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Research Grant Awards Scheme Q&A Webinar

Recording of Q&A Webinar with Professor Eleanor Robson, Dr Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin, Dr Mehiyar Kathem and Research Grant Awardee Dr Ali Naji Attiyah

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The Nahrein Network is now a Proud Member of the Climate Heritage Network.

The Nahrein Network is delighted to join the Climate Heritage Network. The CHO is a global network committed to mobilising arts, culture and heritage to address Climate Change.

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Spotlight On... Meyihar Kathem

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Meet Meyihar Kathem, Senior Researcher at UCL’s History Department and Nahrein Network Deputy Director. Discover more about his work at the network and his research on Iraq's cultural heritage and support for Iraqi academics. Meyihar won't joke around, but find out why he won't take life seriously.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3wJ3xZJ

Documenting, contextualising and planning for an ancient Assyrian heritage site in post-ISIS Iraq

Following an ISIS terrorist attack on Nimrud, Iraq, in 2015, Professor Eleanor Robson's research on the site’s ancient and modern history helped raise awareness of its global significance.

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Learn more about Professor Eleanor Robson’s research on the ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq and how it enabled cultural heritage organisations, news media and policymakers to understand the site's importance as the world’s first imperial capital.

Guests
Professor Eleanor Robson, Department of History, UCL
Louise Haxthausen, UNESCO Representative to the European Union
Maryam Maruf, Journalist, BBC World Service

Read more here: bit.ly/UCLREF2021_heritage

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Cultural Heritage: Projects & Partnerships in Iraq

UCL's Nahrein Network Director Professor Eleanor Robson and Deputy Director Dr Mehiyar Kathem visited Baghdad last week, where they held an event in the Baghdadi Cultural Centre in Mutanabbi to celebrate the completion of Nahrein Network funded projects by Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) since 2017.

The event was chaired by former Nahrein Network - The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (BISI) Visiting Scholar Professor Ali Naji Attiyah of Kufa University. Principal Investigators came from different parts of Iraq including Anbar, Nineveh, Baghdad, Divala, Najaf, Babylon, Salahadeen, Qadissiyah and Thi Qar to present their projects. 

Nahrein Network – Chatham House

As part of the Nahrein Network – Chatham House collaboration to explore the future of cultural heritage in Iraq and its role for rebuilding society and reconstruction, we are pleased to present the newly launched research paper, Cultural heritage predation in Iraq: The sectarian appropriation of Iraq's past. In English and Arabic.