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| Letter: Academic researchers of Iranian history, archaeology, art and culture, based in national museums and universities across the world, react in horror to the US president’s threat to target Iranian sites | Letter: Academic researchers of Iranian history, archaeology, art and culture, based in national museums and universities across the world, react in horror to the US president’s threat to target Iranian sites |
| We, the undersigned, deplore the threat by the US president, made via Twitter on 4 January (and reiterated to reporters on 5 January), that his forces have “targeted 52 Iranian sites” some of which are “important to Iran & the Iranian culture”. Whatever the policy implications of these words, we respond with horror to direct threats against the people of Iran and against their tangible and intangible cultural heritage. | We, the undersigned, deplore the threat by the US president, made via Twitter on 4 January (and reiterated to reporters on 5 January), that his forces have “targeted 52 Iranian sites” some of which are “important to Iran & the Iranian culture”. Whatever the policy implications of these words, we respond with horror to direct threats against the people of Iran and against their tangible and intangible cultural heritage. |
| As some have already noted, the president’s inflammatory statement is contrary to the stated aims of the 1954 Hague convention and the protocols of the Geneva conventions of 1949 and 1977. Furthermore, the international criminal court considers the destruction of cultural heritage to be a war crime. | As some have already noted, the president’s inflammatory statement is contrary to the stated aims of the 1954 Hague convention and the protocols of the Geneva conventions of 1949 and 1977. Furthermore, the international criminal court considers the destruction of cultural heritage to be a war crime. |
| We stand in solidarity with the people of Iran and state our support, at this time of great anxiety, for our friends and colleagues in Iran’s museums, universities and heritage organisations. Their mission is of fundamental national and international importance – they work to create, safeguard and interpret an invaluable material legacy for present and future generations. | We stand in solidarity with the people of Iran and state our support, at this time of great anxiety, for our friends and colleagues in Iran’s museums, universities and heritage organisations. Their mission is of fundamental national and international importance – they work to create, safeguard and interpret an invaluable material legacy for present and future generations. |
| As academic researchers of Iranian history, archaeology, art and culture, based in national museums and universities across the world, we call on our political representatives to condemn explicitly any statement or action that threatens internationally recognised war crimes against the Iranian people, as well as their cultural heritage. | As academic researchers of Iranian history, archaeology, art and culture, based in national museums and universities across the world, we call on our political representatives to condemn explicitly any statement or action that threatens internationally recognised war crimes against the Iranian people, as well as their cultural heritage. |
| Lindsay Allen Lecturer in ancient history, King’s College LondonMoya Carey Museum curator, DublinFuchsia Hart DPhil candidate, Khalili Research Centre, University of OxfordLadan Akbarnia Curator of south Asian and Islamic art, San Diego Museum of Art, CaliforniaLeila Amineddoleh Founder, Amineddoleh and Associates LLC, New YorkMohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi École Pratique des Hautes Études, ParisSussan Babaie Reader in the arts of Islam and Iran, Courtauld Institute of Art, LondonArchil Balakhvantsev Leading research fellow at the Center for the Study of Central Asia, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, MoscowArthur Bijl Assistant curator of Ottoman, Middle Eastern and Asian Arms and Armour, Wallace Collection, LondonRémy Boucharlat Université Lyon2, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, FranceDavid Blow Historian of Iran, LondonSam Bowker Senior lecturer in art history and visual culture, Charles Sturt University, AustraliaPierre Briant Emeritus Professor, Collège de France, ParisFrancois Bridey Curator of ancient Iran collections, Ancient Near East Department, Musée du Louvre, ParisPierfrancesco Callieri Professor of archaeology of pre-Islamic Iran, Università di Bologna, ItalyMatthew P Canepa Professor, and Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali presidential chair in art history and archaeology of ancient Iran, University of California, Irvine, USAnnabelle Collinet Curator, Medieval Iranian World Collection, Musée du Louvre, ParisPaul Collins Jaleh Hearn Curator of Ancient Near East, Ashmolean Museum, OxfordLuca Colliva Archaeologist, Iranian-Italian Joint Archaeological Mission in Fars, Iran, and Università di BolognaJohn Curtis former Keeper of Middle East, British Museum, LondonAshk Dahlén Associate professor, Uppsala University, SwedenTouraj Daryaee Maseeh Chair in Persian studies and culture, and the director of the Dr Samuel M Jordan Center for Persian Studies at the University of California, IrvineSophy Downes Lecturer in art history, John Cabot University, RomeMay Farhat Architectural historian, BeirutShervin Farridnejad Lecturer in ancient Iranian studies, Freie Universität Berlin, GermanyNarguess Farzad Chair of the Centre for Iranian Studies, Soas University of LondonGwenaëlle