Continuing with the series TARII began in late 2020, join us for a discussion on the protection and preservation of Iraq’s modern cultural heritage, which will be moderated by Dr. Peter Wien, TARII’s President. We are pleased to welcome Maysoon Al-Damluji, Dr. Geraldine Chatelard, Dr. Saad Eskander, Dr. Caecilia Pieri, and Dr. Nada Shabout to this group discussion.

During this event, we considered:

• The importance of art, intangible heritage, and recorded memory in strengthening Iraqi communities on the national, regional, and local levels

• The state of museums, libraries, and documentary collections in Iraq

• Capacity building for curators, librarians, and archivists

• Ways for Iraqi and international scholars to collaborate

• Iraqi archives outside of Iraq

To learn more about this and the panelists, see the conference page for this event here.

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For those who could not join us live, the discussion was recorded and is available here on our YouTube page.

An announcement for the third discussion in this series, Protecting Iraq’s Ancient Cultural Heritage: Training, Security, Storage and Documentation, and Object Trafficking, will be made soon.

Banner photo: Freedom Monument by Jawad Salim, Tahrir Square, Baghdad