May 27, 2017
…try to move assets out of a country in a state of war. When hard currency is difficult to obtain, objects take its place. For example, in the 1980s, after…
July 31, 2017
…Cultural Materials to an ongoing auction at Christie’s, he wrote: “The Committee on the Illicit Trade on Cultural Material highly deplores such sales… In accordance with our statutes, we report…
July 24, 2017
…how Indian legislation on monuments has been undermined by government policies that favor development above preservation. History professor Nayajot Lahiri of Ashoka University writes that the latest government proposal –…
February 18, 2017
…exhibit that showcases the melding of generations-old design and technique and contemporary couture. Orlando Dugi (Diné [Navajo]), cape, dress, and headdress from “Desert Heat” collection, 2012. Silk, organza, feathers, beads,…
July 12, 2017
…evidence of a synagogue in the Barion region. More secure dating comes from inscriptions from Jewish communities in the Benghazi region dating to 146 BCE. Jewish communities coexisted with others…
July 10, 2017
…encourage Italy to make the contents of the Becchina and other dossiers readily available to the general public unless…widespread disclosure would compromise an existing criminal investigation or claim.” It was…
May 21, 2022
…restructuring of cultural and religious sites.” (p 6) “Examples [of sectarian contestation] include calls by certain religious actors to destroy Baghdad’s Abu Hanifa Mosque, or to remove the bust of…
October 10, 2022
…2022. [ii] The petition’s signatories were Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Urban Research Morgan State University Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Pastor Emeritus Trinity United Church of…
June 18, 2023
…Bernardi, University of Washington Special Collections. For example, only Inuit are permitted to hunt narwhals in Canada and Greenland; communities are set a quota of from five to 50 animals….
September 2, 2023
…both its government’s interest in promoting Jewish tourism to Egypt and its marked reluctance to commit to a more significant commitment to allow researchers and scholars access to the Jewish…