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CHAMP Newsletter, April 2019
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FBI Call for Help About Looted Artifacts
On 27 Feb 2019, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a public statement about an investigation into Don Miller, a collector who acquired 42,000 artifacts from around the world and was accused of looting or buying illegal antiquities, as well as skeletons from about 500 Native American individuals. In 2014, with Miller’s cooperation,… Read More
Society of American Archaeology Annual Meeting
The Society of American Archaeology (SAA) will hold its Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 10-14, 2019. Advance conference registration is available until Mar 12; registration for sightseeing excursions is ongoing until Mar 8. This conference is similar to the AIA Annual Meeting, but focuses on North, Central, and South American archaeology.
Lecture: Saving the Past for the People: A Critique of the “Universal” Heritage Model with Stephennie Mulder
Military Heritage Partial Scholarship
In an effort to bring more military-focused voices into the art crime and illicit trafficking milieu the Association for Research into Crimes against Art is offering a €1500 partial scholarship with shared housing for up to 3 Champs members. For more information on the postgraduate certificate program in art crime and cultural heritage protection, please… Read More
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