Academic Program
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Tuesday, 6 April
Registration
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
1. Opening Session
4:00 pm – 6:00pm
Chairperson:
Michael F. Pfeifer (General Secretary of the Foreign Policy and UN Association Austria and President of the UN Youth and Student Association Austria)
Claire Smith, President of WAC, &
Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, President of ANCBS
Welcome and opening
Honorary Speaker, UNOV (tbc)
Greeting address
Friedrich T. Schipper, University of Vienna, Austria, &
Magnus T. Bernhardsson, University of Iceland and Williams College
Archaeology in conflict: setting the agenda
Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Princeton University, U.S.A.
Cultural heritage, culture conflicts and cultural diplomacy
Wednesday, 7 April
2. Jubilee session: 30 years Austrian Society for the Protection of Cultural Property,
Entrust of the Presidency of the International League to the
Austrian Society for the Protection of Cultural Property
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Chairperson:
Franz Schuller (Austrian Society for the Protection of Cultural Property)
Friedrich T. Schipper (University of Vienna and Austrian National Committee of the Blue Shield)
On behalf of Michael Spindelegger, Austrian Federal Minister of European and International Affairs:
Johannes Kyrle, General Secretary of the Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs
Greeting Address
On behalf of Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO:
Jan Hladik, UNESCO
Greeting Address
Roland Stachowiak, German Society for the Protection of Cultural Property
The importance of international cooperation for the protection of cultural heritage:
the International League of National Societies for the Protection of Cultural Property
– Entrust of the Presidency to the Austrian Society for the Protection of Cultural Property
Gerhard Sladek, Austrian Society for the Protection of Cultural Property
Private initiatives and cultural property protection:
30 years “Austrian Society for the Protection of Cultural Property”
Norbert Fürstenhofer, Austrian Society for the Protection of Cultural Property
The protection of cultural heritage in the context natural disaster relief missions
3. Jubilee session: 75 years of the Roerich Pact
11:00 am – 12:00 am
Chairpersons:
Leylya M. Strobl (Austrian Roerich Society / Австрийское Общество Рерихов)
Friedrich T. Schipper (University of Vienna and Austrian National Committee of the Blue Shield)
Alexander V. Zmeyevskiy, Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Vienna
Greeting Address
Leylya M. Strobl, Austrian Roerich Society / Австрийское Общество Рерихов
The Legacy of the Roerich Pact
Postnikov A. Vladimirovich, The International Centre-Museum by name of N.K. Roerich, Moscow / Международный Центр–Музей имени Н.К.Рериха
Cultural heritage of Nicholas Roerich
Leylya M. Strobl, Austrian Roerich Society / Австрийское Общество Рерихов &
Friedrich T. Schipper, University of Vienna, Austria
Opening of the exhibition “75 years Roerich Pact”
4. Archaeology in Conflict and International Law
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Chairpersons:
Patty Gerstenblith (DePaul University, U.S.A.)
Alexander Gillespie (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Patty Gerstenblith, De Paul University, U.S.A.
Archaeology in conflict and international law
Christoph Bazil, Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture, Austria
New Austrian guidelines for implementing the 1954 Hague Convention and its Protocols
Suzan Topal-Gökceli, University of Vienna, Austria
The Turkish law on the protection of cultural heritage - problems and perspectives
Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato, New Zealand
The protection of sites of cultural significance in times of war: the failure of law and the challenge of the 21st century
5. UNESCO, international organizations and NGOs 1
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Chairperson:
Jan Hladik (UNESCO)
Franz Schuller, Austrian Society for the Protection of Cultural Property
Cultural heritage in conflict and international organizations
Jan Hladik, UNESCO
Archaeology in conflict and UNESCO – legal aspects
Carol Westrik, Netherlands National Commission for UNESCO
The role of culture in post-conflict and post-disaster situations
Cristina Menegazzi, ICOM
Disaster risk management and cultural heritage
6. UNESCO, international organizations and NGOs 2
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Chairperson:
Franz Schuller (Austrian Society for the Protection of Cultural Property)
Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen, Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield
The NGO network of the Blue Shield
Cori Wegener, U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield
Implementing the 1954 Hague Convention: the role of Blue Shield national committees
Saadet Guner, Friends of Cultural Heritage Turkey
Samples of NGOs’ initiatives in the protection of the cultural heritage before-during and after conflicts in recent years
René Teijgeler, Culture in Development, The Netherlands
Please, drive careful! Traffic rules for archaeologists in a conflict zone
Thursday, 8 April
7. Archaeology in Conflict and the Military 1
8:30 am – 10:15 am
Chairperson:
Laurie Rush (U.S. Army)
Laurie Rush, U.S. Army
Accomplishments through partnership, the US DoD 2008-2010
Serena Bellew, U.S. Department of Defense
US DOD policy, partnership, and beyond
Sarah H. Parcak, and Gregory D. Mumford, University of Alabama Birmingham, U.S.A.
