Part of the Conflict and Cultural Heritage Conference. Theme 1: What is happening? The significance of sites at risk, and the current situation. Dr Lamia al-Gailani ( UCL/SOAS). Iraq has lost many of its most valuable monuments, ancient and modern, to war, violence, re-development, and neglect . This talk discusses some of the urgent measures, immediate and ... Show More
Nov 2015
Monuments at War—the Syrian Conflict and the Changing Pattern of Destruction as Reflected in Aleppo and Palmyra
Part of the Conflict and Cultural Heritage Conference. Theme 1: What is happening? The significance of sites at risk, and the current situation. With Dr Ross Burns. Why have monuments that have survived millennia of conflict, earthquakes and the pressures of changing patterns of ... Show More
34m 11s
Jan 2023
Syrie, la longue tragédie - Fabrice Balanche
Dans son dernier ouvrage Fabrice Balanche, maître de conférences en géographie à l’Université Lyon II et spécialiste du Moyen Orient revient sur son terrain d’études : Syrie et Liban.
Deux États sous influence étrangère, fragmentés par des antagonismes ethniques, religieux et tr ... Show More
34m 59s
Jun 2023
Marc Sommers on Conflict-Affected Education
The award-winning author and international consultant talks teaching in emergencies, why older children are less likely to access education in conflict zones, what can happen if they can’t, and his new book: We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone. Pre ... Show More
42m 30s