Neil Brodie to present at UNESCO Day School

12 Mar 2013

Neil Brodie is contributing to a day school in London on Saturday 23 March.The event, titled ‘Cultural Property Protection – ten years after the invasion of Iraq’, is co-organised by the UK National Commission for UNESCO, Newcastle University and the Collections Trust.

Neil contributes alongside a range of other specialists:

Morning

Chair Peter Stone, Newcastle University & UK National Committee of the Blue Shield

[1] “Cradle of Civilisation”: Why Iraqi cultural heritage matters (Augusta McMahon, University of Cambridge)

[2] The Iraq National Museum and cultural property protection in 2013 (Dr Lamia al-Gailani Werr)

[3] The British Museum’s involvement in Iraq 2003 – 2013 (John Curtis, British Museum)

[4] The trade in illicit antiquities – Iraq a case study (Dr Neil Brodie, University of Glasgow)

Afternoon

Chair Sue Davies, UK National Commission for UNESCO

[5] The Monuments Men. Lessons learned in the Second World War (but then forgotten) (Dr Nigel Pollard, Swansea University)

[6] Cultural Protection Awareness on the UK Defence Training Estate (Richard Osgood, Defence Infrastructure Organisation)

[7] Iraq is not alone…the situation in Syria in 2013 (Emma Cunliffe, Durham University)

[8] Cultural Property Protection – ten years after the invasion of Iraq (Peter Stone, Newcastle University)

The day school will take place at the Society of Antiquities, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.

Registration in advance is essential.

Tickets (including tea and coffee on arrival and lunch) are £10.00 each. Tickets can be purchased on the day or online. Please register at http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/events/cultural-property-day-school