How to form an academic partnership with the US DoD: the archaeology of the future?
Paul Green, U.S. Air Force
Project ORCHID
Martin Brown, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
Part of the training landscape: cultural heritage as training resource for the British Army
James Zeidler, Colorado State University, U.S.A.
On Site Heritage Training in the Middle East
Hubert Speckner, National Defence Academy, Austria
MilPCP in teaching and training in the Austrian Armed Forces
8. Archaeology in Conflict and the Military 2
10:45 am – 12:30 am
Chairperson:
Matthew Bogdanos, U.S. Marine Corps
Diane C. Siebrandt, U.S. Department of State
Saving the ancient city of Kish
Erik Nemeth, Independent Researcher, U.S.A.
The Art of Cultural Intelligence: intelligence for countering threats to cultural property in conflict
Benjamin A. Roberts, University of Georgia, U.S.A.
A case study in cultural heritage protection in a time of war
Christopher L. McDaid, U.S. Army
The role of military heritage managers as a bridge between the academy and war fighter
Joris Kila, Ministry of Defense, The Netherlands
Cultural Property Protection within the military, international military cooperation initiatives experiences in theatre, operational aspects legal aspects, restraints and challenges
Hans-Jürgen Kasselmann, Civil-Military Co-operation Centre of Excellence
PCP in the context of future multinational military operations - a CIMIC endeavour in a comprehensive context
Dominik Horn, Federal Ministry of Defence, Austria
Military guideline for protecting cultural property and safeguarding cultural heritage
9. Militarized or Embedded Cultural Heritage Experts, Archaeologists and Anthropologists:
on Ethics and Perspectives of the Profession
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Chairperson:
Karl von Habsburg-Lothringen (Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield, The Hague, NL)
Sinje Stoyke (International Commission on Missing Persons, Bagdad, Iraq)
Sinje Stoyke, International Commission on Missing Persons, Bagdad, Iraq
Experiences as an archaeologist on mass graves in Iraq and in Bosnia and Herzegovina
John Allison, independent researcher, U.S.A.
Anthropologists embedded: responsibilities to cultural resources, including the living bearers of the culture.
Allison E. Cuneo, Boston University, U.S.A.
The ethics of embedding: cultural heritage experts in the armed forces
Jon Price, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on. How should non-embedded archaeologists behave in relation to conflict?
10. The Ethics of Conflict Archaeology
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Chairpersons:
John Carman (University of Birmingham, UK)
Martin Brown (Ministry of Defence, UK)
Larry Babits, East Carolina University, U.S.A.
“It’s MY heritage”: differing views on recovering materials from conflict sites
Michael Bletzer, Southern Methodist University, U.S.A.
Constructive bias in conflict archaeology? Commemorating the ‘Common Man’ as an ethical research goal
Andy Brockman, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Taking a view: acknowledging and debating multiple viewpoints in the archaeology of modern conflict
John Carman, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
What role is there for a moral stand in conflict archaeology? Or: What can conflict archaeology contribute to debates about the morality of violence?
11. Special UN-event (planned)
Friday, 9 April
12. Archaeology in Conflict in the Middle East 1
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Chairperson:
Magnus Bernhardsson (University of Iceland and Williams College, U.S.A.)
Rainer Feldbacher, University of Vienna, Austria
Traces of destruction: ancient warfare, archaeology and modern land reclamation in the Holy Land
Magdalena Pfaffl, University of Vienna, Austria
Narratives of bravery and fear: the Masada myth.
Lorenzo Nigro, La Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
10,000 years of archaeology in Palestine: recent discoveries of the Italian-Palestinian Expedition at Tell es-Sultan, ancient Jericho
Adi Keinan, University College London, United Kingdom
Archaeological inventories and cultural heritage management in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Gabriella Rodrigues, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Archaeology and politics in Palestine: an outsider’s perspective
Ayman M. S. Hassouna, Algeria University, Algeria
Archaeological sites and their vulnerability to conflict in the Gaza Strip, the problems and solutions
13. Archaeology in Conflict in the Middle East 2
10:30 am – 12:00 am
Chairperson:
Gebhard Selz (University of Vienna, Austria)
Leila Papoli Yazdi, Bualisina University, Iran
The birth of a symbol among the Iranians conflict
Maryam Dezhamkhooy, University of Tehran, Iran
War and creation of meta narratives in totalitarian systems: towards archaeology of recent wars
Maryam Rezaian and Vahid Parastesh, University of Tehran, Iran
The role of aboriginal archaeology in approval conventions against mining
Howayda al-Harithy, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Reclaiming the past and post war reconstruction in southern Lebanon
Alessandra Peruzzetto, Jeff Allen, Gina Haney, Gaetano Palumbo, World Monument Fund
The Future of Babylon Project: management planning at Babylon, Iraq
Jeffrey Szuchman, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Protecting archaeological heritage in an oasis of stability: potential threats to the archaeology of the United Arab Emirates
14. Archaeology in Conflict in the Middle East 3
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Chairperson:
Peter G. Stone (Newcastle University)
Claudia Näser, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: a case-study on the role of archaeology in the context of contested development projects
Ozge Sade-Mete, University of Washington, U.S.A.
