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New Program Empowers Youth and Underserved Groups to Preserve Cultural Heritage
Six new cultural heritage projects have been selected by the U.S. Department of State and World Learning to receive funding as part of the inaugural Communities Connecting HeritageSM exchange program (CCH).
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Assistant Secretary Satterfield Delivers Remarks at a Cultural Event in Washington, D.C.
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lee Satterfield will deliver remarks at the Women in Music: An Acoustic Experience with Colombian Artist Diana Burco event on March 21 in Washington, D.C.
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Ambassador Jennifer Zimdahl Galt, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, welcomes the Board.
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Welcomes Insight from the Institute of International Education and Alumni from Fulbright Teaching Program.
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ECA’s OneBeat Program Launches Podcast featuring Global Musicians and Cultural Leaders
On April 6, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) signature music exchange program OneBeat will launch a new podcast series highlighting conversations with musicians and artist leaders around the globe.
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Spreading the Cultural Heritage of Zimbabwe Through Music and Food
AWE alumni from Zimbabwe, Duduzile Sibanda, has incorporated Southern African culture and traditions in her career as a musician and continued to do so as she established her baking business with the help of AWE.
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Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria
In the context of ongoing destruction and looting of cultural heritage in the Middle East, an event titled “Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria” was held by the U.S. Department of State and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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Imagery of Archaeological Site Looting in Syria
These satellite images document the scale of destruction that looters continue to inflict on archaeological heritage sites during the ongoing conflict in Syria.
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Syria Heritage Sites Inventory
This map identifies the locations of over 1000 well-preserved cultural heritage sites and museums in Syria. The map was produced by the U.S. Department of State’s Humanitarian Information Unit with data researched and supplied by the Cultural Heritage Center.
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Tikal National Park Project, Guatemala
A U.S. Embassy and Guatemalan Ministry of Culture initiative supported the development of a “Master Plan for the Physical Security of Tikal National Park,” which contains one of the largest and most important ancient Maya archaeological sites.