Ankie Petersen

Ankie Petersen works as a Military Officer in Cultural Heritage Protection in the Royal Dutch Armed Forces. Here, she leads and coordinates efforts to implement CPP within the Dutch Armed Forces, including designing training programs and tools for the military, projects for the implementation of CPP in military planning processes, and engaging in civil-military collaboration projects for the advancement of CPP on both a national and international stage. As a civilian, she is an expert advisor on cultural heritage protection for the international Atrocities Crime Advisory Group, focusing on cultural heritage war crimes in Ukarine, and a UNESCO consultant. She co-founded Holy Houses Rotterdam, a city-wide festival involving religious communities and a diverse range of houses of worship. Ankie Petersen has a background in critical heritage studies, with an MA in Heritage Studies, an MA in Design Cultures from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a BA in Language- and Culture Studies from Utrecht University. For her efforts in the Dutch cultural heritage field, Ankie was awarded the 2021 Monument Talent Prize by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, a national prize for young professionals in the sector.