Cultural heritage at risk
Subtitle: the role of museums in war and conflict
By: editors: Kurt Almqvist & Louise Belfrage
Publisher: Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Stockholm
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9789189672833
Subjects: Art treasures in war; Congresses; Museums; Cultural property; Protection; Destruction and pillage; Art thefts; Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Kurt Almqvist & Louise Belfrage; title: Uniting humanity around heritage: the role of museums  -- Irina Bokova; title: Historic background --; title: War trophies and looted art  -- Magnus Olausson; title: The state of cultural heritage in Syria, Iraq and Libya today --; title: The history and current situation of World Heritage Sites in Syria  -- Rubina Raja; title: Iraq's cultural heritage since the 2003 invasion  -- Ihsan Fethi; title: A heritage at risk  -- Paul Bennett; title: What can be done? --; title: Cultural diversity through sustainable heritage  -- Markus Hilgert; title: Crimes against cultural heritage of humanity  -- Vincent Negri; title: Scholarly engagement with collections of unprovenanced ancient texts  -- Neil Brodie; title: Thieves of Baghdad and the terrorists they finance -- Matthew Bogdanos.