The Department of Conservation and Built Heritage at the Faculty for the Built Environment is organising a student debate and a series of lectures by Professor Salah Hussein Al-Houdalieh from the Institute of Archaeology at Al-Quds University. All events will be held at the University of Malta, Msida Campus.
Lecture for students
The impact of modern development on cultural heritage in Palestine: challenges and opportunities
Monday 3 April
14:00 to 16:00
Venue: Room 116, Old Humanities Building (OH116)
Public lecture
Cultural Heritage destruction and looting of antiquities in Palestine
Monday 3 April
18:00
Venue: Department of Classics and Archaeology, Archaeology Centre (Car Park 6)
Student debate
The ethics of archaeological practice: current debates in Palestine
Tuesday 4 April
14:00 to 16:00
Venue: Room 105, Old Humanities Building (OH105)
Lecture for students and staff
Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine olive oil and wine presses in Palestine
Thursday 6 April
17:00
Venue: Room 112, Old Humanities Building (OH112)
The lecture on Excavation results at Khirbet et-Tireh has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Prof. Salah Hussein Al-Houdalieh is Professor of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage at the Institute of Archaeology at Al-Quds University. Al-Houdalieh's current research and teaching interests include archaeology and ethnography in the Levant, cultural identity, antiquities looting and looters, mosaics, heritage ethics, Roman-Byzantine architecture, and the stratigraphy of the Early Bronze Age in the Middle East. Several of his fieldwork projects have examined how both urban development and the looting of antiquities sites are impacting Palestine’s cultural heritage and endangering its archaeological resources. Prof. Al-Houdalieh has published a large number of books and articles in peer-reviewed journals.