Professor Susan Ackerman on cultural vandalism in Iraq

Professor Susan Ackerman '80, Preston H. Kelsey Professor in Religion, professor of women's and gender studies and Jewish studies at Dartmouth, and also president of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), was interviewed for Dartmouth Now about the destruction of ancient Assyrian artifacts by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Iraq, which has led to a joint statement from ASOR, the Association of Art Museum Directors, the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Society for American Archaeology deploring the destruction and calling on authorities to support the archaeological community's efforts to repair damaged works if possible, and to find an reclaim missing objects. Read the entire interview here. As the destruction continued, Professor Ackerman was interviewed for an article in the March 6, 2015 New York Times and a March 11, 2015 broadcast on Vermont Public Radio.