Learning, networking, conference and employment opportunities in cultural property, art crime research, antiquities trafficking research, provenance studies, and related things. Postings are not endorsements.
This list is compiled by Donna Yates. Please let me know of any opportunities to announce.
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1. Interpreting Imagery for Criminal and Cultural Heritage Investigations, Workshop, Prato, Italy
Focused on cultural heritage investigations, at this training you will “learn how to take an image and use it for open-source investigations and then transform that data for empirical analysis. This workshop will cover such topics as the role of imagery in investigations and analysis, geolocating and verification of imagery, coding features from imagery for subsequent analysis, and how such data can be used.”
When: 27 March 2026
Where: Monash University, Prato campus, Prato, Italy
Cost: Free
2. Project Curator: Documentation and Recovery, Job, London
The British Museum is looking for a maternity cover (6 months) for a project that seeks to track down and recover their stolen Roman and Greek objects.
When: Apply by 4 March
Where: The British Museum, London
Pay: 36,396 GBP
More Info: https://bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/CIPHR/jobdetail_8633.aspx
3. Transfer Journal, Call for Papers
Transfer is seeking submissions: “The online journal transfer is an academic publication platform in the area of provenance research and the history of collection as well as adjacent fields of investigation, like art market studies, reception history, cultural sociology, or legal history.”
When: Submit by 15 July 2026
Cost: Free/Open Access
More Info: https://ahnp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/transfer/cfp
Contact: redaktion.transfer@uni-bonn.de
4. Critical Incident Response for Museums and Cultural Institutions, Webinar
“A presentation about the types of law enforcement resources and responses that will affect museums and cultural institutions in the aftermath of a critical incident”; the goal is to help museum workers understand what happens in a law enforcement situation in an American context.
When: 3 March 2026
Where: Online
More Info: https://events.gov.teams.microsoft.us/event/0d39099d-09d9-4dfd-bb11-de07de7d7ebd@022914a9-b95f-4b7b-bace-551ce1a04071
Register: https://events.gov.teams.microsoft.us/event/0d39099d-09d9-4dfd-bb11-de07de7d7ebd@022914a9-b95f-4b7b-bace-551ce1a04071/registration
5. Protecting Cultural Heritage: Risks, Threats, Responses, Course, Rome
“The course examines a variety of factors that present risks, threats and/or security issues for cultural heritage in the 21st century. These include overtourism, museum security, conflict, climate change, changing societal expectations and new historical narratives. “
When: 13–17 July 2026
Where: The American University of Rome, Italy
Cost: €1,495.00
More Info: https://aur.edu/protecting-cultural-heritage-risks-threats-responses
6. Unpacking Provenance: A Himalayan Phurba, Webinar, Online
“In this webinar, a panel of four experts discusses a Himalayan phurba, a ceremonial dagger in the collections of the Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) in Berlin. The phurba left the Himalayan region and entered a private collection in Germany at an unknown point in time and was sold to the museum in 1931 by its previous owner.”
When: 10 March 2026
Where: Online
Cost: Free
More Info: https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/events/search/event:197160243/
Register: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kA35g5nGTqCyt1OmIiE_Vg#/registration
7. MONDIACULT and the Future of Cultural Policy: Cultural Rights in Global and Comparative Perspective, Webinar
“The webinar will explore how culture is increasingly framed as a public good and as an essential component of sustainable development, social inclusion, and human rights protection. The discussion will address the role of cultural rights in shaping cultural policy at international, regional, and national levels, with particular attention to comparative perspectives and current global challenges.”
When: 10 March 2025
Where: Online
Cost: Free
8. Protecting Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities, Seminar, Milan and Online
The first in a series of hybrid open seminars (see the site!) on Law and the Arts on “the most topical and complex issues related to art and antiquities market regulation, cultural heritage protection, and issues of repatriation of contested cultural objects.”
When: 6 March 2026
Where: Largo A. Gemelli, 1, Milano (and online)
More Info: https://asgp.unicatt.it/eventi/2026/law-and-the-arts-course-2025-2026.html
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegEoofSFQbjWUQdAhq53S5HIQ-k3QTo6dBAXWvagjIfe533Q/viewform?pli=1
9. The Truth Behind Antiquities Trafficking And How To Stop It, Lecture, Sydney
“Internationally renowned Head of Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Colonel Matthew Bogdanos speaks on current issues in antiquities looting and the global struggle to expose, recover and repatriate.”
When: 5 March 2026
Where: Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre, University of Sydney
Cost: $15/$10
More Info: https://www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats-on/talks-and-events/truth-behind-antiquities-trafficking.html
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-truth-behind-antiquities-trafficking-and-how-to-stop-it-tickets-1981679171748?aff=oddtdtcreator
10. Certificate Program in “Provenance Research and Applicable Law”, Summer Programme, Siena, Italy
“The certificate program consists of two courses. The first, taught by Dr. Victoria Reed, will focus on methodologies and best practices in provenance research in a museum context. The second course, taught concurrently by Dr. Patty Gerstenblith, will focus on the legal and ethical issues relevant to the status of a cultural object based on provenance research concerning the object. “
When: 8 June–12 June 2026 with optional prep classes
Where: Tulane University but hosted in Siena, Italy
Cost: $1,250
More Info: https://law.tulane.edu/siena-program
11. International Cultural Heritage Law and Provenance Studies, Certificate of Advanced Studies, Geneva
“Gain a specialisation in international cultural heritage law and provenance studies with a unique programme organised and taught by the specialists of the Art-Law Centre and of the UNESCO Chair in the International Law of the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the University of Geneva”
When: Register by 31 May 2026
Where: University of Geneva and Online (Blended Learning)
Cost: Full programme 5300 CHF, module 800 CHF
More Info: https://www.unige.ch/formcont/en/courses/cultural-heritage
Contact: heritagelaw@unige.ch
12. Material Memory and the Provenances of Medieval Artefacts, Conference CFP, Berlin
“This conference aims to discuss how medieval objects and materials “remember” their origins…Taking inspiration from the methods of modern-day provenance research, which traces the circumstances of acquisition and ownership chains, as well as embracing multiple perspectives on resource extraction and variable object narratives”
When: Abstract by 15 March 2026
Where: Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und Historische Urbanistik, Technische Universität Berlin
13. Challenges in provenance research and art restitution, Conference CFP, Vienna
“The conference aims to discuss and compare recent developments, (trans)national perspectives, methodological approaches, and future challenges in provenance research and restitution.”
When: Abstract by 31 March 2026
Where: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
More Info: https://arthist.net/archive/51595
Contact: provenienzforschung@bda.gv.at
Art Crime Research Opportunities: 24 February 2026