NINO (The Netherlands Institute for the Near East) Annual Meeting

Sanchez-Summerer, K. (Organiser)

Research Centre for Historical Studies (CHS)

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Description

NINO (The Netherlands Institute for the Near East) 2025 Annual Meeting 'Heritage and politics in the Middle East: historical perspectives'

Period	30-Jan-2025
Event type	Conference
Location	Groningen, NetherlandsShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

Cultural Heritage
Heritage Politics
Middle East
Archeology
Decolonisation
Museums

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The study of the Near East has historically been entangled with politics, from those of early modern states and empires, to those of foreign institutes, universities, and museums. This annual meeting focuses on heritage politics of the Middle East from a historical perspective. How have the studies of historical sources, archaeological remains, and texts from the past, been involved with early modern state formation, (de)colonization, cultural diplomacy, economic policies, memory practices? How was this involvement received by people living in the Middle East, and heritage institutions abroad? And today, how is it represented in the curricula of degrees focusing on the Middle Eastern past? How does it influence fieldwork and archive practices?