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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    Chair presents at Bridging Borders in Heritage Protection, EAC Annual Meeting

    Yates' presentation was entitled Networking to Address Heritage Crime: Reflections on what worked, what didn't, and where to go from here.

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    Announcing the new UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime

    UNESCO Netherlands has announced the new UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime will be held by Donna Yates at Maastricht University.

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    Chair speaks at Arts Media and Culture Colloquium, Maastricht University

    Donna Yates gave a talk entitled Expert Testimony and the Future of Antiquities Repatriation.

     

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