{"id":11303,"date":"2025-06-09T10:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/?post_type=previous-courses&#038;p=11303"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:59:42","slug":"cultural-heritage-and-identities-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"previous-courses","link":"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/tr\/previous-courses\/summer-2022\/cultural-heritage-and-identities-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Heritage and Identities in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a662079b\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-7b60fd04\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-e0d64d06\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e0d64d06\">\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-98bef43c gb-headline-text\">Cultural Heritage and Identities in the Middle East<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-f91c37b5 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#ahmed-fatima-kzzo-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ahmed Fatima Kzzo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/faculty\/#nedal-darwich-anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nedal Haj Darwich<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3a30ea48 gb-tabs\" data-opened-tab=\"1\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-84f8d681 gb-tabs__buttons\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-a79c01e0 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button gb-block-is-current\" id=\"gb-tab-button-a79c01e0\">Overview<\/button>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-bfd101b8 gb-button-text gb-tabs__button\" id=\"gb-tab-button-bfd101b8\">Course Outline<\/button>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7f59097b gb-tabs__items\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f5c5f721 gb-tabs__item gb-tabs__item-open\" id=\"gb-tab-item-f5c5f721\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-68c7fb24 gb-headline-text\">Overview<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, many Middle Eastern countries are embroiled in conflict. Most of these countries (Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt) were formed after the First World War, as a result of the abolition of the Ottoman Empire. It seems that these states struggle to form a collective national identity. Interpreting the past is a fraught and complicated process of much importance for the creation and reform of national identities. Especially, after the beginning of archaeological excavations in the 19th century and the rediscovery of ancient Near Eastern civilizations such as Babylonia, Assyria, Hittite, Sumerian, Hurrian, and others, which offered new information and interpretations, interpretation wars became more pronounced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this context education systems and museum exhibits play a crucial role in the Middle East in connection with archaeological excavations in Egypt, Iraq (such as Babylonia, Nineveh, and Assur), and Syria (Mari, Ebla, and Ugarit), and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Museums in former colonial metropoles such as the Louvre in France and British Museum in the United Kingdom, enriched their collections with artifacts from some of these sites to demonstrate and enhance their imperial power. As a counterweight to imperial collections, museums in Middle Eastern countries were founded with the goal of reinforcing a national identity. Examples of these kinds of museums include the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad, the National Museum of Damascus and Aleppo, and Beirut Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This seminar will engage with the cultural heritage and archaeology in the Middle East. In addition, it will discuss the complex relationship between cultural heritage and identities. In so doing, this seminar will encourage discussions about new perspectives on cultural heritage and its role across the Middle Eastern societies.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-79414423 gb-tabs__item\" id=\"gb-tab-item-79414423\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-cf3b66ec gb-headline-text\">Course Outline<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text\">You can see and download the course syllabus below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-3120ace5\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cultural-heritage-and-identities-syllabus-S22.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:813px\" aria-label=\"cultural-heritage-and-identities-syllabus-S22 g\u00f6m\u00fcs\u00fc.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-cb6d9669-310f-4d97-a204-76dc8f4fbd21\" href=\"https:\/\/offuniversity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cultural-heritage-and-identities-syllabus-S22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cultural-heritage-and-identities-syllabus-S22<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-bc3fa32e\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-bc3fa32e\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-233f353f\">\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e4125b44 gb-headline-text\">Course Details<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b921c8c1\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-70b4f9b1\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-203abde0\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-203abde0\">\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-7f61003f\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7f61003f\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">19.04.22 &#8211; 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