Brian Eno, the British rock musician and avant-garde artist, once remarked, “we are convinced by things that show internal complexity, that show the traces of an interesting evolution. That is what makes old buildings interesting. Humans have a taste for things that not only show that they have been through a process of evolution, but which also show they are still part of one. They are not dead yet.” This is why we treasure our heritage and why we feel disconnected when the opportunity to involve ourselves with it, even from a distance, is taken away. This lecture is about how we can preserve some of that involvement even if the original heritage cannot be saved or does not survive and how our pragmatic responses and sometimes difficult decisions about what to save can increase our participation in cultural heritage. With limited resources, only a small sample of all heritage at risk will ever be conserved in situ and no amount of conservation can guarantee preservation of an historic building, artifact or site. Politics and fashion will dictate where funding will go and what might be fit for current agendas. Come experience compelling examples of how and why conservation through documentation is a critical strategy for protecting Egypt’s unparalleled history. ARCE has provided access to previously obscure material and through documentation, recording and publication these places are now accessible to the scholarly community and a wide public who might never be able to see the sites themselves Seating is limited, registration required to info@arceny.com About the Speaker Michael Jones first came to Egypt as a student in the 1970s to work on archaeological surveys and excavations at Luxor and Amarna and has since worked at numerous sites throughout the country. In the mid 1980s he moved permanently to Egypt to build a career in field archaeology and cultural heritage management. His work for ARCE began in 1996 as project manager with the team directing USAID-funded conservation projects. Since then he has directed ARCE heritage conservation projects including at the Ottoman Fort at Quseir, and St. Anthony’s and St. Paul’s Monasteries, (Red Sea Region), The ‘Red Monastery’ (Sohag), the Tomb of Sety I (Valley of the Kings), Archaeological Monitoring of the Groundwater Lowering Project in Old Cairo, and the Roman Paintings Conservation Project in the Luxor Temple (with Chicago House). He is especially interested in the role of historic preservation in social and economic development and the sustainability of living heritage. His recent publications reflect the need for and implementation of comprehensive and integrated projects that combine theoretical knowledge with the collective experiences of specialists, owners and residents for effective conservation and heritage preservation.

Come to the lecture to experience compelling examples of how and why conservation through documentation is a critical strategy for protecting Egypt’s unparalleled history. ARCE has provided access to previously obscure material and through documentation, recording and publication these places are now accessible to the scholarly community and a wide public who might never be able to see the sites themselves. Michael Jones first went to Egypt as a student in the 1970s to work on archaeological surveys and excavations at Luxor and Amarna and has since worked at numerous sites throughout the country. In the mid 1980s he moved permanently to Egypt to build a career in field archaeology and cultural heritage management. His work for ARCE began in 1996 as project manager with the team directing USAID-funded conservation projects. Since then he has directed ARCE heritage conservation projects including at the Ottoman Fort at Quseir, and St. Anthony’s and St. Paul’s Monasteries, (Red Sea Region), The ‘Red Monastery’ (Sohag), the Tomb of Sety I (Valley of the Kings), Archaeological Monitoring of the Groundwater Lowering Project in Old Cairo, and the Roman Paintings Conservation Project in the Luxor Temple (with Chicago House). He is especially interested in the role of historic preservation in social and economic development and the sustainability of living heritage. His recent publications reflect the need for and implementation of comprehensive and integrated projects that combine theoretical knowledge with the collective experiences of specialists, owners and residents for effective conservation and heritage preservation. Please join us...for coffee, tea and cookies before the lecture at 3:00.

Peter Schäfer came to Princeton in 1998 to serve as the first Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religion and Program in Judaic Studies. He has served as director of the Program since 2005. His work has reshaped the study of early Jewish mysticism, and his scholarship has played a central role in the study of rabbinic literature. He has had a profound impact on Jewish Studies in Germany and the United States not only through his scholarship but also through the many conferences he has organized and the publications he has supervised. Participants include: Leora Batnitzky, Naphtali S. Meshel, Philippa Townsend, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Holger Zellentin, Ra’anan Boustan, Annemarie Luijendijk, Eduard Iricinschi, Lance Jenott, Adam Becker, Elaine H. Pagels, Kevin Lee Osterloh, Gregg E. Gardner, Moulie Vidas. For details see: http://religion.princeton.edu/ancientjudaism/

PROGRAM 1:00pm Welcome Alexander Jones, Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Acting Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU Matthew S. Santirocco, Senior Vice-Provost, Professor of Classics, and Angelo J. Ranieri Director of Ancient Studies, NYU Rita Wright, Professor of Anthropology, NYU 1:25pm Mr. Masoudi and the Reconstruction of the Kabul Museum in Historical Perspective Deborah Klimburg-Salter, University Professor Institute of Art History, Univ. of Vienna; Coordinator Kabul Museum Capacity Building Program 1:50pm Paris and Afghan Heritage Pierre Cambon, Senior Curator, the Musee’ Guimet, France 2:15pm Reconstructing the Archaeology of Afghanistan and DAFA Involvement Philippe Marquis, Director of DAFA, the French Archaeological Mission to Kabul 2:40pm The Treasure of the National Museum Susanne Annen, Senior Adviser to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture TEA BREAK 3:25pm The Bronze Age World of Afghanistan Fred Hiebert, National Geographic Fellow, Washington, D.C. 3:50pm Portraits in Miniature: Glyptic Art of Pre-Islamic Afghanistan (4th–8th Centuries CE) Judith Lerner, Research Associate, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World 4:15pm Medieval Marbles from Ghazni. Between pre-Islamic Traditions and Ghaznavid Art Martina Rugiadi, Assistant Curator, Department of Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art 4:40pm United States Public Diplomacy and Cultural Heritage Preservation in Afghanistan Laura Tedesco, Cultural Heritage Program Officer, U.S. Department of State,Bureau of South and Central Asia Affairs 5:05pm Afghanistan’s Multiple Pasts. Reflections on the Courageous Work of Omara Khan Masoudi Philip Kohl, Professor of Anthropology and Kathryn W. Davis Professor of Slavic Studies, Wellesley College 5:30pm Concluding Remarks Sören Stark, Assistant Professor of Central Asian Art and Archaeology,Institute for the Study of the Ancient World RECEPTION TO FOLLOW This lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is required.To register, please contact ISAW at 212.992.7860 or by email at kathryn.lawson@nyu.edu

A two-day workshop to be held at Princeton University on Friday May 24th- Saturday May 25th, 2013. The meeting will look at the evidence and interpretations for climate change and its environmental impact in Anatolia in an innovative way, which the emphasis on how we advance palaeo/environmental/climate studies in Turkey in conjuction with historical and archaeological research. The historical focus will be on the late Roman and early Byzantine period (ca. 450-850) in Anatolia, although a far broader chronological and geographical context will be borne in mind. Discussion will revolve around key issues of paleoclimate research and its integration with historical and archaeological data, and the aim is to bring scholars from different disciplines together who may not have worked with those outside their immediate specialism. Speakers: Marica Cassis (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Owen Doonan (California State University, Northridge), Warren Eastwood (University of Birmingham), Hugh Elton (Trent University/Ontario), Dominik Fleitmann (Reading University), John Haldon (Princeton University), Adam Izdebksi (Jagiellonian University in Krakow), Sabine Ladstatter (Austrian Archaeoogy Institute), Stuart Manning (Cornell University), Michael McCormick (Harvard University), Jim Newhard (College of Charleston), Kathellen Nicoll (Univeristy of Utah), C. Neil Roberts (University of Plymouth), Ioannis Telelis (Academy of Athens), Elena Xoplaki (Justus-Liebig University Giessen)