Core Team Research
Explore the Nahrein Network Core Team’s research projects
In 2021–25, Professor Eleanor Robson led an interdisciplinary research project to recover lost and dispersed archaeological, Assyriological and historical knowledge about this great ancient city, and render it useful to Iraq. In English and Arabic.
Led by Dr Rozhen Kamal Mohammed-Amin, the Cultural Heritage Organization (CHO) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary research, education, and community engagement in the field of digital heritage since 2021.
In English and Kurdish.
Read about CHO's 2021 - 2023 Achievements here
In 2019–21, Professor Paul Collins curated an exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, which explored how the borders of the state of Iraq were established following the First World War, leading to a colonisation of Mesopotamian antiquity as much as the living communities. It questioned what is meant by heritage and introduced voices and stories of people not previously visible in displays devoted to the histories and heritage of their homelands. In English and Arabic.
In 2019–22, Dr Mehiyar Kathem led a collaboration with Chatham House Iraq Initiative, exploring the negative impact of heritage predation on Iraqi society, and making recommendations for both Iraqi and international institutions to counter the damaging effects of muhasasa and the sectarian allocation of cultural resources. In English and Arabic.