This upcoming webinar, organised by the Heritage Management Organisation, in partnership with the Kharkiv School of Architecture and Skeiron, focuses on a long list of heritage losses in countries that suffered from conflicts. It evokes the recent tragedies in Ukraine, but also Sudan, Yemen and the Gaza Strip, and explores lessons we can learn to better support those working to protect heritage in the areas of conflict.

Speakers:

Dr Mounir Bouchenaki is an Algerian historian and archaeologist, and the Director of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage in Bahrain. He was UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Culture, the Director of the World Heritage Centre, and the Director of UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage Division. From 2006 to 2011, he was the Director General of ICCROM. He holds a Ph.D. in Archaeology and Ancient History from the University of Aix-en-Provence. His distinctions include the rank of Commandeur des Arts et Lettres, awarded by the French Minister of Culture.

Anastasia Bondar is a Deputy Minister for Culture and Strategic Communication of Ukraine, and a specialist on international relations in European politics, as well as on digital development. She has been actively involved in coordinating the preservation of Ukrainian cultural heritage threatened by the war.