

Cultural Heritage as the Target and Victim of War: First-hand reports from Ukraine
Cultural Heritage as the Target and Victim of War: First-hand reports from Ukraine
Organised by Professor John Hines, Vice President and Dr Heather Sebire, Honorary Secretary.
This one-day symposium is an opportunity to our colleagues working in the heritage sector in Ukraine to provide first-hand information to an international English-speaking audience about the damage inflicted in the course of the war started by invasion of February 2022 ordered by Vladimir Putin. We hope to gain greater insight into the current situation, and to identify ways in which real practical help can be given.
At present we anticipate seven individual papers reporting on impacts in specific geographical areas and on particular fields of historical and archaeological evidence. There will also be a keynote lecture on the national museum sector in a state of war, and a final panel discussion.
Program for the day:
10am GMT / 12pm EET: Arrival, tea & coffee to be served
10.30am GMT / 12.30pm EET: P. S. Shydloviskyi and V. H. Ivakin, ‘Peculiarities of monitoring the state of damaged archaeological landscapes in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions (Ukraine) during the war’
10.50am GMT / 12.50pm EET: M. Videyko, ‘Peculiarities of monitoring the state of damaged archaeological landscapes in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions (Ukraine) during the war’
11.10am GMT / 1.10pm EET: O. Symonenko, ‘The Destruction of Archaeological Sites in the Kherson Region’
11.30am GMT / 1.30pm EET: D. Kiosak and A. Kolesnychenko, ‘Kardashynsky bog and Yahorlyk settlement: the projects interrupted by Russian invasion’
11.50am / 1.50pm EET: S. Radchenko, ‘The unknown and endangered rock art site of Kamyana Mohyla in the currently occupied part of South-Eastern Ukraine’
12.10pm GMT / 2.10pm EET: K. Myzgin, ‘Three sides of the coin? Ancient numismatics in Ukraine during the war’
12.30pm GMT / 2.30pm EET: Lunch (provided)
2pm GMT / 4pm EET: KEYNOTE ADDRESS by F. Androshchuk, Director of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, ‘The Museum in a State of War’
2.30-3.30pm GMT / 4.30-5.30om EET: Panel discussion chaired by Heather Sebire and John Hines, with contributions by Estzer Banffy, the president of the European Association of Archaeologists
This event will be both in person at Burlington House and online. Please select the appropriate ticket below.