Since 2007, Sada Mire worked for education and tourism development in Somali heritage. Her efforts in research, publication anddissemination of Somali archaeology and heritage was honoured in Somaliland in August 2017. Mire had the opportunity to celebrate this work...
Armed conflicts are currently threatening heritage at scales that seemed inconceivable only a few years ago. Tangible heritage such as landscapes, sites, monuments and artefacts and intangible heritage such as knowledge, languages and traditions are likewise affected....
In 2015, the Temple of Baalshamin in Palmyra, Syria was destroyed by IS. Unfortunately, this event does not stand on its own. Cultural heritage is facing many threats nowadays. The world has recently witnessed deplorable acts of deliberate destruction of important...
Violent conflicts all over the world pose a great threat. Not only to the region’s inhabitants, but also to the cultural heritage in the area. This is the subject of the Europe Lecture in The Hague on 13 June. It came as a shock: in May 2015 terror group Islamic State...
De 14e Europalezing heeft als thema ‘Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict. Irina Bokova, algemeen directeur van UNESCO, is de keynote speaker. Sada Mire, archeologisch onderzoeker van de Universiteit Leiden en het Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global...
