Activity monitoring
One of RePaZ’s main missions is to centralize information, avoid the reduplication of efforts, and, ultimately, to facilitate research. This mission inscribed within a dynamic of collaboration. RePaZ leans upon a network of institutional partners across several countries, with the goal of sharing knowledge and supporting scientific cooperation.
Cartography of research projects
RePaZ monitors and inventories active research projects related to material cultural heritage in crisis contexts. The objective is not only documentary: by making initiatives visible, the unit contributes to avoiding redundant work and financing, which tends to naturally concentrate on better-known or more easily accessed sites. Other examples of heritage—less visible, less emblematic, sometimes more vulnerable—risks escaping study. This cartography also allows one to identify lacunae in existing research, to orient effort to where it is most needed.
News and Announcements from Our Partners
The Gaza Histoire team is pleased to share the call for papers for the conference “Endangered Palestinian Heritage: Collection, Preservation, Reconstruction,” which will take place on 18 and 19 May 2027 at the BULAC in Paris.
The conference will bring together researchers to discuss the challenges of collecting, preserving, reconstructing, and returning Palestinian heritage, using a multidisciplinary approach. Proposals may address, among other topics, threatened or destroyed Palestinian archives, collections, sites, and traditional skills, as well as documentation, safeguarding, and reconstruction initiatives.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 15 October 2026.
Further information is available on the website indicated in the call, in a trilingual version (French, Arabic, English): https://calenda.org/1423058, or directly on our website or social media.
To help support our monitoring efforts and to suggest research initiatives that are not yet listed, contact us.