LOOKING BACK/LOOKING FORWARD

How the 2003 looting of the Iraq Museum changed the face of cultural property protection and what still needs to change.

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Jointly hosted by the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield and the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative.

March 9 – 10, 2023

Lecture Hall, S. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
(Sessions will be presented in-person and online through Zoom.)

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Meeting Agenda

Thursday, March 9, 2023

1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
HERITAGE PRESERVATION AFTER THE IRAQ WAR

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY RESPONSES TO CULTURAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

Friday, March 10, 2023

10:30 AM – 12:45 PM
COUNTRY HERITAGE UPDATES 

12:45 PM – 1:00 PM
PRESIDENT’S CLOSING REMARKS

Speakers

  • Salam Al-Kuntar
    Syria

  • Brian I. Daniels
    USCBS Vice President

  • Patty Gerstenblith
    USCBS President

  • Mohammad Fahim Rahimi
    Afghanistan

  • Vasyl Rozhko
    Ukraine

  • Laurie Rush
    USCBS Secretary

  • Manana Tevzadze
    Georgia

  • Corine Wegener
    Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative, USCBS Board member

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To register for the annual meeting, RSVP using the form below by March 3, 2023.

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