As submitted to the US State Department’s Cultural Property Advisory Committee
Comments Needed on Proposed Cultural Property MoUs between the US and Chile, Jordan
Posted on 22 March 2019
Tell the State Dept what you know about antiquities trafficking
When NOT to work for free while building a career in research and academia
Posted on 20 February 2019
A bit of advice from someone who has been on both sides of this
Postdoctoral Research Funding Opportunities: any parallel projects?
Posted on 29 January 2019
Antiquities, fossils, wildlife, culture, and heritage crime post PhD?
Compelled by the Cosmos? Illicit Collection of Meteorites
Posted on 13 January 2019
Space objects networking with collectors can lead to crime
Death and rebirth of expert blogs: on losing to obligation and coming back again?
Posted on 29 December 2018
Why I stopped following blogs and why I want to get back to into them
“Profoundly Ethical”: the museum myth of the 1970 UNESCO convention
Posted on 28 December 2018
Even when museums appear to embrace ethics, false ideas about the law remain
Working for Free in Academia [cross post, 2015]
Posted on 30 November 2018
Thoughts on working your way up in research/academia from a few years ago
[VIDEO]Ancient Art and Modern Crime: How Stolen Antiquities End Up In Our Most Respected Museums
Posted on 13 November 2018
The saga of a Persian Guard: a lecture I gave at Carleton University in Nov 2018
MY NEW PROJECT! Trafficking transformations: objects as agents in transnational criminal networks
Posted on 3 August 2018
A €1.5 million grant is making it happen!
Culture Crime News and Stolen Gods updates
Posted on 8 July 2018
Both sites are updated after a hiatus, and should be updated regularly
New Paper: Heritage, Crisis, and Community Crime Prevention in Nepal
Posted on 29 June 2018
Simon Mackenzie and I explore what protects antiquities from theft: govt policy or effective community