Supporting a new vision for Iraq’s heritage and culture

A collaborative network led by UCL historian Professor Eleanor Robson is supporting a sustainable approach to heritage in post-conflict Iraq through locally-led research and advocacy.

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The Nahrein Network, a collaborative network which includes experts at UCL, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and Sulaimani Polytechnic University and Al-Qadisiyah universities in Iraq, is supporting a sustainable approach to heritage in post-conflict Iraq through locally-led research and advocacy that retells the story of Iraq's past.

 

Since 2017, the network has promoted a people-first strategy to building effective support for heritage in Iraq and is advising policymakers in the Iraqi cultural sector. It is helping to decolonise histories of the ancient Middle East and supporting new ways to promote Iraq's history.

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