Report: 2017 Annual Report, GSU World Heritage Initiatve
In its first full year of operation, the Georgia State University World Heritage Initiative accomplished several key objectives.
In its first full year of operation, the Georgia State University World Heritage Initiative accomplished several key objectives.
The November 2017 World Heritage Leadership Forum hosted by US/ICOMOS, the United States’ affiliate of the International Committee on Monuments and Sites, was held in the U. S. Department of the Interior’s New Deal-era headquarters in Washington, D.C. The two-day conference featured talks by leaders in the field of global heritage preservation.
Owners of historic properties associated with the civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s, movement scholars and historic preservationists gathered in Atlanta, April 20-22, 2017, at the World Heritage and U. S. Civil Rights Sites Symposium to discuss preparing a Serial Nomination for the National Park Service to propose to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee.
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A report by Dr. Glenn Eskew, Director of the GSU World Heritage Initiative, on the 41st Session of the World Heritage Convention in Krakow, Poland, in July 2017.
Report on the 2017 World Heritage Convention
Remarks by Susan Snow, National Parks Service World Heritage Coordinator for the San Antonio Missions National Historic Site, presented at the U.S. Civil Rights Sites World Heritage Symposium at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21, 2017.
Click here for link to video of her presentation; her introduction and remarks begin at 44:45
Remarks by Alissandra Cummins, Director of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, presented at the U.S. Civil Rights Sites World Heritage Symposium at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21, 2017. The presentation’s full title is “Sites of Conscience, Conflict and Contestation – Comparatives in World Heritage Analysis, Sites of U. S. Civil Rights Movement.”
Remarks by Dr. Michael Tomlan, Cornell University, presented at the U.S. Civil Rights Sites World Heritage Symposium at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21, 2017. Click here for link to video of his presentation (Tomlan’s intro and remarks begin at 41:20)
Outline of remarks by Mr. Paul Kapp, University of Illinois-Champaign, presented at the U.S. Civil Rights Sites World Heritage Symposium at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21, 2017. Click here for link to video of his presentation.