PhDs are free here. Strong proposals about art and heritage crime welcome.

New Book: Provenance Research Today (with discount code)
Posted on 3 December 2020
Use code PRT20 for a 20% discount

Volunteers Wanted: Culture Crime News “Fill in the Blanks” Project
Posted on 17 November 2020
Help me share info about art and heritage crime with the world

Selling Fake Art: Do the Dealers Know?
Posted on 3 November 2020
Survey methods that could reveal socially unacceptable truths

No, the WCO report doesn’t show that ‘Business of Smuggling Cultural Property Is Not as Big as People Think’
Posted on 29 September 2020
It’s likely ‘smaller’ than people think, but the report doesn’t show that

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS “The Power of Things: Understanding relationships between objects and crime”
Posted on 25 September 2020
Contribute to our Online Conference and Edited Volume

It’s legal to set your antiquities collection on fire for a custom porn video
Posted on 9 August 2020
At least in many places. I swear this title has context.

Academics are doing a terrible job of influencing art market policy
Posted on 8 August 2020
It’s our fault when governments use pop media instead of our research

Stolen Maya mask returning to Guatemala from Belgium
Posted on 7 August 2020
And after a 12 year battle over the piece, this is the first I’m hearing of the case.

White Control of Native American Culture can Never be “Responsible Collecting”
Posted on 23 July 2020
Discussing a “Discussion Article” in Antiquity

Questioning the Mirador-Calakmul Basin Maya Security and Conservation Partnership Act (pt 1)
Posted on 19 June 2020
Why do Republicans support spending millions on protecting Maya heritage?

CALL FOR COMMENTS on the USA/Colombia Cultural Property MOU
Posted on 18 June 2020
Help protect Colombian antiquities from trafficking