Why I stopped following blogs and why I want to get back to into them

“Profoundly Ethical”: the museum myth of the 1970 UNESCO convention
Posted on 28 December 2018
Even when museums appear to embrace ethics, false ideas about the law remain

Working for Free in Academia [cross post, 2015]
Posted on 30 November 2018
Thoughts on working your way up in research/academia from a few years ago

[VIDEO]Ancient Art and Modern Crime: How Stolen Antiquities End Up In Our Most Respected Museums
Posted on 13 November 2018
The saga of a Persian Guard: a lecture I gave at Carleton University in Nov 2018

MY NEW PROJECT! Trafficking transformations: objects as agents in transnational criminal networks
Posted on 3 August 2018
A €1.5 million grant is making it happen!

Culture Crime News and Stolen Gods updates
Posted on 8 July 2018
Both sites are updated after a hiatus, and should be updated regularly

New Paper: Heritage, Crisis, and Community Crime Prevention in Nepal
Posted on 29 June 2018
Simon Mackenzie and I explore what protects antiquities from theft: govt policy or effective community

Combatting antiquities trafficking with new technology
Posted on 28 June 2018
Some notes on research I’m doing for the European Commission

Conference not to miss: Transatlantic Cultural Property Crime Symposium, London, 28-29 Jun
Posted on 27 June 2018
Hosted at Queen Mary University in Mile End (the only part of London I know)

A Twitter Pause and a Blog Rebirth? Anonymous Swiss Collector Revisited
Posted on 27 June 2018
Perhaps a break from the social can revive the thoughtful?

Where’s Anonymous Swiss Collector?
Posted on 24 March 2018
On strike! I’m participating in industrial action.

Research Log, Cape Town, 7-23 August 2017
Posted on 21 August 2017
An experiment in being open about my daily academic doings