Two more days to download for free the chapter of my new book on a framework for restitution of cultural objects to their countries and communities of origin.

March 1st, USCBS conference at Kernochan Center Columbia Law School on cultural property, and the USCBS' Annual Meeting. Protecting Cultural Property: The #1954HagueConvention at 70. Registration (both in-person and virtual): go.sullivanlaw.com/1march2024-reg…

Now Virtual! Tomorrow's lecture, "Protecting Material Culture during Armed Conflict" with @blueshield_int Patty Gerstenblith has moved to Zoom. Register at bit.ly/3I9ctgn for the link to join #TheMagnes at 5:30pm Pacific on Thurs 2/22. UC Berkeley UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science ARF UCB (@arf-ucb.bsky.social)

“The 1970 UNESCO and 1995 UNIDROIT Conventions” (editors A.F. Vrdoljak; A.Jakubowski; A. Chechi - OUP) is published. Wang Yunxia and I contributed a chapter on article 9 of the 1970 Convention: international cooperation and bilateral agreements. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

The most recent issue of the journal Levant (published in December) is a special issue edited by Morag M. Kersel on Ethics, Heritage and Archaeology -- worth checking out if you work on these issues. tandfonline.com/toc/ylev20/cur…

“Cultural Objects and Reparative Justice” provides a comprehensive legal and historical analysis surrounding the highly debated question: Where should cultural objects that were removed without consent be located? Read Patty Gerstenblith’s introduction here: oxford.ly/3U2FZv0

Looking forward to this conference on addressing the trafficking of cultural property at the University of Kent and to catching up with new and old friends store.kent.ac.uk/product-catalo…

Two weeks to go before this exciting conference thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british… join us in person or online! with Patty Gerstenblith HE Heritage Crime Interpol and UNIDROIT

A good example of collaborative restitution clevelandart.org/about/press/cl…

The statue was excavated, documented and on display in a museum in Libya before its theft, which makes it different from the looted from the ground and therefore undocumented antiquities. More detail here: nytimes.com/2024/05/30/art…

For those wanting explanations of what’s happening in Japan with Kishida’s step-down, I recommend:

Looking great!

Next, Patty Gerstenblith presents on why the laws of market countries and countries of origin need to work together to fight cultural racketeering and facilitate restitutions. Check out her recent publication on cultural objects and reparative justice: academic.oup.com/book/51648/cha…

Int'l Criminal Court The AC was proud to join a group of experts who submitted comments to the ICC Office of the Prosecutor’s Draft Policy on Cultural Heritage. Learn more about the comment: theantiquitiescoalition.org/comments-submi… And read more from Dr. Jakubowski on the ICC: taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…