Admission is free and open to the public with RSVP
9:00-9:45 — Breakfast and Registration
9:45-9:50 — Welcome, LaShawn R. Jefferson, Senior Executive Director, Perry World House
9:50-10:00 — Introduction, Lynn Meskell, PIK Professor, Penn Museum, SAS & Weitzman School of Design, Penn
10:00-10:30 — Opening Statements Nada Al Hassan, Advisor for Culture, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Perry World House and Professor of the Practice of Law and Human Rights, Penn Chris Woods, Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
10:30-12:00 — Panel I: UNESCO and the Global Order Paul Betts, Professor of Modern European History at St. Antony’s College, Oxford University Trinidad Rico, Professor and Director of Heritage Conservation in the School of Architecture, University of Southern California Jonathan Bell, Vice President of Programs, World Monuments Fund
Moderator: Richard Leventhal, Executive Director, Penn Cultural Heritage Center and Professor of Anthropology, Penn
12:00-1:15 — Lunch
1:15-2:15 — Panel II: Conservation Michael Weisberg, Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Senior Faculty Fellow and Director of Post-Graduate Programs, Perry World House, Penn Frank Matero, Professor of Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, Weitzman School of Design, Penn Randy Mason, Professor of Historic Preservation, Weitzman School of Design and Faculty Director, Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites, Penn Kim Bowes, Professor of Classical Studies, Penn
Moderator: Kecia Fong, Lecturer, Historic Preservation, Weitzman School of Design, Penn
2:15-2:30 — Break
2:30-4:00 — Panel III: World Heritage in Conflict Helen Frowe, Professor of Practical Philosophy and Director of Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Stockholm University Witold Henisz, Vice Dean and Faculty Director, ESG Initiative and Professor of Management, The Wharton School, Penn
Moderator: Claudia Liuzza, Diplomacy Fellow at the Center for International & Global Studies, Duke University and Penn Cultural Heritage Center, Penn
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