Protecting the Past: Looting, Identity and the Preservation Crisis

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Jason Felch, investigative reporter for the L.A. Times and co-author of Chasing Aphrodite, delivered the keynote lecture for the Department of Art History Annual Speaker Series and symposium on October 11th and Graduate students from around the country presented papers October 12th on their fieldwork on preserving the past.

Additional lectures in the series are:

"The Past Lives of Works of Art: Researching Provenance in an Art Museum"
Victoria Reed, Sadler Curator for Provenance, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
6 p.m., Friday, O'Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium

"The Worst of Times: Protecting Heritage in Armed Conflicts and Natural Disasters"
Cori Wegener, cultural heritage preservation officer, Office of the Undersecretary for History, Art and Culture at the Smithsonian Institution
6 p.m., Friday, February 21, 2014
O'Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium

"Preserving Art, History and Memory: The AfroBrazil Museum"
Kimberly Cleveland, assistant professor, African and African-American Art History, Georgia State University, Welch School of Art and Design
6 p.m., Friday, April 11, 2014
O'Shaughnessy Educational Center auditorium