Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 7 July 2026

Posted on 14 July 2026

Opportunities

This list is compiled by the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime at Maastricht University. Postings are not endorsements. If you have an event you would like to share with this list, please contact the Chair. To sign up for the email list, visit this page.

This mailing list is compiled by the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime at Maastricht University. The Chair does not endorse the opportunities posted here.

Blue Shield 30 – The Past, Present, and Future of Cultural Property Protection, Conference Call for Abstracts, Athens

“The conference will review the present state of CPP, and look to the future of this critical field at a time when the world is witnessing widespread attacks against cultural heritage. What lessons can be learned from history? What current activities are most effective? What is coming that we need to plan for, and how can new technologies help?”

ENCATC Experts Group on Art Market and Cultural Good Integrity: European Policy Updates, Research Insights and Future Initiatives, Webinar

The meeting will feature key updates from the European Commission Expert Group on the Art Market and the European Cultural Heritage Expert Group, providing participants with insights into ongoing policy developments and emerging priorities at the European level.

The Role of Local Communities in Safeguarding Intangible Heritage within Heritage Ensembles and Monuments, Call for Abstracts and Symposium, Ravello, Italy

“The symposium will begin by situating intangible heritage within the global framework of ICOMOS and ICICH, then explore regional perspectives from around the world, and finally turn to Italy as the host country.”

Museums and AI Cultural Heritage, Call for Abstracts and Conference, Loughborough, UK

The organisers of this conference welcome abstracts for 20 minute papers on themes related to cultural heritage, museums, and AI

Studying the Provenance of Written Artefacts, Call for Abstracts and Conference, Hamburg, Germany

The Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) and its Cluster of Excellence, ‘Understanding Written Artefacts’ (UWA) invites abstracts for a conference focused on “the methodologies, tools and implications involved in tracing the history of” written artefacts.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), Consulting Job, Remote (?)

“This consultancy focuses primarily on operationalising Cultural Emergency Response’s existing Theory of Change, translating it into practical tools, processes, and guidance that can be consistently applied across programmes.”