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New partnership to protect Buddhist heritage in Pakistan’s Swat Valley

HERITΛGE is delighted to partner with the , EssaNoor Associates and  the International Association of Mediterranean and Oriental Studies(ISMEO),  on the important project to protect the Buddhist heritage of the Swat Valley in Pakistan. We are grateful to the Cultural Protection Fund of the British Council, whose support made this work possible. The Swat Valley, known both for its rich, multicultural history and

Meeting for the AHEAD project in Crete

HERITΛGE is happy to announce that on July 9th, the Messara Archaeological Museum in Crete, Greece, hosted a pivotal meeting for the AHEAD project, attended by Vincent Roles, AHEAD’s EU Project Officer, officials from the Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion, local cultural heritage professionals, and members our AHEAD project team. The meeting marked a major

News Archives: an invaluable heritage resource

  By Olivia Stockdale News Archivist Next year is the 70th anniversary of ITN, the British broadcaster established in 1955 as the main alternative to the BBC; they pioneered frontline broadcasts and challenged the typically diffident style of those who came before. Over these seven decades, ITN cameras have captured everything from the building of

26 new recipients of small grants for Africa

HERITΛGE is very pleased to announce another 26 recipients of our HerMaP Africa small grants for organizations, groups, and individuals working with heritage in Africa. The small grants initiative is generously supported by the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place program. In this second round of the program, over $333,000 has been awarded to projects that

2023- 2024: Our academic year in review

On Saturday, June 30th, the HERITΛGE team wrapped up the  2023-2024 academic year with an event on the Greek island of Paros island to mark the end of our Community Engagement for Cultural Heritage Summer Field School.  The event was the culmination of possibly the most successful academic year since the organization was founded 15

Community Engagement: second workshop in Ethiopia

HERITΛGE traveled to Ethiopia for a series of training activities in April, including a 3-day workshop on Engaging Communities in Cultural Heritage, delivered in person to 22 heritage caretakers in Hawassa, a regional city in the Sidama Region. We held the workshop in Hawassa to improve accessibility and inclusion for people living outside the capital,

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