Conference: Heritage, Politics and Everything In-between: UNESCO in Israel and Jerusalem
Open invitation:
Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 6:00pm
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Greetings:
Dr. Abigail Jacobson, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Yonathan Mizrachi, Emek Shaveh
Chairperson: Dr. Leah Shamir Shinan, Urban Planner; member of the Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel and ICOMOS Israel
Dr. Edo Litmanovitch, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
UNESCO’s Rhetoric for Conservation in Times of Crisis
Architect Giora Solar, Israel World Heritage Committee (Israel National Commission for UNESCO); Chairperson of the Committee for Historic Towns and Villages, ICOMOS Israel
Declaring the Old City of Jerusalem as a World Heritage Site – a Conservation Tool
Architect Ruth Liberty-Shalev, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology; Israel World Heritage Committee (Israel National Commission for UNESCO)
Common Past = Tolerant Future? UNESCO’s world heritage apparatus
Dr. Ramez Eid, Sakhnin Academic College; The Open University of Israel
UNESCO as a Standard: on Conservation, Tourism and Nationalism in Heritage Sites and Biosphere Reserves in Israel
Discussion with the Audience
The conference will be simultaneously translated into English
The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jabotinsky 43, Jerusalem, Tel: 02-5605222 www.vanleer.org.il
Admission is free
Parking is not available at the Institute (metered parking is available on the neighboring streets).
Photos taken during the event will be posted on the Van Leer website and social media.