Responding to a Cultural Heritage Crisis: The SHOSI Project

An overflow crowd spilled into Cohen’s lecture hall on September 22 for Brian Daniels’ sobering yet inspiring Goldberg Lecture entitled Protecting Cultural Heritage in Syria and Iraq: Lessons Learned in the Present Crisis.    Considerable attention has been given to the ongoing destruction of cultural heritage as part of the current crisis in Syria and…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 30, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Exhibit Commemorates Recently Destroyed Monuments at Palmyra

Palmyra, or Tadmor, rising out of the Syrian desert between Damascus and the Euphrates, has been called the “Bride of the Desert,” because of its spectacular geographical setting and a history of bringing diverse peoples together.  Today, Syria is widowed. Syria Widowed:  Remembering Palmyra commemorates recently destroyed monuments at Palmyra, only one of a growing…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 29, 2015 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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HART Alumnus Alan LeQuire to Discuss “Musica” on September 26

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 25, 2015 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Maria Liston to Deliver Archaeology Lecture on September 24

Maria Liston, associate professor and chair of the anthropology department at the University of Waterloo, will deliver an Archaeological Institute of America lecture on Thursday, September 24, at 6 pm at the Nashville Parthenon in Centennial Park. In her lecture, “Short Lives and Forgotten Deaths: Infant Skeletons in the ‘Bone Well’ near the Athenian Agora,”…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 22, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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From New Zealand to New York and now Nashville: HART’s new Visual Resources Curator Assistant Millie Fullmer

Born and raised in Te Wai Pounamu, which translates “waters of greenstone” or as the European colonists creatively named it… the South Island of New Zealand (a.k.a. Aotearoa “land of the long white cloud”),  I suppose I have always been a southerner of sorts. Admittedly, the last six years were spent living in New York…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 22, 2015 in HART, VRC

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Mireille Lee Lectures on Archaeology of Ancient Greek Dress

Mireille Lee, assistant professor of history of art and classical studies, delivered the Richard H. Howland Lecture on September 20 to the Milwaukee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America. Her title was The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Dress. Lee has published widely on the social functions of dress in ancient Greece, including her monograph…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 22, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Goldberg Lecture, Exhibit Address Protection of Cultural Heritage

Concerns about cultural heritage feature prominently in the present humanitarian crisis in Syria and Iraq. With more than 250,000 dead and millions displaced, all aspects of daily life have been upended. Destruction of the region’s famed archaeological sites, most recently Palmyra, has prompted an outpouring of international concern. Despite many humanitarian interventions designed to address…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 22, 2015 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Vanderbilt Portal to Mexico City Promotes Global Citizenship

The Vanderbilt Portal to Mexico City—a custom-designed gold shipping container with immersive audio and video technology—will offer the entire Nashville community now through October 12 an opportunity to converse face to face with new acquaintances in Mexico’s capital city. Interested individuals must sign up in advance to reserve a time for a 20-minute conversation in…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 21, 2015 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni, Technology, VRC

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Two Exhibits Featured at Cohen Gallery Opening on September 18

The Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery celebrates the opening of two exhibits with a reception on Friday, September 18, from 5 to 7 pm in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall. On view through December 4, the exhibits are in conjunction with “Fall for the Arts” and Parents’ Weekend. In honor of the centenary of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 18, 2015 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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#AskACurator Day at the Getty Set for Wednesday, September 16

Have your questions ready and join nine Getty curators for #AskACurator Day on Wednesday, September 16. Curators from the Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute will join their colleagues at nearly 1,000 institutions in 50 countries on Wednesday, September 16, for the sixth annual #AskACurator Day on Twitter. Curators will be available to answer…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 15, 2015 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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