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Provenance Research and Due Diligence in the Art and Antiquities World: Distinctions, Connections, Synergies, Challenges, Online, Webinar
In this hybrid event a group of diverse experts will talk about issues and ideas about provenance and due diligence.
- Where: Online
- When: 8 April 2026
- Link https://asgp.unicatt.it/eventi/2026/law-and-the-arts-course-2025-2026.html
Art and Cultural Heritage: Law, Policy and Practice, Milan, Summer School
“The Summer School aims to develop participants’ knowledge of the main issues in international cultural heritage law, including the regulation of the art trade, the fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural property, the restitution of stolen or looted artworks, and the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict.”
- Where: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in Largo A. Gemelli, 1, Milano
- When: Apply ASAP
- Link https://asgp.unicatt.it/formazione/corsi/art-and-cultural-heritage-law-policy-and-practice.html
Building Resilience Empowering Civil Society to Protect Heritage Amid Conflict and Climate Challenges, Grant
“The program offers small grants totaling up to £75,000, funding 12 to 15 projects at up to £5,000 each, to be implemented over 3 to 4 months. These grants are designed for rapid, effective responses to urgent risks threatening heritage.”
- Where: Projects in Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Palestine (Gaza), and Ethiopia (Tigray)
- When: Apply by 14 April 2026
- Link https://ansch.heritageforpeace.org/building-resilienceempowering-civil-society-to-protect-heritage-amidconflict-and-climate-challenges/
Legal Provenance and TWAIL: A Discussion, Online, Webinar
An online discussion hosted by the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project.
- Where: Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich
- When: Abstract by 6 May 2026
- Link https://www.law.berkeley.edu/event/legal-provenance-and-third-world-approaches-to-international-law-a-discussion/
Museums, Cultural Policy, and Institutional Change, Rotterdam, PhD Position
This fully funded PhD position examines how museums respond to the dynamics of social debates about diversity and inclusion and how different institutional and political contexts shape museum–community relations.
- Where: Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands
- When: Apply by 8 May
- Link https://www.eur.nl/en/working-at-eur/vacancies/phd-museums-cultural-policy-and-institutional-change
A Leicester Conversation on Mummified Bodies, Leicester, UK, Lecture
Dr Angela Stienne will discuss questions of displacement, ethics, and bioethics in the display of mummified human remains in museums.
- Where: Leicester Museum and Art Galleries, Leicester UK
- When: 17 April 2026
- Link https://www.leicestermuseums.org/ConversationOnMummifiedBodies
Heritage at War: Wargaming the Nexus of Culture and Conflict, Oxford, UK, Course
“Heritage at War combines familiarisation briefings and a practical wargame in order to explore the theme of cultural heritage protection from a military perspective by assessing how culture can be weaponised and exploited within a fictional setting.”Oxford University, Oxford, UK