Online

CIC July Webinar

Preserving the Past: Strategies for Culture in Crisis – Water and Flooding

The second webinar in the series was on the subject of Water and Flooding and featured guests Andrea Richards and Dr Alex Rock. Andrea Richards is a Caribbean public archaeologist with extensive project management experience with a focus on climate change and disaster risk reduction and management of heritage. Dr Alex Rock is Director of Commercial and Operations for Derby Museums, he led on Derby Museums flooding response after the flood at Museum of Making and also sits on the NMDC culture and ecology working group.

Earthquake Webinar

Preserving the Past: Strategies for Culture in Crisis – Earthquakes

The third webinar in the series was on the topic of Earthquakes and our guests were Les Borsay and Dr Rohit Ranjitkar. Les Borsay is the Emergency Planning Specialist for the J. Paul Getty Trust Security & Visitor Services Department, handling emergency preparedness for the Getty Center and Getty Villa in Los Angeles and Dr Rohit Ranjitkar is the Director of Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust and has led on the restoration and recovery of Kathmandu Valley’s heritage effected by the 2015 earthquake.

Architecture responds Event

Architecture Responds

This in-person Culture in Crisis event, hosted at the V&A South Kensington in June 2023, was programmed in collaboration with London Festival of Architecture and explored different approaches to the (re)construction of architecture, within post-crisis environments.

This event was supported by the British Council

Sudan event Event

Spotlight on Sudan

Since the outbreak of direct conflict in Sudan in April 2023, the world has witnessed ‘an already precarious humanitarian situation become catastrophic’. In this online event, hear from Sudanese heritage specialists, as well as those working to support them, to understand more about the impacts of the conflict taking place.
Bringing together voices from different disciplines within the Sudanese heritage sector, we hear about the current threats posed to cultural heritage, as well as the emerging projects such as the Sudan Heritage Protection Initiative which are designed promote, protect, and preserve it.

This Culture in Crisis event is programmed in partnership with Heritage for Peace.