Talks and Events
Archeoloog Sada Mire ’eminent respondent’ Europalezing over Erfgoed en Conflict
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...
Sada Mire: Rethinking African History
Aiming to create a better understanding of Africa's past, a team of multidisciplinary researchers at Leiden University digs in to everyday artefacts and local knowledge. Their work helps to invalidate false assumptions and make less dominant narratives...
Radio – La Otra Cara de Africa
‘La única arqueóloga sobre el terreno en Somalia: Sada Mire, protectora del arte rupestre’. Link to audio file Back to Media
Sada Mire delivers 10th Anniversary Lecture: ‘Somali Heritage and Education’
The 10th Anniversary of the Department of Archaeology Back to Events
Sada Mire, la première et l’unique archéologue somalienne
Sada Mire est une archéologue bien particulière. En effet, sa nationalité la rend unique, elle est somalienne, plus précisément de la partie autoproclamée indépendante de la Somalie, le Somaliland. Elle est la première femme somalienne archéologue. Aucune...
Heritage for Citizenship in Times of Conflict
Exchanges on the Middle East: Heritage for Citizenship in Times of Conflict Images of destruction of Muslim saint tombs, and ancient monuments accompany news items on violent conflicts and war in the Middle East. In this public lecture and debate, a panel...
Maandeeq Features: Sada Mire
Sada Mire is a Swedish-Somali archaeologist, art historian and presenter who currently serves as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Archeology, Leiden University. She has previously headed up Somaliland’s Department of Antiquities, for the Ministry of...
Sada Mire: Disseminating the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples
Together with members of indigenous communities Leiden researchers preserve and disseminate philosophical, historical and medical knowledge. Indigenous communities possess a lot of knowledge that is unknown to the outside world. Leiden researchers help...
Sada Mire gives the Leiden ASA Annual Lecture
The Importance of a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of the African Past The Leiden African Studies Assembly (LeidenASA) held its second Annual Meeting on Thursday 8 December. Leiden University has some 120 scholars who work on Africa-related...
Sada Mire debates with philosopher Stephan Sanders in Dutch UNESCO 1st debate
Sada Mire speaking at the UNESCO debate in Leiden. Watch the Youtube video.
South China Morning Post-‘Welcome to limbo: Somaliland, country that never was’
From the cave paintings at Laas Geel to striking colonial architecture, the people of this self-declared East African nation have good reason to be proud. It is well worth a visit, even if tourism infrastructure is lacking. Rather surprisingly, as a...
European Lecture – Reflections by Sada Mire
Archaeologist and researcher at Leiden University, The Hague, 13 June 2016 Cultural heritage at risk: protecting cultural heritage in times of conflict Her Excellency Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO Her Excellency Ms Silvia Fernandez de...
Sada Mire’s Lecture launches RAS/UCL series: Heritage and Politics
Bigger than the nation: a regional & community approach to heritage in the Horn of Africa Read full article Back to Events
Meet Sada Mire: the First Somali Archeologist known to the World
Somalia sits on the horn of Africa with the longest coastline on the continent’s mainland, while its capital city Mogadishu is known as the ‘white pearl’ of the Indian Ocean. In antiquity, Somalia is said to be “among the most probable locations of the...
FIVE Amazing Women Working in the Cultural Sector
A video by Culture in Motion A tribute to a few amazing ladies working in the cultural sector, innovating the industry and inspiring others. Learn more about each of our increadible featured women. Back to Media