Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime

A UNESCO Chair Researching the Heritage Crimes of the Present and Future
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    New and emerging heritage crimes occur beyond the boundaries of detection, deterrence, and imagination. 

    We ask: what comes next? 
     


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  • News and Events

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    Yates visits Milan for Law & Arts Open Seminar

    The chair was an invited speaker for this series.

     

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    Stewens interviewed for The Guardian re Fossil Return

    Affiliated researcher Paul Stewens was interviewed for a piece on the repatriation of a rare dinosaur fossil in The Guardian.

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    Chair presents at Cultural Property Protection: An enabler for cooperation, Nicosia

    Organised by the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence, Cyprus.

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    Call for Visiting Researcher via CPP4ALL Cost Action

    The UNESCO Chair is hosting a funded Short Term Scientific Mission through the COST Action Cultural Property Protection for All.

     

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  • The UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime is held by Prof. Donna Yates and hosted by Maastricht University