expertise in international cultural cooperation and cultural heritage protection. She is currently Academic Project Coordinator at KU Leuven (Faculty of Arts, MoSa – History of Modernity and Society). She also co-coordinates and lectures in KU Leuven Master’s courses on heritage and history in wartime and on cultural heritage and geopolitics, as well as supervises master’s students in history and European Studies. Daryna has a recent record of giving guest lectures at the University of Technology Sydney, the University of Maribor, and Kyiv National University.