Opportunities: 21 April 2016

Opportunities

Learning, networking, conference and employment opportunities in cultural property, art crime research, antiquities trafficking research, provenance studies, and related things. Postings are not endorsements.

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1. Recovering Nazi Looted Art: The Last Prisoners of the Shoah, Lecture, New York

Attorney Mel Urbach will present this, the Touro College and University System’s Presidential Lecture in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

When: 4 May 2016, 7:30 PM
Where: Lander College for Men, 75-31 150th Street, Flushing, New York
Cost: Free

More Info: http://www.touro.edu/news/press-releases/shoahstolenart41516.php

2. Dealing with Heritage: New Policy Approaches, Conference, Chicago

A a conference of The Past for Sale: New Approaches to the Study of Archaeological Looting, at the University of Chicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society.

When: 19–20 May 2016
Where: Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, 5701 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago
Cost: Free

More Info: http://neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/uc/heritage/
Register: http://neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/uc/heritage/#bottom

3. India Pride Project Road Show, Lecture, New Delhi

Hear Vijay Kumar and Anuraag Saxena speak about their grass-roots work to have looted Indian sacred art returned.

When: 21 April, 5:00 PM
Where: Press Club of India
Cost: Free

More Info: http://ipp.org.in/april/
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bringing-our-gods-home-reclaiming-indias-stolen-treasures-tickets-24347989492

4. India Pride Project Road Show, Lecture, Bangalore

Hear Vijay Kumar and Anuraag Saxena speak about their grass-roots work to have looted Indian sacred art returned.

When: 24 April 2016, 10: 30 AM and 4:30 PM
Where: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (for 10:30 AM); New Horizon College (for 4:30 PM)
Cost: Free

More Info: http://ipp.org.in/april/
Register: http://ipphorizon.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2138862612

5. India Pride Project Road Show, Lecture, Chennai

Hear Anuraag Saxena speak about their grass-roots work to have looted Indian sacred art returned.

When: 25 April 2016, 5:30 PM
Where: Shreyans Hall, Wallajah Road, Chennai, India
Cost: Free

More Info: http://ipp.org.in/april/
Register: http://ippchennai.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2138862623