Fellinger Senior curator, Musée du Louvre, ParisElina Filippone Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, ItalyAnna Filigenzi Associate professor of south and central Asian archaeology and art history, University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’, ItalyTeresa Fitzherbert Faculty tutor in Islamic art, Khalili Research Centre, University of OxfordAida Foroutan Art historian and independent scholar, University of ManchesterUte Franke Former deputy director, Museum für Islamische Kunst – Staatliche Museen Berlin, presently in charge of the Iran projects of the museumMelanie Gibson Arts series editor, Gingko Library, LondonSebastian Gondet Chargé de recherche au CNRS, Université Lyon2, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, FrancePeter Good Lecturer in early modern Europe and the Islamic world, University of Kent Hilary Gopnik Senior lecturer, Centre for Ancient Cultures, Monash University, MelbourneMargaret Graves Associate professor, department of art history, University of Indiana Bloomington, USRosalind Haddon Honorary secretary of the Islamic Art Circle, LondonJulia Hartley Leverhulme Fellow, University of WarwickSeiro Haruta Department of Asian studies, Tokai University, JapanBarbara Helwing Director, Vorderasiatisches Museum - Staatliche Museen BerlinWouter Henkelman École Pratique des Hautes Études, ParisPamela Karimi Associate professor of art history, College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USIrina Khoshoridze Chief curator of oriental collections, Georgian National Museum, and professor, Tbilisi State University, GeorgiaKarima Laachir Associate professor in Arabic Cultural Studies, Australian National University, CanberraFrancesca Leoni Curator of Islamic art, Ashmolean Museum, University of OxfordJudith Lerner Research associate, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York UniversityLloyd Llewellyn-Jones Professor in ancient history, Cardiff University, WalesEmad Matin Post-doctoral research fellow, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università di Bologna, Ravenna, ItalyCharles Melville Emeritus professor of Persian history, University of CambridgeFiruza I Melville Director of research, Pembroke Centre for Persian Studies, University of CambridgeVito Messina Associate professor in the archaeology of ancient Iran, University of Turin, and Iranian-Italian Joint Expedition in Khuzestan, ItalyLeslee Michelsen Curator of collections and exhibitions, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design, Honolulu Natasha Morris Associate lecturer in Iranian and Islamic art, Courtauld Institute of Art, LondonAli Mozaffari Fellow of the Australian Research Council, Deakin University, AustraliaStephennie Mulder Associate professor of Islamic art and architecture, University of Texas at Austin; President, Middle Eastern Medievalists, TexasAlexander Nagel Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New YorkNaciem Nikkhah PhD candidate, Pembroke College, University of CambridgeBernard O’Kane Professor of Islamic art and architecture, American University in CairoKeelan Overton Independent scholar and historian of Islamic art and architecture, CaliforniaNacim Pak-Shiraz Head of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, University of EdinburghAnja Pistor-Hatam Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, GermanyHolly Pittman, Bok Family Professor in the humanities and curator at Penn Museum, PhiladelphiaDan Potts Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York UniversityKhodadad Rezakhani Associate research scholar at The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar- Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University, New JerseyYael Rice Assistant professor, Amherst College, MassachusettsAndrás Riedlmayer Documentation Center for Islamic Art and Architecture, Aga Khan Program, Harvard University, MassachusettsKristine Rose-Beers Manuscript conservator, Dublin, Ireland Mariam Rosser Owen Middle East curator, Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonDavid J Roxburgh Department chair and professor of history of art and architecture, Harvard University, MassachusettsMiklós Sárközy Associate professor of Iranian studies, faculty of arts and social sciences, Károli Gáspár University of the Hungarian Reformed Church, BudapestKatherine Butler Schofield Senior lecturer, King’s College LondonBarbara Haus Schwepcke Founder, Gingko Library, LondonIain Shearer Lecturer in archaeology, Art Gallery of New South Wales, AustraliaJason Silverman Co-leader, Centre of Excellence in Ancient Near Eastern Empires, University of HelsinkiNur Sobers-Khan Curator, LondonMargaret Squires Curatorial assistant for art of the Islamic worlds, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USARobert Steele, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los AngelesAmanda Hannoosh Steinberg Visual resources librarian for Islamic art and Architecture, Harvard University Fine Arts Library, MassachusettsIlse Sturkenboom Lecturer in Iranian Islamic art history, University of St Andrews Jill Unkel Museum curator, DublinGabrielle van den Berg Professor of the cultural history of Iran and central Asia, University of Leiden, The NetherlandsStefan Weber Director, Museum für Islamische Kunst – Staatliche Museen BerlinJosef Wiesehöfer Emeritus professor, Institute of Classics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, GermanyPaul D Wordsworth Research fellow, faculty of oriental studies, University of OxfordPhilipp Zobel Assistant curator, Museum für Islamische Kunst – Staatliche Museen Berlin | |
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