Publications and Conferences

Amy has published the below, with additional publications forthcoming:

Heritage and Wellbeing Guidelines

Manchester: Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage, 2019

Written with Dr Faye Sayer and Zoe Willock after a successful workshop hosted at MMU, bringing together national organisations and individuals working in heritage and wellbeing.

This document is a short, easy to use set of guidelines for those wishing to incorporate wellbeing into heritage projects or research.

The guidelines are free to access on the Manchester Centre for Public History and heritage website.

‘Personal Reflections’ in Public History: A Practical Guide

2nd Edition, London: Bloomsbury, 2019

A short piece regarding what 'a day in the life' of a Heritage Consultant looks like in the public history careers section of the second edition of Dr Faye Sayer's Public History: A Practical Guide.

The book is available to purchase online.

Introduction in Histories on Screen: The Past and Present in Anglo-American Cinema and Television

London: Bloomsbury, 2018

Amy co-wrote the introduction section of Histories on Screen with Dr Sam Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University. Histories on Screen is an edited collection Amy was employed to copy-edit and compile whilst working as a Editorial Assistant for the university.

The book is available to purchase online.

Bones Without Barriers Heritage Lottery Fund Report

Unpublished, Cambridge, 2014

This Report was produced with Dr Faye Sayer to detail the evaluation activities Amy conducted whilst working as a Project Assistant on the Heritage Lottery Funded Project 'Bones Without Barriers' and the impact of the project and HLF funding.

Amy has also presented at international conferences and taught, as detailed below:

A. Luck & F. Sayer, ‘Creating Healthier Societies Through Heritage: An international comparison of the wellbeing impact of visiting heritage sites’, International Federation for Public History, 2022
A. Luck & F. Sayer, ‘A comparative analysis of the wellbeing impact of engaging with digital and physical heritage’, International Federation for Public History, 2022
A. Luck, S. Ambrose, M. Pickel, T. Hendry, ‘Heritage and Wellbeing: A Humanistic Approach to Sustainable Management at Chatsworth House (UK) and Biltmore (USA)’, National Council on Public History, 2022
A. Luck & F. Sayer, ‘Virtual Heritage, COVID-19 and Wellbeing’, Theoretical Archaeological Group Conference, 2021
A. Luck & F. Sayer ‘Virtual Heritage and Wellbeing’, 27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, 2021
A. Luck, ‘Heritage and Wellbeing’, Heritage Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2021
A. Luck & F. Sayer, ‘Heritage and Wellbeing’, Contested Heritage: Connecting research topics on cultural heritage in Germany and Britain, Leibniz University of Hannover, 2019

A. Luck & F. Sayer, ‘Digital Heritage & Wellbeing: Digital Breakout Lab Workshop’, National Council on Public History, 2022
A. Luck, ‘Heritage Evaluation Workshop for Public History and Heritage MA students’, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2022
A. Luck, ‘Evaluation and Research Ethics Workshop’, Well-City Partnership, 2022
A. Luck, ‘Heritage Consultancy and Contract Research: One Day Workshop for PhD Students’, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2021