Entitled 'Destruction, Restoration and Commemoration' this special panel conversation - held in collaboration with the V&A’s Culture in Crisis programme - will discuss the way that religious sites have recovered and rebuilt in the wake of conflict. Drawing on examples from both the Second World War and the modern day, the panel will explore how the memory of wartime damage has been commemorated within religious spaces and reflect on the symbolic role that they hold within their communities.
James will be joined on the panel by Peter Daniel, Education and Interpretation Officer at Westminster Archives and Marcus Ferrar, Chairman of the Dresden Trust. The panel will be chaired by Laura Searson, Cultural Heritage Preservation Lead at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The event forms part of Westminster Abbey's 'Beyond Victory' season of events about rebuilding society and the legacy of conflict, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
