Heritage and Displacement

Benjamin Isakhan is Professor of International Politics in the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University, Australia, and Adjunct Senior Research Associate, Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Contact: benjamin.isakhan@deakin.edu.au

Sozdar Abdo is an architect specializing in heritage conservation and urban recovery, currently leading restoration, training, and digital mapping initiatives in the Old City of Aleppo.

Jiyar Aghapouri is Associate Professor of International Studies and Director of the Centre for Peace & Human Security at the American University of Kurdistan in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Yousif Al-Daffaie is Course Leader for Interior Architecture and Interior Design at Falmouth University in the UK.

Ataa Alsalloum is Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Heritage at the University of Liverpool in the UK.

Loay Alsaud is Associate Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Tourism and Archaeology at An-Najah National University in Nablus, Palestine.

Johannes Becker is Research Fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) in Berlin, Germany.

Firas Bqa’in is Director of Operations at the Council for British Research in the Levant in Amman, Jordan.

Sarah El Bulbeisi is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Near and Middle East Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Germany.

Sabeeh Lafta Farhan is Vice-Chancellor for Scientific Affairs and Professor in the Department of Architecture, the College of Engineering at Wasit University, Iraq.

Ahmed Hassin holds a PhD on post-conflict reconstruction in Iraq and is the Founding Director of the Iraqi Health and Social Care Organization.

Karima Laachir is Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University.

Nour Munawar is a Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar.

Ruba Seiseh is Head of the Department of Cultural Resources Management and Conservation in the Faculty of Archaeology and Tourism at the University of Jordan.

Sofya Shahab is a Senior Lecturer in Global Politics and Heritage, and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Stirling in the UK.

Laurajane Smith is Professor of Heritage and Museum Studies at the Australian National University, and a Fellow of the Society for the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

Ali Akbar is Research Fellow at the National Centre for Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Eleanor Childs is a PhD Candidate at the Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Australia.

Gareth Fletcher is Director of Art & Technology at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London, UK.

Aliya Jameel is a Research Assistant based in Duhok, Iraqi-Kurdistan. She has a background in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support programs, supporting vulnerable and displaced communities in Iraq.

Amin Naeni is a PhD Candidate and Teaching Fellow at Deakin University in Australia and a Visting Fellow at Dublin City University in Ireland.

Chloe Maree Smith is a PhD Candidate at the Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Australia.