The Blue Shield UK Conflict & Military Activity Working Group is hosting a free series of webinars about conflict and the risks to UK heritage, your obligations under the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict – and how you can prepare your institutions for these risks.
It will be hosted on
- the third Friday of every month from March to December 2025 (excepting August)
- 12.30-13.00 (Individual seminar times may change.)
- on Zoom.
All are welcome to attend, but especially heritage professionals, students, and members of the armed services.
The link to register can be found here:
https://forms.office.com/e/whZtmimcXn
Schedule
Friday, March 21: Emma Cunliffe, Protecting Culture in Conflict: A UK Perspective on the 1954 Hague Convention
Friday, April 25: Andy Davis, Current threats facing the Cultural Heritage Sectors
Friday, May 23: Timothy Fagg, Civic-Military Cooperation in Relation to Defense Using Cultural Property Protection
Friday, June 20: Brittni Bradford, Civic Safeguarding Preparations for the 1954 Hague Convention
Friday, July 18: Protecting Domestic Cultural Property in Conflict: Historical Perspectives from Britain and Italy in the Second World War
Abstracts
Can’t make it? Talks are recorded and are available on the BS UK website.
