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Penn Museum's Williams Director Chris Woods and Penn Cultural Heritage Center Director Richard Leventhal welcomed Lee Satterfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Exchange Programs - U.S. Department of State.
Housed at the Penn Museum, PennCHC is a research hub that promotes community-based cultural heritage while studying threats related to historical site plundering, as well as the illicit antiquities trade. In August 2020, PennCHC partnered with the U.S. Department of State, connecting law enforcement officials to a community of experts in archaeology, anthropology, conservation, art history, and other fields. This collaboration solidified a long-term relationship between two organizations who routinely work together to protect cultural heritage amid political instability, armed conflict, or disasters.
As the first museum to establish the ethical protection of antiquities through the 1970 Pennsylvania Declaration, the Penn Museum continues to advance the preservation of cultural heritage for generations to come.
Learn more about the PennCHC:
https://www.penn.museum/sites/chc/
How can the international community help protect cultural heritage in ?
Brian I. Daniels, Director of Research and Programs for Penn Cultural Heritage Center at the shares how:
1. Donors should pay attention to emerging local networks, which can support heritage professionals, integrate local volunteers, and act quickly as the frontlines shift and new needs arise.
2. Whether this war ends quickly or drags on into a stalemate, there will be a financial need for long-term assistance for Ukraine’s cultural institutions and the experts who sustain them.
3. Policymakers and cultural institutions supporting Ukrainian colleagues need to prepare now for a long-term conflict.
4. International law enforcement agencies, museums, and art market participants must increase their vigilance for looted cultural property coming from Ukraine and Ukraine’s citizens.
5. Policymakers and human rights advocates need to consider the steps required to protect the cultural workers safeguarding Ukraine’s heritage.
Read the full story via Just Security here:
https://bit.ly/3veA6hG
Want to learn and do more? On May 19, Join Brian Daniels as he moderates a pay-what-you-wish virtual talk bringing together diverse cultural leaders based in Ukraine and the U.S. to discuss the cultural consequences of the Russian invasion.
May 19; 12:30 – 2:00 PM ET; pay what you wish
Register for "Ukraine & The Keepers of Cultural Memory" here:
https://bit.ly/3xPFVE8
Outstanding report by Brian Daniels of five important lessons learned from conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now, Ukraine, that are instructive in the dynamic arena of cultural heritage in conflict.
Dr. Brian I. Daniels () is the director of research and programs for the Penn Cultural Heritage Center
at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. He also advises the
Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and serves as vice president for cultural heritage of the Archaeological Institute of America, vice president of the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield, and the secretary of ICOM-Disaster Resilient Museums.
Meet one of the instructors for May's : Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Issues!
Richard M. Leventhal is a Professor in the University of Pennsylvania Department of Anthropology, Executive Director of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center, and Curator in the American Section of the Penn Museum.
He is also the former Director of the Penn Museum, President and CEO of the School of American Research in Santa Fe, Director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UCLA, and Director of the Institute for Mesoamerican Studies at SUNY-Albany.
He has done extensive archaeological field research in Belize, Mexico, and other parts of Central America for over thirty years, which has resulted in several monographs and books about the ancient Maya.
Dr. Leventhal lectures and writes extensively on the preservation of cultural properties and cultural sites, on the need to prevent the looting of global heritage resources, and on the acquisition policies of museums.
Register now for next month's Deep Dig:
https://bit.ly/3x0Zwkr
📆 Four Thursdays, starting May 5
Yesterday, Penn Cultural Heritage Center joined our Council Conversation Club to discuss the complex debate of museums displaying contested artifacts from other countries, cultures, and groups.
Museums across the West have faced criticism for their display of artifacts taken from other countries during years of colonialism and exploitation. Join us and the Penn Cultural Heritage Center for Council Conversation Club on 4/18 to discuss this important topic. Register here:
https://bit.ly/34QGcKM
In , museums strive to protect their heritage. NPR turned to Penn Cultural Heritage Center to discuss preserving national identities
Meet Penn Cultural Heritage Center directors Richard Leventhal, Ph.D., & Brian Daniels, Ph.D., in a class on war, human rights & community
Thursdays, starting May 5
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM ET
Register here:
https://bit.ly/3x0Zwkr
“Museum curators and other professionals, they’re not first responders trying to save human lives, but they are the keepers of the cultural memory of the entire nation.” ––Brian Daniels, Director of Research and Programs at the Penn Cultural Heritage Center
During times of war, cultural heritage becomes under siege. As the situation unfolds in Ukraine, local volunteers, historians, and museum employees are going through great lengths to protect their artworks, artifacts, and monuments.
The Penn Museum's Cultural Heritage Center and curators offer perspectives on the importance of preserving their heritage that forms their national identities.
Read the full story:
https://bit.ly/3NJhE8q
Thursday, November 4, at 12:30pm - Hosted by the Penn Cultural Heritage Center
Register here:
https://bit.ly/3FL0bZf
The Penn Cultural Heritage Center is hosting a virtual talk with Manana Tevzadze, who will discuss her work as Chair of the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield.
Sign up here: bit.ly/3FL0bZf
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, 12:30PM (ET)
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U.S. service members and Iraqi emigres shared traumatic stories of war during "Reconciliation — A Healing Encounter" at the The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Philadelphia. The event was held on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 inside a traditional Iraqi guesthouse called a mudhif, part of an art installation at the center designed by Iraqi refugee, artist, and Penn Museum Global Guide Yaroub Al Obaidi.
Yaroub (pictured on the far right) joined the gathering inside the structure, made of thatched reeds, which was damaged but still standing after the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Join us on Sept. 23, 12:30–2 pm for a Penn Cultural Heritage Center lecture led by Yaroub to hear him speak about this powerful art installation.
Pay what you wish | Register here:
https://www.penn.museum/calendar/910/al-mudhif-a-confluence-with-yaroub-al-obaidi
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