Locatie
• Online
Datum/Tijd
• 11 mei 2022 van 19:30 - 21:00
Matters surrounding the legality of ownership and the illicit trade of cultural goods are an increasingly pressing issue. It is often claimed that somewhere around the world, a cultural object is being looted, stolen from a museum, illegally excavated, or smuggled across a border every single day. EU Member States are both countries of source and of transit, but they can also be counted among the key destinations for cultural objects trafficked from areas all over the globe.
In recent years the efforts to combat the illegal trade of cultural goods, as well as cases of restitution, have gained more attention in both (international) policy development and media outings. A recent example is the case of last December’s landmark restitution of over 200 looted antiquities from the U.S. to Italy, which was extensively commented on by the (inter-)national press. The development of INTERPOL’s ID-Art mobile app is another novel way the international community is facilitating this fight.
Tapping directly into these actualities, the next online ICOMOS lecture on Wednesday, May 11th will focus on questions of legality, ownership and restitution. Two guest speakers, Evelien Campfens and Donna Yates, will approach the matter from the perspective of their own fields of expertise: international law and criminology.
You can join the lecture by copy-pasting the link below or clicking on the ‘JOIN ZOOM MEETING’ button on May 11th, from 19.15 on and entering the meeting password ICOMOSNL11. If you’d still like a separate meeting link in your inbox, let us know by emailing us at lezingen@icomos.nl
PROGRAMME
19:30 Welcome and introduction: Ankie Petersen
19:35 Evelien Campfens – Who should own the past?
19:55 Short Q&A
20:05 Break
20:15 Donna Yates – What Museums Should Know About the Laundering of Illicit Antiquities
20:35 Q&A and Panel discussion
21:00 End