Session 1 : Political and Ethical Issues in Cultural Heritage

2:00 – 5:00 PM (Classroom 2)

2:00 – 2:15 PM : Introduction by organizers

2:15 – 2:45 PM : Contested Antiquities – Contested Histories: The “City of David” as an Example, Rannfrid Thelle (Wichita State University)

2:45 – 3:15 PM : Cultural Racketeering in Egypt: Tools of the 21st Century Archaeologist, Katie A. Paul (The Antiquities Coalition)

3:15 – 3:30 PM : Coffee break

3:30 – 4:00 PM : The current state of heritage in Iraq – Back from the brink, or over the edge?, Allison E. Cuneo (Boston University)

4:00 – 4:30 PM : Bridging the Divide: Cultural Heritage as Diplomat on Cyprus, Leah Marangos (State University of New Jersey at Rutgers)

4:30 – 5:00 PM : Materiality of Post-War(s): The Impact of Conflict on the Archaeology and Landscape of Iraqi Kurdistan, Kyra Kaercher (University of Pennsylvania Museum)

Keynote Lecture

5:30 – 6:45 PM (Classroom 2)

Dr. Morag Kersel (DePaul University)

Go, Do Good! Responsibility and the Future of Cultural Heritage Preservation in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 21st Century

Reception

7:00 – 8:00 PM (Jaffe Building)

Open to all attendees. 

9:30 – 11:45 AM (Rainey Auditorium)

9:30 – 10:00 AM : Engaging Communities and Negotiating Cultural Heritage Practices in Turkey, A Look at Urban Heritage and Rural Archaeological Case Studies, Emily C. Arauz (Koç University)

10:00 – 10:30 AM : The Ur of the Chaldees Project: A Virtual Vision of Woolley’s Excavations at Ur, Simon Denham (The British Museum), Sasha Renninger (University of Pennsylvania Museum)

10:30 – 10:45 AM : Coffee break

10:45 – 11:15 AM : The Reincarnation of the Damned Qajar Palace: from Palace to Prison, from Prison to Museum, Zohreh Soltani (State University of New York at Binghamton)

11:15 – 11:45 AM : Community, Culture and Conflict in the Old City of Akko (Acre), Israel, Emma Heidtman (University of Rhode Island)

11:45 – 12:30 PM

12:30 – 3:45 PM (Rainey Auditorium)

12:30 – 1:00 PM : Syria and Iraq Case Studies of Cultural Heritage in Conflict Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery, Katharyn Hanson (University of Pennsylvania Museum/ Penn Cultural Heritage Center)

1:00 – 1:30 PM : UAV’s for site documentation and monitoring, Austin Hill (University of Connecticut)

1:30 – 2:00 PM : Ancient Near Eastern Material Culture Studies and Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), Ashley Fiutko Arico (Johns Hopkins University), Nathaniel E. Greene (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Heather Dana Davis Parker (Johns Hopkins University)

2:00 – 2:15 PM : Coffee break

2:15 – 2:45 PM : Out of the Illustrations: 3D Modelling for Architectural Analysis at Pseira, Miriam G. Clinton (University of Pennsylvania)

2:45 – 3:15 PM : Visualizing Structural Issues Through Photogrammetric 3D Documentation of Cultural Heritage: the Venetian Castle at Heraklion, Crete, Gianluca Cantoro (Institute for Mediterranean Studies, IMS-FORTH)

3:15 – 3:45 PM