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BU CAS The Wild, Wild East: Combating the Black Market in Ancient Asian Art, with Tess Davis (CAS '04)
The Asian Cultural Heritage Forum public lecture series presents The Wild, Wild East: Combating the Black Market in Ancient Asian Art, with Tess Davis (CAS Archaeology '04). The looting and trafficking of “blood antiquities’’ by ISIS prompted an international outcry, but the threat posed by the illicit antiquities trade goes far beyond Iraq and Syria. Ongoing U.S. investigations and prosecutions have sounded the alarm that tomb raiders and art smugglers continue to be actively targeting the rich cultural heritage of Asia. This presentation and discussion will explore recent scandals involving stolen Asian art on the American art market—and how governments, law enforcement, and regular citizens are fighting back. With support from the BU Center for the Humanities
When | 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 |
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Building | Stone Science Building, 675 Comm Ave |
Room | Gabel Museum- STO 253 |
Contact Name | Robert Murowchick |
Phone | 617-358-8006 |
Contact Email | remurow@bu.edu |
Contact Organization | CAS Archaeology |
Fees | Free |
Speakers | Tess Davis (The Antiquities Coalition, Washington DC) |