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A Future for Our Past: International Symposium for Redefining the Concept of Cultural Heritage: Organized by the Istanbul Initiative at the Istanbul Bilgi University, Dolapdere Campus, June 24–26 2004

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2006

Neil Brodie
Neil Brodie
Affiliation:
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Email: njb1012@cam.ac.uk
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The Istanbul Initiative was established in 2003 in response to concerns raised by the continuing episodes of cultural destruction that have accompanied armed conflicts in Cambodia, Lebanon, Afghanistan, the former Yugoslavia, and Iraq. The Initiative is comprised of Turkish academics, lawyers, and media professionals who aim to raise international awareness of the destruction of cultural heritage during wartime. Their first action was to organize the symposium A Future for Our Past in Istanbul from June 24 to 26 2004. The immediate impetus for the symposium was provided by the large-scale looting of museums, libraries, and archaeological sites that followed the Coalition invasion of Iraq in April 2003.

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CONFERENCE REPORTS
Information
International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , November 2005 , pp. 491 - 497
Copyright
© 2005 International Cultural Property Society

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