Sultan opensAUS symposium

His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, in a function

Sharjah: His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qassimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah and President of American University of Sharjah (AUS) will open at the Dr. Sultan Al Qassimi Centre of Gulf Studies tomorrow, May 22, a three-day regional symposium on the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis.

The symposium, the first of its kind in the Arab World, is hosted in the framework of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)’s Architectural-Archaeological Tangible Heritage in the Arab Region (ATHAR) program and the newly established ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah. The last two days will be held at AUS.

Leading experts from around the world are attending the symposium. The event includes presentations, discussions, plenary brainstorming sessions and group work divided over three days by theme. The first day addresses the topic “Assessing the damage to Cultural Heritage and evaluating current systems of protection;” the second day deals with “Protecting Cultural Heritage during Crises and Legal Provisions” and the final day is dedicated to the “Protection of Cultural Heritage and its role in the recovery and reconciliation process.”

The symposium will present relevant case studies arising from threats and damage caused through war, intolerance, civil unrest, theft and illicit traffic of cultural artifacts and will seek to understand how the impact on heritage might be minimized. The proceedings of the symposium will also be published later.

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