Lia Bassa

Lia Bassa (Budapest, 1954.) graduated as an English/French teacher for linguistics and literature 1978, Ph. D. in English literature 1982. Assistant professor Technical University of Budapest, establishing a post graduate course for technical interpretation being a professional consecutive and simultaneous interpreter all through her career. Senior consultant Hungarian National Committee of UNESCO World Heritage (2000-2004). Assistant professor TUB, Department of Information and Knowledge Management (2004-2007). Managing Director of the Foundation for Information Society, researcher of UNESCO World Heritage Information Management Research Centre (2005-). Organizer of and responsible for UNESCO-UNITWIN World Heritage MA education, invited lecturer at the Budapest Metropolitan University (2010-) establishing the UNITWIN Network Module subjects, its curricula and teaching, examining and consulting them both in Hungarian and English: World Heritage Principles and Charters, Hungarian WH Sites, WHSs in Danger, WH Studies, Heritage Management, Cultural and creative Tourism, etc.. Contact person for international affiliations of the Metropolitan University: UNESCO-UNITWIN Network, Triangle etc. Author of numerous heritage related articles and translator of cultural pieces and theatrical plays.

Publications

Combining Modern Communication Methods With Heritage Education
Combining Modern Communication Methods With Heritage Education
Lia Bassa. © 2023. 317 pages.
Cultural heritage has tremendous importance in human development. The communication of culture is determinant for society, whereas that of heritage can be a driving force for...
Using New Tools to Attract Visitors to Museums and Heritage Sites
Using New Tools to Attract Visitors to Museums and Heritage Sites
Lia Bassa, Melanie Kay Smith, Árpád Ferenc Papp-Váry. © 2022. 20 pages.
This chapter discusses the ways in which museums and heritage sites have adapted to the need to create technology-based experiences in recent decades culminating in the intensive...