James Lesh

Heritage Researcher and Consultant

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About

James Lesh is an urban and cultural heritage researcher and consultant: please get in touch.

James’ expertise is in urban, planning and architectural heritage.

He is particularly interested in the capacity for cultural heritage to facilitate placemaking, community participation, sustainability and design.

As a historian and geographer, James adopts innovative methodologies and evidence-based approaches: for both conventional (historic and aesthetic) and emerging (social and sustainability) cultural heritage values.

He advocates for a dynamic mode of heritage conservation that addresses the present and future challenges of our cities and societies.

Visit his blog heritage.city. His writing on heritage topics has appeared in leading academic refereed journals. 

James also contributes to wider discussions around history and conservation and has provided commentary to ABC Radio National, ABC Radio Melbourne, The Age, Herald Sun, 3AW Radio, The Conversation, Foreground, ArchitectureAU and other outlets.

Follow James on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Google Scholar, ORCID, or by subscribing to his blog heritage.city.

Research Affiliations

University of Melbourne (2020–21, 2014–19)
University of Sydney (2019–2020)
King’s College London (2016–2019)

University Teaching

James has coordinated and lectured postgraduate and undergraduate subjects in urban and cultural heritage and urban history at the University of Melbourne and University of Sydney. He currently teaches Principles of Heritage and Conservation, a core subject in the Master of Urban and Cultural Heritage at the University of Melbourne.

Professional Affiliations

Australia ICOMOS: Full International Member
Citizens for Melbourne: Co-Founder and Vice-President
Commonwealth Heritage Forum: Australian Representative
National Trust of Australia (Victoria): Heritage Advocacy Committee
Professional Historians Association: Professional Historian

Major prizes and awards

Citizens for Melbourne: Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media (Advocacy Award), Victorian Chapter, Australian Institute of Architects, 2020.
Australian Postgraduate Award, University of Melbourne.
Australian Bicentennial Scholarship, King’s College London.
Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Queen Mary University of London.
AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellowship, State Library of Victoria.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Master of Arts (Geography), Queen Mary University of London
Bachelor of Arts with Honours (History), University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne

Last updated: August 2020.

RSS heritage.city blog

  • This symbol of the past must also reflect our present and future November 12, 2020
  • Eastern Freeway: A Heritage Commentary September 22, 2020
  • Award for Public Space and Cultural Heritage Advocacy At Fed Square July 13, 2020
  • Urban History summer seminar series – ‘Questioning the Consensus? Urban Conservation in 1990s Sydney and Melbourne’ July 12, 2020
  • Why heritage protection is about how people use places, not just their architecture and history July 8, 2020
  • One of Melbourne’s worst planning mistakes at risk of being repeated July 3, 2020
  • Our cities owe much of their surviving heritage to Jack Mundey May 11, 2020
  • Teaching Summary: Principles of Heritage and Conservation Intensive wraps for 2020 May 4, 2020
  • Road to nowhere? (on the Eastern Freeway heritage listing) January 15, 2020
  • How can a place be heritage-listed after 17 years? What it means for Melbourne’s Fed Square August 27, 2019

RSS heritage.city blog

  • This symbol of the past must also reflect our present and future November 12, 2020
  • Eastern Freeway: A Heritage Commentary September 22, 2020
  • Award for Public Space and Cultural Heritage Advocacy At Fed Square July 13, 2020
  • Urban History summer seminar series – ‘Questioning the Consensus? Urban Conservation in 1990s Sydney and Melbourne’ July 12, 2020

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"The Moynihan Train Hall’s Glorious Arrival" https://link.newyorker.com/click/22670555.471428/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3eW9ya2VyLmNvbS9jdWx0dXJlL2N1bHR1cmUtZGVzay90aGUtbW95bmloYW4tdHJhaW4taGFsbHMtZ2xvcmlvdXMtYXJyaXZhbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5sJnV0bV9icmFuZD10bnkmdXRtX21haWxpbmc9VE5ZX1JlY29tbWVuZHNfMDExNjIxJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1hdWQtZGV2JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmYnhpZD01ZmNkM2I1MWQ2MDY1MjI1ZDYxOTA3NGUmY25kaWQ9NjMwNzY2MjImaGFzaGE9NjMyY2UyZTk3M2QxNmI3ZDZmMGQ4MTUyNzZjZmIzODcmaGFzaGI9ZmExZTgzNzM1MzljZDFlYzNjMjQ5YjE3ZDliYTA0M2IxYTFlMGFhYiZoYXNoYz01OWUyMGM1MjMwN2QzMDk3OTE5MDk0YTI1MmNjYjRhYmE5YzEzZGVmMzJmNTVlMWI3NDUwMmQ5YTY5OTA5OWIxJmVzcmM9c3Vic2NyaWJlLXBhZ2UmbWJpZD1tYmlkJTNEQ1JNTllSMDEyMDE5/5fcd3b51d6065225d619074eB18339283

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