Archaeology contested: ways to remember Anatolian civilizations
Muhammad Mehdi Tavassoli, University of Sistan & Baluchistan, Iran
Archaeology and recent wars
François Langlois, UNESCO
Protection of cultural and archaeological heritage during conflicts: the case of Afghanistan
Hanna Leijen, Centre for International Heritage Activities, The Netherlands
Renewed ownership: renovation of historical palace in Afghanistan shows to be a means for social, cultural and economic development
15. Illicit Trade in Cultural Property and Internet Sales
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Chairpersons:
Anita Gach (Criminal Intelligence Service – Interpol Vienna, Austria)
Katharyn Hanson (University of Chicago, USA)
Hubert D. Szemethy, University of Vienna, Austria
Patterns of art theft and looting of cultural property
Patty Gerstenblith, De Paul University, U.S.A.
Illicit trade in cultural property and international law
Katharyn Hanson, University of Chicago, U.S.A.
Illicit trade of cultural property and the internet
Saadet Guner, Friends of Cultural Heritage Turkey
Role of NGO to counter increasing illicit sales of cultural objects trough the internet
Bharat Raj Rawat, ICOM Nepal
Illicit trafficking in art objects from Nepal
Adam M. Levine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Global Database of Antiquities
Anita Gach, Criminal Intelligence Service – Interpol Vienna, Austria
Illicit trade and Interpol
Saturday, 10 April
16. The Balkans and Beyond
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Chairperson:
Valerie Higgins (The American University of Rome, Italy)
Valerie Higgins, The American University of Rome, Italy
Protecting the past, protecting the future
Alvaro Higueras, UN Mission in Kosovo
Aid and reconstruction of heritage in the context of post-conflict societies: Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Oliver J. Gilkes, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Albania: a land which all admire but many dread to view
Björn Thomassen, The American University of Rome, Italy
Istria: Cultural heritage and collective memory
17. Turkey and Beyond
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Ali Tamer Ürüm, Independent Researcher, Turkey
The 19th cent. plundering of archaeological artifacts from Turkey by British, French and German excavators
Sam Hardy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Cypriot antiquities rescue from the Turkish deep state: the rescue of forgeries, and the death of Stephanos Stephanou
18. Archaeology of Past Conflicts
10:30 am – 12:00 am
Chairperson:
Jon Price, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Manal Massaud, Menoufiya University, Egypt
Archaeological evidence on the impact of political conflict over the portrait statues of kings - from the beginning of history until the New Kingdom in Ancient Egypt
Alexandre Guida Navarro, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Brazil
Kukulcan and Kakupacal: captains of Chichen Itza
Rebecca Welshman, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Hillforts in times of war: lost cultural spaces
Michal Rak, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Excavating a German Air Force Focke-Wulf Fw 190 shot down on May 8, 1945, at Pilsen
Mhairi Sutherland, Graduate School of Arts and Media Dublin, Ireland
Arc of Fire - What are the visible and invisible archaeologies of conflict in the landscape and how may these be contextualised and represented through arts practice?
19. The Next Generation: Discussing Archaeology in Conflict
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Chairpersons:
Ashley Sands and Kristin Butler (University of Southern California, U.S.A.)
Ashley Sands and Kristin Butler, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
The Next Generation Project
Saadet Guner, Friends of Cultural Heritage Turkey, and
Melek Yıldızturan, Museum of Anatolian Civilization, Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and cultural heritage: the experience of past wars for the next generation
Anikó Kapornaki, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary
From plundering to cultural heritage protection
Daniel Saucedo-Segami, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
Archaeology and social conflict: illegal appropriation of land and protection of archaeological heritage in Peru
Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu, Newcastle University, UK
Archaeology at crossroads - an armed or 'peaceful society'?
20. Closing session: Archaeology in Conflict – What Role for the Scientific Community
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Chairpersons:
Friedrich T. Schipper & Magnus T. Bernhardsson
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