Monday, March 21, 2022

Brian Daniels on "Protecting Cultural Property During Wartime"

Monday, April 4, 2022 at 6pm CT on Zoom* 

* As always, this event is free and open to the public, but please pre-register via our partner, the University of St Thomas Art History dept 
(scroll down to Events, and note that they maybe posted closer to the event date)

Photo credit: https://polishnews.co.uk/ukraine-attacked-by-russia-odessa-monument-to-the-duke-de-richelieu-covered-with-sandbags/


Current events in Ukraine and Afghanistan have drawn attention to to the need to protect cultural property, as an essential element of human rights and identity, during wartime. Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating and timely and timely conversation.


About the speaker:

Brian Daniels is director of research and programs for the Penn Cultural Heritage Center at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, adjunct assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania anthropology graduate group, visiting professor in the Sustainable Cultural Heritage Graduate Program at the American University of Rome, research associate at the Smithsonian Institution and VP for Cultural Heritage at the Archaeological Institute of America


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