Cultural Diplomacy and Archaeology in British Mandate Palestine, RMO museum Leiden

    Press/Media: Public Engagement ActivitiesPopular

    Period28-Mar-2019

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    Media coverage

    • TitleRMO Museum of Antiquities
      Media typeWeb
      Duration/Length/SizeMarch 2019
      Country/TerritoryNetherlands
      Date28/03/2019
      DescriptionPopular talks around the photographic exhibition at RMO. Karène Sanchez Summerer and Sary Zananiri discussed the Dutch photographer Frank Scholten, who made thousands of photographs during his trip to Palestine in 1921-1923; École Biblique and how this institution has collected pictures of ‘Biblical Palestine’. Mathilde Sigalas discussed the role that Western institutions have played in realising Western archaeological interests in Palestine. Sarah Irving talked about the role that Palestinian Christians have played in forming archaeological institutions in Palestine during the Mandate years. Followed by Q&A
      URLhttps://www.rmo.nl/en/news-press/news/crossroads-project/
      PersonsKarène Sanchez-Summerer

    Keywords

    • Archeology
    • Cultural diplomacy
    • Eastern Christianity
    • Holy Land studies
    • Global tourism