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Memory, Preservation, Community
With a Glance to the Future | Collecting and Documenting Trauma Objects
A Round Table Discussion
Presented by the Yad Ben-Zvi October 7th documentation team in
collaboration with the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
Join us for this special Round Table Discussion that will bring together leading professionals—curators, conservators, collection managers, archivists and other scholars—to explore the challenges of documenting and preserving objects connected to national trauma as we work to safeguard the tangible legacy of October 7 and other significant events.
Time
9:30am - 4:30pm
Date
Monday, February 24
Location
9/11 Memorial & Museum 200 Liberty Street, 16th Floor New York, NY
The Western Negev Documentation Initiative
The Sderot Police Station Ruins
Spread Your Wings - from Kfar Aza to Jerusalem
Hasida's Mosaics
Kissufim: Home is Here
The Be'eri Class Flags
Learn More about Our Project -
Documenting the Documentation
Round Table Participants
Clifford Chanin
Director, 9/11 MM
Lisa Conte
former Head of Conservation at 9/11 MM and current faculty memeber at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts
Brenda Cowan
Professor of Exhibition & Experience Design at the Fashion Institute of
Technology in NYC
Alexandra Drakakis
Curator, 9/11 MM
Mary Fetchet
co-founder, Voices Center for Resilience
Dina Grossman
Director of Digital Heritage Projects Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi
David Kay
Leon Levy Grant Digital Asset Manager
Raanan Kislev
former Head, Conservation Administration, Israel Antiquities Authority, Consultant, Voices of Be'eri
Jane Klinger
Special Advisor and Senior Research Conservator, Chief Emerita of Conservation
Services at the USHMM.
Jessica Knight
Manager of Collections, Digital Assets and Preservation, Smithsonian, formerly USHMM
Dr Jan Ramirez
Chief Curator and EVP Collections, 9/11 MM
Bethany Romanowski
VP and Head, Collections Management, 9/11 MM
Stephanie Schmeling
Head of Cataloguing and Archives , 9/11 MM
Kerith Shrager
Head of Conservation, 9/11 MM
Pamela Schwartz
former Director, Orange Country Regional History Center, FL. Mateen
Dr Nirit Shalev-Khalifa
Director of the Visual History and Documentation Department & Curator, Yad Ben-Zvi
Shira Shapiro
Architect, Deputy CEO, Israeli Ministry of Heritage
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