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Alesia Koush

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ID2092633
NAMEAlesia Koush
GIVEN NAMESAlesia
FAMILY NAMEKoush
SIGNATUREKOUSH A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Reading
ORCID0000-0003-1163-0916
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1
  • Illicit trafficking in cultural property as a human rights issue

    Open Access•Alesia Koush•ARTICLE•International Journal of Cultural…•2025•References: 59

    Adopting a human rights-based approach, this paper scrutinizes the treatment of illicit trafficking in cultural property as a human rights issue. The study focuses on the Iraqi contribution to the international agenda, revealing that Iraq co-sponsored at least 13 UN resolutions on the restitution of illegally expropriated cultural property, actively contributing to the negotiation of others, along with submitting its legal opinions on the drafts …

  • Towards malum prohibitum

    Open Access•Alesia Koush•ARTICLE•Crime Law and Social Change•2024

    Fight against illegal antiquities trade has predominantly taken a reactive stance. This study operates with novel quantitative and qualitative data obtained through a survey and interviews with 42 law enforcement agents from 21 source and market countries. An empirical insight on illegal antiquities trade is provided, and a comprehensive reference framework of crime deterrence strategies is created. Incidence and efficiency rates of the identifie…

  • Forensic Traceable Liquid for Deterring Trafficking in Cultural Property

    Open Access•Alesia Koush•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•2024•References: 12

    This paper introduces and evaluates forensic traceable liquid technology as a potential deterrent for trafficking in cultural property, earlier employed in the UK to reduce heritage crime and recently implemented in Iraq to protect over 573,000 archaeological objects in five museums.The study suggests a theoretical framework and unveils novel qualitative and quantitative empirical datasets acquired through surveying and interviewing 42 law enforc…

  • Heritage Education as a Tool of Social, Ethnic, and Religious Cohesion in Iraq

    Open Access•Alesia Koush•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 5

    While the politicization of cultural heritage in Iraq is widely covered by research, little attention is dedicated to how exactly heritage education has been implemented, the knowledge gap this article aims to address. Focusing on the methods employed to educate an average citizen in cultural heritage (how) rather than on the motivation behind them (why), the article unveils novel empirical data drawn from 25 oral history interviews with Iraqi he…

  • Heritage Education as a Tool of Social, Ethnic, and Religious Cohesion in Iraq

    Open Access•Alesia Koush•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 5

    While the politicization of cultural heritage in Iraq is widely covered by research, little attention is dedicated to how exactly heritage education has been implemented, the knowledge gap this article aims to address. Focusing on the methods employed to educate an average citizen in cultural heritage (how) rather than on the motivation behind them (why), the article unveils novel empirical data drawn from 25 oral history interviews with Iraqi he…

  • Towards malum prohibitum

    Open Access•Alesia Koush•ARTICLE•Crime Law and Social Change•2024

    Fight against illegal antiquities trade has predominantly taken a reactive stance. This study operates with novel quantitative and qualitative data obtained through a survey and interviews with 42 law enforcement agents from 21 source and market countries. An empirical insight on illegal antiquities trade is provided, and a comprehensive reference framework of crime deterrence strategies is created. Incidence and efficiency rates of the identifie…

  • Forensic Traceable Liquid for Deterring Trafficking in Cultural Property

    Open Access•Alesia Koush•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•2024•References: 12

    This paper introduces and evaluates forensic traceable liquid technology as a potential deterrent for trafficking in cultural property, earlier employed in the UK to reduce heritage crime and recently implemented in Iraq to protect over 573,000 archaeological objects in five museums.The study suggests a theoretical framework and unveils novel qualitative and quantitative empirical datasets acquired through surveying and interviewing 42 law enforc…

  • Heritage Education as a Tool of Social, Ethnic, and Religious Cohesion in Iraq

    Open Access•Alesia Koush•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 5

    While the politicization of cultural heritage in Iraq is widely covered by research, little attention is dedicated to how exactly heritage education has been implemented, the knowledge gap this article aims to address. Focusing on the methods employed to educate an average citizen in cultural heritage (how) rather than on the motivation behind them (why), the article unveils novel empirical data drawn from 25 oral history interviews with Iraqi he…

  • Illicit trafficking in cultural property as a human rights issue

    Open Access•Alesia Koush•ARTICLE•International Journal of Cultural…•2025•References: 59

    Adopting a human rights-based approach, this paper scrutinizes the treatment of illicit trafficking in cultural property as a human rights issue. The study focuses on the Iraqi contribution to the international agenda, revealing that Iraq co-sponsored at least 13 UN resolutions on the restitution of illegally expropriated cultural property, actively contributing to the negotiation of others, along with submitting its legal opinions on the drafts …

Archaeological Research and Protection (4 works) · Cultural heritage (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Cultural property (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Property (philosophy (2 works)

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