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Archaeology, Museums, and War: Strategies for the 21st Century

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The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria during the last 16 years have profoundly influenced scholars and how they deal with the art and material culture of antiquity. In this lecture, archaeologist C. Brian Rose draws on his own experiences with museums, foreign wars, and archaeology to discuss the ways in which the past now dominates the present. He gives an overview of cultural heritage destruction and preservation programs in conflict zones, and considers the subject of museums and repatriation requests in an age of increasing nationalism.

C. Brian Rose is the James B. Pritchard Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania and the Peter C. Ferry Curator-in-Charge of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum. Rose received his BA from Haverford College and his PhD in art history and archaeology from Columbia University. He has served as the president of the Archaeological Institute of America and as co-director of excavations at Troy, and currently serves as director of the Gordion (Turkey) excavations. He is the author or editor of seven books and over 70 articles, as well as co-editor of 19 volumes of the results of the Troy Excavations. For nearly a decade, Rose has also offered pre-deployment education and training for armed forces personnel bound for Iraq and Afghanistan to emphasize cultural heritage awareness and protection.