Syria and Iraq: Culture at Risk. Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Goods - 31/03/2017, Stockholm (Swed
In the footsteps of war and unrest, antiquities are being looted from ancient sites and museums. These objects are sold illegally on a growing international market. This trade is a strong threat to proper documentation of our cultural heritage and helps finance terrorist groups. The National Museums of World Culture, Sweden and the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO—together with The Swedish National Heritage Board and ICOM Sweden—have now launched an awareness campaign to shed light on illegal trade, and to prevent it from gaining a foothold in Sweden. The campaign is connected to UNESCO's global campaign #Unite4Heritage.
Within the framework of the campaign, UNESCO and The National Museums of World Culture, Sweden have organized a symposium on March 31, 2017 including lectures and panel discussions with leading international experts in cultural heritage research. You will hear about global initiatives and networks against illegal trade, as well as challenges and ethical dilemmas in research on cultural objects. You will also hear how Swedish legislation and antiques market relate to the problem.
FECHA/DATE/DATA: 31/03/2017
LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Medelhavsmuseet (Stockholm, Sweeden)
ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: The National Museums of World Culture, Sweden ; the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO
INFO: web - konferens@medelhavsmuseet.se
INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: Gratis /free /gratuito
Se ruega enviar un email a /please send an email to/ sono pregati di inviare una mail a konferens@medelhavsmuseet.se Deadline: 23/03/2017
PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA: También disponible en PDF /Also available in PDF/ anche disponibile in PDF
10.00-10.45 Coffee, Tea, registration
10.45-11.10 Welcome and practicalities
Moderator Emma Jansson, Swedish National Commission for UNESCO
Welcome address
Ann Follin, Director General, National Museums of World Culture
11.10-11.30 International Conventions and UNESCO Initiatives
Maria Miñana, UNESCO, Paris
11.40-12.00 Countering Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Objects in Germany: A New Legal Framework and Transdisciplinary Research
Markus Hilgert, Vorderasiatisches Museum im Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
12.10-12.30 The Cultural Heritage of Syria and Iraq and the Impact of Looting
Anas Al-Khabour, Gothenburg University
12.40-13.00 Global Trafficking in Looted Antiquities
Christos Tsirogiannis, Affiliate Researcher, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow
13.10-13.30 ’Every battalion’ and everybody else: looting and trafficking of antiquities from Syria and Iraq
Samuel Hardy, American University of Rome & the UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK
13.30-14.30 Lunch break
14.30- 14.50 Market Research: Introducing the Quantitative Non-Provenance Method
Frida Larsdotter Lundgren, the Swedish Police, Department of National Operations, Art Crime
15.00- 15.20 Stakeholders in the Illicit Antiquities Trade: examples from studies on collectors, dealers and academics in Norway
Josephine Munch Rasmussen, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU)
15.30-16.15 Panel discussions
Moderator Eva Myrdal, National Museums of World Culture
16.15-16.30 Concluding remarks (TBC)
16.30-18.00 Reception