About the event

Join us at the Weston Library for a screening of the short film Striking Gold: The Discovery of Medieval Documents from Afghanistan and a panel discussion on the ethical and practical challenges facing scholars and heritage institutions today.

Part of the Invisible East programme at the University of Oxford's Department for Continuing Education.

Speakers

Speakers and panellists will include: 

• Silke Ackermann, Director of the History of Science Museum, Oxford
• Arezou Azad, Programme Director of Invisible East 
• Maja Kominko, Director of Projects at The Heritage Management Organization
• Ahmad Mohammed, Durham University researcher
• Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Head of Gardens, Libraries & Museums 
• Nabi Saqee, Invisible East researcher and former Bodleian Libraries Afghan Visiting Fellow 
• Xa Sturgis, Director of the Ashmolean Museum
• Matthew Weait, Director of the Department for Continuing Education

Event information

Attending in person

• You can attend this talk in person in the Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre at the Weston Library. Find out more about getting here.
• The Weston Library is wheelchair accessible. Find out more about accessibility at our site.
• Please note: only bottled water is permitted in the lecture theatre. No food or other drinks are allowed.

Attending online

• You can also register to attend this event online.