CONF: Restitution and Beyond – The Future of Benin’s Cultural Heritage (Museum Rietberg – 26 Oct 2024)
On the occasion of the current exhibitions on Benin at the Museum Rietberg and the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich, experts from Nigeria and Switzerland will discuss the future of Benin’s…
CONF: Transferred to Reich Ownership. Documenting, identifying and restituting Nazi-looted cultural property.(Prague, Sep 17-18, 2024)
The Documentation Centre for Property Transfers of the Cultural Assets of WWII Victims is organizing the 8th international conference on the expropriation of property during the Second World War, which takes place on…
CONF: RRR-Gespräche – Veranstaltungsreihe zur Veröffentlichung des Restatement of Restitution Rules for Nazi-Confiscated Art Auftaktveranstaltung (13 June, 19:00 Bonn time (Online))
Professor Dr Dan Michman, Leiter des International Institute for Holocaust Research und Inhaber des John Najmann Chair of Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
ANN: Restitution of Nazi-looted Art: The next 25 Years (Online Conference of the Universities of Bonn and Tel Aviv, 17 January 2024, 17:00 CET)
The Conference will mark the conclusion of a three-year’s joint project of the Bonn and Tel Aviv Universities. During the past three years, Professor Leora Bilsky and Professor Weller invited Israeli and German…
CONF: Law without Law. Conference on the Restitution of Nazi-Confiscated Art (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt Oder, 16-17 Nov 2023)
25 years ago, in December 1998, the Washington Principles were signed at the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets. These principles asked for a new approach to the restitution of Nazi-confiscated art. Implementing this…
CONF: Zur Restitution von Objekten aus Kolonialismus und Nationalsozialismus – historische Rechts- und Eigentumsvorstellungen (Universität Gießen, 12-14 July 2023)
Aktuelle Debatten um Restitutionen von Objekten aus ehemaligen Kolonien und aus dem Nationalsozialismus behandeln zentrale Fragen nach Eigentumsordnungen hauptsächlich moralisch-politisch statt historisch-kritisch. An dieser Leerstelle setzt die Tagung an: Ziel ist es, (inter-)nationale…
CFP: NS-Raubgut aus dem östlichen Europa in Bibliotheken. Provenienz – Restitution – Forschungsstand (IOS Regensburg, 9-10 Nov 2023)
Vor mittlerweile 25 Jahren wurde die Washingtoner Erklärung über den Umgang mit NSverfolgungsbedingt entzogenem Kulturgut verabschiedet. Auch wenn in der Zwischenzeit auf dem Gebiet der Provenienzforschung viel geschehen ist, wurden nicht alle Facetten…
ANN: Seminar – Beyond Restitution: What happens to cultural objects after their return? (Online/British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London (3 Jul 2023; 16.00 – 17.15 UK time)
This hybrid event will present some of the key findings of our project entitled ‘Beyond Restitution: Exploring the Story of Cultural Objects After Their Repatriation’, which sought to offer a longer-term view on…
ANN: Max Hollein’s Reflections on The Met Collection and Cultural Property (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Read the Met Museum’s blog post by director Max Hollein who reflects on current discussions about cultural property, provides background on The Met collection, and previews several important initiatives, among them the hiring…