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This column on experts and tools related to cultural heritage and international cooperation activities will be regularly updated.
This column on experts and tools related to cultural heritage and international cooperation activities will be regularly updated.
This column on experts and tools related to cultural heritage and international cooperation activities will be regularly updated.
View interviews with experts involved in the JCIC-Heritage.
Technical Adviser, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
Kiyohide SAITO
Member, Subcommittee for West Asia, Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage
A specialist in archeology of West Asia, Mr. Saito served previously as Deputy Director of the Archaeological Institute of Kashihara and as Chief Curator of the Institute’s Museum. For the 22-year period from 1990 through 2011, he visited Palmyra, Syria every year to take part in excavation of tombs along with their recovery and restoration.
Director, Sophia Asia Center for Research and Human Development
Professor (By Special Appointment), Sophia University
Yoshiaki Ishizawa
Chairperson, Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage
Areas of specialization: Southeast Asian history, cultural heritage, and monument inscriptions. While devoting many years to research and study of the ruins at Angkor in Cambodia and related human-resources development, Dr. Ishizawa is also involved in international cooperation activities with specialists and researchers in Japan and around the world and leading the JCIC-Heritage with its over 400 members.
Professor Emeritus, Wako University
Kosaku Maeda
Vice-chairperson, the Japan Consortium for International Cooperation in Cultural Heritage
A specialist in the history of Asian culture and philosophy, Dr. Maeda has participated in field work in the regions of West Asia and South Asia for many years, starting with an archaeological study of the ruins of Bamiyan in Afghanistan in 1964.
He has played a major role in preservation projects, particularly at Bamiyan, and he continues to send messages to the world the importance of protecting cultural heritage under conflict.
View reports focusing up close on various methods and the specific content of activities in international cooperation activities in cultural heritage.
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