FACING THE CHAOS
Tangible and Intangible Heritage Protection
in the XXI century
An International Conference
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts
of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Dvortsovaya nab., 18, 191186 St.Petersburg, Russia
Supported by the "Time Maps" Project
and also by
The French Institute in St.Petersburg, Alexander Foundation,
Neymaxx, Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Anna Akhmatova Museum, The Center of Yezidi Studiens (Tbilisi),
Street Art Museum,
The St.Petersburg Community of the Citizens of the Syrian Origin.
Informational Partner ArtTube
May 19, 2016
10.00
Morning Session
Welcome and Introductory Speeches
Mamoun Abdulkarim, Director General of Antiquities and Museums, Syria.
A Brief Presentation of the DGAM response to the Cultural Heritage Crisis in Syria
(a video recording)
Abdulamir Hamdani, State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, Iraq.
The Story of the Destruction of Iraq's Heritage
Anna Paolini, Head of the UNESCO Office at Doha, Qatar.
The work of UNESCO in Iraq, Syria and Yemen in Recent Years
Asya Engovatova, Deputy Director of the Institute of Archeology, Russia.
The Legislation of Russian Federation on the Prevention of Illegal Archaelogic Research and Sale of Archaelogical Artefacts from Areas of Armed Conflicts (Theory and Practice)
Vitaly Naumkin, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russia.
Practical Aspects of the Russian Socotran Expedition
14.30
Afternoon Session
Rauf Munchaev, Head of the Syrian Archaelogical Expedition of Russian Academy of Sciences,
Shahmardan Amirov, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Archeology, Russia.
Research in Syria by the Archaeological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1988-2010
Vladimir Zolotarev, First Class Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation, Major-General, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Professor at the Military University of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The Problem of the Heritage Protection as Seen by the Military
Natalie May, Free University, Germany.
Iconoclasm in the Near East, Ancient and Modern
Layla Salih, Curator of the Tangible Heritage of Mosul, Iraq.
The Events in the Mosul Museum
Alexei Jankowski, Alexander Foundation, Russia.
An Overview of the Online Satellite and Ground Evidence of the Damage to the Archaelogical Sites in Syria
May 20, 2016
10.00
Morning Session
Dmitri Pirbari, Head of the Yazidi Council of Georgia, Head of the Georgian Centre for Yazidi Studies, Georgia.
Sarsal, the Yazidi New Year Festival
Olga Zeitlin, Legal Counsel of the "Migrants and Law" Network of the Anti-Discrimination Centre "Memorial", Russia.
The Problems of Granting Asylum in Russia
Pascal Butterlin, Head of the French excavations at Tell Hariri / Mari, Syria - France.
Mari and the Syrian Crisis (by Skype)
Natalia Koslova, Head of the Oriental Department of the State Hermitage Museum, Russia.
The Hermitage Collection of Cuneiform Documents
Abdulamir Hamdani, State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, Iraq.
The Current National and International Archaeological Projects in Iraq
14.00
Afternoon Session
Talal Awwad, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Technical Commission on Soil-Structure Interaction (ISSMG TC207), Professor at Damascus University, Syria,
Alexander Shashkin, General Director of the Georecontstruction Group of Companies,
Vladimir Ulitsky, Head of the Department of Bases and Foundations at the St.Petersburg State Transport University, ISSMG TC207 Chairman.
The Problems of the Rescue of Syrian Cultural Monuments
Ludovic Ehrhart, Head of the Central Office for the Fight against The Traffic of Cultural Goods, France.
The Fight of the International Law Enforcement Against the Traffic of Antiquities in the Near Eastern Crisis
Mounir Arbach, Researcher of the Laboratory of Ancient Semitic Studies, CNRS, France.
Getting Yemeni Artefacts from Clandestine Digging back to Museums
Sergei Frantsouzoff, Head of the Middle and Near East Section of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russia.
The Fate of the Inscriptions from Raybun, Yemen
Waddah Al-Jundi, Chairman of the St.Petersburg Center of Russian-Arabic Cooperation, Russia.
Destructions in Syria and the Russian Public Opinion
Joris Kila, Independent Researcher, The Hague.
Cultural Property Protection and the Military: Why, How, When?
Final Discussion
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