About this event
The destruction of cultural property in time of conflict is not a recent issue. Centuries of war, colonisation and industrialisation - among other ongoing processes- have caused the destruction and displacement of millions of people and objects. We continue to witness the destruction of heritage sites the looting of archaeological and cultural objects, and the displacement of people due to cultural, political, and environmental causes across the world, including Syria, Iraq, Libya, Mali… and more recently in Ukraine.
Rescue is dedicating its annual AGM to the topic of the protection of heritage in times of conflict to discuss these wide-ranging issues and their aftermath with this online mini-Conference. It will address both the impact conflict has on tangible and intangible heritage, from people to places.
Confirmed Speakers, and the working programme (TBC) are:
Welcome/Introduction
- Daniel Phillips, Vice Chair of Rescue
Session 1: Sites and conflict
- Chair: Sophie Vigneron, Rescue
- Prof Peter G Stone, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace/ President, The Blue Shield
- Dr Rebecca Hawkes-Reynolds, MOLA/ Researcher, Institute of Art and Law
- Dr Vsevolod Ivakin, Head of Scientific Department, Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Dr Pavlo Shydlovskyi, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Richard Osgood, Senior Archaeologist, Defence Infrastructure Organisation
- TBC
Session 2: Antiquities and Illicit Trade
- Chair: Sophie Vigneron, Rescue
- Dr Sam Hardy, Head of Illicit Trade Research, The Heritage Organisation
- Mark Harrison, Historic England/ Research Fellow, University of Kent
- Barbora Dmitricenko, MOLA
- Dr Nick Merriman, Chief Executive, Horniman Museum and Gardens
- TBC
Close by Jo Carruth, Chair of Rescue
The hashtag for this event is #ConflictHeritage.
Please also view our latest Rescue eNews here.
