Anonymous Swiss Collector

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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

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“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

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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

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[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

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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!

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Culture Crime News and Stolen Gods updates

Posted on 8 July 2018

Both sites are updated after a hiatus, and should be updated regularly

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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

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Combatting antiquities trafficking with new technology

Posted on 28 June 2018

Some notes on research I’m doing for the European Commission

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Conference not to miss: Transatlantic Cultural Property Crime Symposium, London, 28-29 Jun

Posted on 27 June 2018

Hosted at Queen Mary University in Mile End (the only part of London I know)

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A Twitter Pause and a Blog Rebirth? Anonymous Swiss Collector Revisited

Posted on 27 June 2018

Perhaps a break from the social can revive the thoughtful?

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Where’s Anonymous Swiss Collector?

Posted on 24 March 2018

On strike! I’m participating in industrial action.

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Research Log, Cape Town, 7-23 August 2017

Posted on 21 August 2017

An experiment in being open about my daily academic doings

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