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SUMMARY:Past-Proofing the Future: Theorising the Erasure of Djulfa\, Twent
 y Years On - Dr Simon Maghakyan (University of Oxford)
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DESCRIPTION:In December 2005\, during the final phase of the systematic er
 asure of Armenian material memories in Nakhichevan\, Azerbaijan’s milita
 ry flattened Djulfa\, the world’s largest cemetery of khachkar stelae. D
 rawing on two decades of research\, Dr Simon Maghakyan unveils a new theor
 etical framework for explaining the human impulse to manage disquieting he
 ritage\, exploring past-proofing policies that range from erasure to embra
 ce.\n\nDr Simon Maghakyan is an Associate Faculty Member and 2024-2025 Gul
 benkian Postdoctoral Fellow with the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern S
 tudies at the University of Oxford\, specialising in the emerging interdis
 ciplinary field of heritage and security. His collaborative investigative 
 exposés have been praised as “groundbreaking” by Forbes and “rock-s
 olid” by The Guardian\, and informed discussions at the U.N. Security Co
 uncil and the International Court of Justice. His research and analyses on
  conflict and the material past have appeared internationally\, including 
 in The Art Newspaper\, BBC\, Foreign Policy\, Hyperallergic\, The Wall Str
 eet Journal\, The Washington Post\, and Time magazine. He is the founding 
 co-editor\, with Dirk Moses and Laurajane Smith\, of a forthcoming handboo
 k on heritage and security. His inaugural book\, Sovereign Heritage Crime:
  Security\, Autocracy\, and the Material Past\, a theoretical element in c
 ritical heritage studies\, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.
 \n\nThe event will start at 18:00 with a drinks reception\, the lecture wi
 ll commence at 19:00 and will end\, after a period of Q&A\, at around 20:3
 0.\nSpeakers:\nDr Simon Maghakyan (University of Oxford)
LOCATION:Pembroke College (Pichette Auditorium)\, St Aldates OX1 1DW
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/175ce2a7-6a0b-43a6-a785-7bd2f35fc551/
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