Endangered Archaeology in North Africa: site identification, monitoring and intervention

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Protecting the Past 3: Documentation as a Tool for Heritage Protection

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David Mattingly (EAMENA, University of Leicester), gives a talk in the first panel of the second day of the conference, The challenges and opportunities for protecting the past in Libya.

This presentation will focus on the work to date of the EAMENA team in relation to threats to the heritage of North African countries. Case studies illustrating the work of EAMENA show the range of the work, from initial site identification and mapping, to recording and monitoring threats and damage remotely, to direct interventions with national antiquities agencies and on the ground action. The importance of collaborative working and the sharing of information are highlighted, along with the need to build capacity ion this sort of work in all the Maghrebian countries.

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Department: School of Archaeology

Date Added: 08/01/2018

Duration: 00:21:50

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Documentation as a tool for the protection of Libyan heritage: Cyrenaica as a model

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Hanan Abdalrahaman Benshkban (Department of Antiquities, Libya) and Saleh Abdalha (Department of Antiquities, Libya) give a talk for the first panel on the second day, The challenges and opportunities for protecting the past in Libya.

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Protecting the Past 3: Documentation as a Tool for Heritage Protection

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Hanan Abdalrahaman Benshkban

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Department: School of Archaeology

Date Added: 08/01/2018

Duration: 00:23:27

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Protection of the cultural heritage during peace and conflict

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Amhimmid Ammarah Ammar Mousay (Department of Antiquities of Libya) gives a talk for the first panel in the second day The challenges and opportunities for protecting the past in Libya.

About how to protect the cultural heritage during the peace and armed conflict taking as an example the steps of protection which were taken in Sabratha ruins during the both times with concentration on the mosaics panels at air open areas. In addition, the contribution talks about the of the archaeological items kept in museums and stores.

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Protecting the Past 3: Documentation as a Tool for Heritage Protection

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Amhimmid Ammarah Ammar Mousay

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Department: School of Archaeology

Date Added: 08/01/2018

Duration: 00:27:06

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In a series of 5-minute interviews, academic staff at Oxford talk about how they use technology for teaching and learning. What are the different types of teaching taking place at Oxford? How can technology play a part in enriching the experience of students? How can academics create a space for their students to explore?

Learning technologies and techniques like: 3D printing; Canvas @ Oxford and the Weblearn virtual learning environment (VLE); formative and summative assessment; collaboration; recorded lectures (lecture capture Replay); mobile apps; online resources including open educational resources (OER); plagiarism awareness (TurnItIn); the tutorial system; videos; visualisations, simulation and modelling; voting and polling.

War crimes, crimes against humanity and territorial fragmentation: are peace and reconstruction possible in Syria?

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Middle East Centre

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Ziad Majed discusses his research on the political situation in Syria, which is the focus of his latest publication.

Ziad Majed, a Lebanese/French political scientist, is an associate professor of Middle East studies and International Affairs at the American University of Paris. His research focuses on Lebanon, Syria, Political transitions, Consociationalist systems and Political Islam. In 2007, he co-founded the Arab Network for the Study of Democracy. Dr. Majed’s latest publication: Syrie, La révolution orpheline (Syria, the Orphan Revolution), Paris, 2014. He also has two blogs: ziadmajed.blogspot.com (in Arabic) and vendredis-arabes.blogspot.com (French and English).

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Department: Middle East Centre

Date Added: 22/12/2017

Duration: 00:47:41

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‘Make we joy now in this feast’

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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

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A carol for Christmas, ‘Nowell nowell nowell’, from a book of church music. MS. Arch. Selden B. 26, fol. 14v. Copied in the mid 1400s.

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Designing English: Graphics on the medieval page

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Henrike Lähnemann

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Department: Bodleian Libraries

Date Added: 20/12/2017

Duration: 00:01:45

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The Culture of New Wars

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Changing Character of War

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Mary Kaldor discussing her pioneering work on the concept of new wars and global civil society. Her work on the practical implementation of human security has directly influenced European and national politics.

Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance, Director of the Conflict and Civil Society Research Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science and CEO of the Department for International Development (DFID) funded Conflict Research Programme. Her books include; The Baroque Arsenal, New and Old Wars: Organised Violence in a Global Era, Global Civil Society: An Answer to War. Her most recent book is International Law and New Wars co-authored with Christine Chinkin. She was a founder and co-chair of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly, a member of the International Independent Commission on Kosovo and convenor of the Human Security Study Group, which reported to Javier Solana and now to Federica Mogherini.

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Changing Character of War

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Mary kaldor

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peace studies; new wars; conflict; globalisation; civil society

Department: Pembroke College

Date Added: 20/12/2017

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Regional Opportunities and Challenges Facing the West in the Middle East

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Changing Character of War

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The focus of this presentation is on post-ISIS Syria and Iraq, Iranian ascendancy in the region, and the reaction of the US, UK and their allies in the region. It also considers prospects for Saudi Arabian reform and leadership of the Arab world.

Jonathan Paris is a London-based analyst with interests in counter-radicalization, international security and global trends in a wide range of regions including South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, China and Europe. He was a Middle East Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York from 1995-2000. Since moving to London in June 2001, he has prepared studies for the US government on the future of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Europe, Muslims in Europe, China, and China in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is the author of several articles and two monographs, Prospects for Pakistan and Prospects for Iran. Mr. Paris is a graduate of Yale University (BA in Comparative Political and Economic Systems) and Stanford Law School. He is a native of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Changing Character of War

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Jonathan Paris

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Middle East; politics; conflict; terrorism

Department: Pembroke College

Date Added: 20/12/2017

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Le role de l'Institut National du Patrimoine dans la lutte contre le trafic illicite des biens culturels: situation actuelle et defis

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Protecting the Past 3: Documentation as a Tool for Heritage Protection

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Yasser Jrad (INP) gives their presentation in the third panel of the conference.

English title: The role of the National Heritage Institute in the fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural property: current situation and challenges