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Nahrein Network Colloquium: Achievements & Ambitions

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This event brought together our devolved projects’ Principal Investigators and our Visiting Scholars celebrating what we achieved together over the past four years of AHRC-GCRF funding. We alsoÌýpresented our future plans as we transition into the gift funding.Ìý

Nahrein Network: Achievements and Ambitions

Programme for 8–9 September 2021

Chair:

• Dr Jaafar Jotheri, Al-Qadissiyah University, Co-Director of the Nahrein Network

Featured projects:

• Babylon:Ìýmodern heritage or ancient ruin? — Dr Jasim Al-Janabi, University of Babil and Mr Ammar Altaee, Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage
• Minority heritage of Baghdad — Dr Zainab Alwaeli, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Iraq
• Open educational resources for cultural heritage education in Iraq —ÌýProfessor Robin Shields, University of Bristol, UK
• Owning the Past: rethinking and redisplaying Middle Eastern antiquity at the Ashmolean Museum — Dr Paul Collins, Ashmolean Museum, UK
• Plural heritage landscapes of Najaf: Christian heritage — Dr Khalid Al-Hussainy and Mr Aqeel Jahil, University of Kufa, Iraq
• The Shrine of the Prophet Uzayr — Professor Abdulrahim H. Atia, University of Misan, Iraq

Chair:

• Dr Paul Collins, Ashmolean Museum Oxford, Co-Director of the Nahrein Network

Featured projects:

• Creating an intangible cultural heritage module: Iraq’s Bedouin — Dr Salah Hatem, Al-Qadissiyah University, Iraq
• Developing the Iraqi marshland tourist experience — Dr Raheem Al-Abdan, University of Thi-Qar, Iraq
• Dictionary of colloquial and Marsh Arabic dialects in southern Iraq — Dr Hussein Ridha, University of Thi-Qar, Iraq
• Living heritage of Diwaniyah and Samawa —ÌýDr Jaafar Jotheri, Al-Qadissiyah University, Iraq
• Post-conflict heritage recovery and development in Erbil’s rural periphery — Professor Howayda Al-Harithi, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Chair:

• Dr Rozhen Mohammed-Amin, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Co-Director of the Nahrein Network

Featured projects:

• Documenting local archives on the British Colonial Period in Slemani — Dr Shenah Abdullah, Kurdistan Institution for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research, KRI
• Digital documentation of conflict-affected heritage sites in Anbar province — Dr Abdul-azez Abbas, University of Al-Anbar, Iraq
• Digital documentation of conflict-affected heritage sites in Tikrit province — Dr Khalil Aljobory, University of Tikrit, Iraq
• Historical memory and heritage amongst displaced communities in Cilicia — Dr Emre á¹¢erifoÄŸlu, Koç University, Turkey
• Post-ISIS identity in war-torn areas: Al-Karma as case study — Dr Dhiaa Karim, University of Kufa, Iraq
• The impact of armed conflicts on cultural heritage in Diyala province — Dr Saif Tawfeeq Ibrahaim, University of Diyala

Chair:

• Dr Mehiyar Kathem, University College London, Deputy Director of the Nahrein Network

Featured Visiting Scholarships:

• Eco-museums for cultural heritage and sustainable tourism — Dr Mustafa DoÄŸan, Batman University, Turkey/University of Reading/BIAA
• Emotions and storytelling with VR for Slemani Museum — Dr Rozhen Mohammed-Amin, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region of Iraq/University of Glasgow/BISI
• Intangible cultural heritage of Najaf —ÌýDr Ali Naji Attiyah, University of Kufa, Iraq/University College London/BISI
• Mosul University Library — Dr Mohammed Jasim, University of Mosul/British Library/BISI
• Teaching medieval history in Iraq — Prof. Maher Al-Helli, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad/University of Sheffield/BISI

Download a copy of the programme:Ìý

nnaa_colloquium_programme_for_contributors.pdf

nnaa_colloquium_programme_for_contributors.pdf