Dear all
If you are interested, please consider submitting a paper for our session at this year’s European Association of Archaeologists meeting in Barcelona, 5th – 8th September 2018. See
https://www.e-a-a.org/eaa2018.
Session: #692
Title: Cultural heritage in modern conflicts
The last decades have seen increased awareness of the place of cultural heritage as a victim during modern conflicts. Many countries have suffered from damage to historical monuments and archaeological sites, looting of museums and important archaeological
sites. This large-scale loss – by resulting from the actions of many different actors - has led both to international outcry and the development of initiatives and programs by governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations.
In addition, as the conflicts have continued, reporting and investigations into this topic have also increased, particularly when ISIS started to profile their destruction of archaeological sites like Palmyra in Syria, and Nimrud in Iraq. Many actions
were taken both nationally and internationally to help protect heritage. Unfortunately, these conflicts have demonstrated new challenges that people were - and perhaps still are - unprepared for, and some say that the policies for the protection of cultural
heritage have failed.
This session will invite papers that address how and why modern conflicts have affected cultural heritage directly. We seek discussions on: the role of international and local communities; the challenges they face in protecting cultural heritage in these
situations; and we want to develop discussions on the needed measures to protect cultural heritage during modern conflicts. This session aims to include not only papers that touch on the situation in the Middle East, but also encompasses a broader range of
perspectives to inform a fuller discussion on heritage in conflict, now and in the future.
Main organiser: Isber Sabrine (Spain) 1,2
Co-organisers: Dr Emma Cunliffe (United Kingdom) 3 Dr Juan José Ibáñez (Spain) 1
Affiliations: 1. CSIC 2. Heritage For Peace 3. Newcastle University
If you are interested in preseting a paper or a poster, please have a look at the conference web page (https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2018).
There is a search engine
https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2018/ScientificProgramme
allowing to find sessions by keyword or any word or name in title/abstract information.
The deadline for submissions is 15 February, but it is not necessary to pay until you have confirmation that your abstract has been accepted in late March.
Grants will be announced in April.
All best
Dr Emma Cunliffe
