PESHAWAR
\nA landmark three-week heritage conservation training was held in Peshawar under the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Heritage Skills Training Programme, organised by the Commonwealth Heritage Forum UK (CHF) with support from the Vinehill Trust and in collaboration with the DG Archaeology & Museums, Govt of KP.
\nThe first of its kind in the region, the programme brought together expert trainers from the UK and Pakistan for an intensive blend of theory, fieldwork, and specialist lectures.
\nWith archaeologists, architects, engineers, artists and heritage practitioners in attendance, the three modules equipped participants with a holistic and multidisciplinary foundation in conservation practice.
\nThe opening ceremony at the Peshawar Museum was attended by James Hampson, Director British Council Pakistan, and also included a message from British High Commissioner Jane Marriott. Philip Davies OBE, Founder and Chief Executive of CHF and one of UK\u2019s top heritage experts, highlighted the shared heritage of the UK and Pakistan and spoke about Pakistan\u2019s emerging role as a regional hub for heritage skills across the Commonwealth.
\nHe noted that the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Commonwealth Heritage Skills Training Programme, supporting conservation training and practical projects at heritage sites and buildings at risk worldwide, is the largest heritage programme in the Commonwealth\u2019s history.
\nIt was especially noteworthy that specialists from Aga Khan Cultural Services\u2013Pakistan (AKCS-P) participated and delivered expert lectures, marking an important new engagement in KP\u2019s heritage landscape.
\nPresentations by Wajahat Ali and Zeina Naseer highlighted AKCS-P\u2019s pioneering work from community-centred development in the Walled City of Lahore and the conservation of Shigar Fort and Khaplu Palace in Gilgit-Baltistan to the restoration of Lahore Fort\u2019s Picture Wall and Sheesh Mahal.
\nThe programme comprised three intensive, week-long modules, delivered respectively by Ed Morton (conservation engineering), Muhammad Tahir Khattak (documentation and adaptive reuse), and Dr Zahra Hussain (ethics and inclusive practice). Dr Abdul Samad, a renowned archaeologist of Pakistan and also Secretary of Culture, Tourism & Archaeology KP, conducted sessions on Heritage Management and Antiquity Act of KP.
\nGuest lectures further enriched the programme, including sessions by Dr Samra Khan (architect with extensive experience on the Sethi Mohalla project), Dr Waleed Ziad (author of \u2018Hidden Caliphate\u2019 and currently teaching at Georgetown University), Dr Christopher Davis (UNESCO Chair on Archaeological Ethics and Cultural Heritage of Durham University), and Dr Luca Olivieri (archaeologist and head of Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan). The Heritage Conservation Training is now poised to become an annual programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR A landmark three-week heritage conservation training was held in Peshawar under the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Heritage Skills Training Programme, organised by the Commonwealth Heritage Forum UK (CHF) with support from the Vinehill Trust and in collaboration with the DG Archaeology & Museums, Govt of KP. The first of its kind in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-515921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n