Programme 23 June

NEW APPROACHES TO HERITAGE ETHICS: INTERDISCIPLINARY CONVERSATIONS ON HERITAGE, CRIME, CONFLICTS AND RIGHTS

 

9.00-9.30

Registration

9.30-10.00

Introductions by John Baldock  and Sophia Labadi

 

HERITAGE, ETHICS AND CRIME

Chair: Sophie Vigneron

10.00-10.20

Policing the past, protecting the future. Tackling crime and anti-social behaviour in the historic environment of England.

10.20-10.40

The Role of Museum Codes of Ethics in Combating Heritage Crime.

Janet ULPH, University of Leicester

10.40-11.00

Discussion

11.00-11.30

Coffee break

11.30-11.50

Stolen, saved, returned: collaboration between the British Museum, National Museum of Afghanistan, UK Border Force and other agencies in the successful return of antiquities to Kabul.

St John SIMPSON, The British Museum

11.50-12.10

Looted, smuggled and stolen antiquities identified in auction houses: what have we learned in the last eight years?

Christos TSIROGIANNIS, University of Glasgow

12.10-12.30

Good Intentions and Bad Practice; conflicting values in heritage protection.

Stuart CAMPBELL, Treasure Trove Unit

12.30-13.00

Discussion

13.00-14.30

Lunch

 

ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS?

Chair: Mark Harrison

14.30-14.50

Engagements of communities in the prevention of vandalism and the wilful destruction of heritage.

Trudy PRESCOTT, Metropolitan Police Officer

14.50-15.10

Helping hands: The role and value of heritage professionals as Police Support Volunteers in the UK.

Michele JOHNSON and Andrew RICHARDSON, Canterbury Archaeological Trust

15.10-15.30

Discussion

15.30-16.00

Coffee break

16.00-16.20

Public perception towards the conservation of Alexandria’s built heritage.

Lama FOUAD and Yomna BORG, University of Alexandria

16.20-17.00

Discussion

17.00-17.45

KEYNOTE: Duryodhana, a new era of moral stand?

Anne LEMAISTRE, Head, UNESCO Office in Cambodia. Introduced by David Nightingale