Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List 28 October 2026

Posted on 29 October 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.

Priceless Assets of Subversion? The Valuation of High Value Unique Goods and Financial Crime, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Conference

I’m excited to invite you all to a conference I’m co-organizing! “With this conference we aim to bring together interdisciplinary perspectives on the valuation and appraisal of high value unique goods, as well as on associated risks and vulnerabilities for financial crime” Contributors may discuss all types of high value unique good and their assetization, including but not limited to art, watches, wine, musical instruments, digital artworks, NFTs, antiquities, rare books and manuscripts, jewelry and gemstones, fossils, militaria, coins, stamps, meteorites, cars, handbags, etc.

Teamleider bachelor Cultureel erfgoed, Job, Amsterdam

The Reinwardt Academie seeks a Dutch speaking team leader for their cultural heritage undergradaute and masters programmes.

Institute of Art & Law Study Forum, Forum, Online

Numerous topics covered across art law: interesting and diverse with strong speakers.

Transfer, Call for Papers

“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.” They are calling for papers for their next issue.

Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Heritage Studies, Position

The IJHS seeks a new editor-in-chief. A tough but interesting role for someone in Critical Heritage Studies.

The Man Who Stole the Gods, Book Talk, Phnom Penh

Author and reporter Matthew Campbell will be discussing his book about Douglas Latchford.

4th International Conference on Cultural Property Protection, Conference, Budapest, Hungary

Hosted by the Hungarian National Museum and the University of Public Service, this conference will ask: “How can we better protect cultural heritage in times of armed conflict, disasters and other crises? How can we prevent museum burglaries and combat the illicit trafficking of cultural artefacts?”

La lutte contre le trafic de biens culturels : de la quête d’objet au dossier d’enquête, Conference, Poitiers, France

Tenth international scientific meeting on the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural property hosted by the University of Poitiers.

Policing the Art Market: Codes of Ethics and Best Practices, Conference, Milan

Hosted by the UNESCO Chair on Business Integrity and Crime Prevention in the Art & Antiquities Market, the discussion on this topic continues with interventions from experts (including me).