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Donna Yates @profdonnayates.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

CALL FOR JOURNAL PAPERS: "Natural Heritage as Cultural Property: legal and social dimensions to the collection, display, and sale of natural history specimens", a special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Property edited by @p-stewens.bsky.social & me. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Paul Stewens @p-stewens.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Natural history specimens are #culturalproperty. If you have an idea for a paper that drives this point home, @profdonnayates.bsky.social and I want to hear from you for our special issue in the International Journal of Cultural Property. Find the #cfp here: paul-stewens.com/news/cfp-nat...

Old postcard showing the Natural History Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna, facing each other in parallel

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Donna Yates @profdonnayates.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Why would anyone pay $38,000 for a Megalodon shark tooth that they could buy now for less than $1,000? I explore answer that question in my latest publication: **Illusions of Rarity and Value in Competing Megalodon Tooth Markets** Available free and open access. doi.org/10.1007/978-...

A hand next to a two black megalodon sharks teeth. The larger toot is as long as the index finger of the hand.

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CPP4ALL @culturalprope4all.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This Thursday July 2, at 16:00 CET, don't miss the webinar: "Digital traceability and provenance: Multi-scale 3D modelling within the ECCCH Framework" by Mohamed Soliman Interested and not a member of the Action yet? Join! cpp4all.eu

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The CPP4ALL Cost Action seeks to establish a network of excellence to enhance Cultural Property Protection across Europe, in neighboring countries, and beyond. We fund travel and scientific missions, host events, and have a lively action forum. To join us, join the action: cpp4all.eu/contact-info...

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Contact Information – Cultural Property Protection for All

Please visit the Action page on the COST website and make an application by clicking “Apply to join your Working Groups of interest”. You do not need to email the Chair of the Action.

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Join us at the REVITALISER Cultural Property Protection Summer School in Cyprus. We can keep the fee low because it's subsidized by the EU. Participants explore cutting-edge topics including remote sensing, AI-based analysis, criminological approaches to heritage crime revitaliser.eu/summer-schoo...

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

If you are interested in learning, conference, work, and other opportunities in: Art and Heritage Crime, Antiquities Trafficking, Provenance Studies, Art Authentication, Repatriation, Cultural Property Law, sign up for our Opportunities email list unescochairculturecrime.org/mailing-list...

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Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities Email List | UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime

If you are interested in hearing about learning, conference, work, and other opportunities in:

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We've just launched our website! Have a look at what the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime is about here: unescochairculturecrime.org

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Homepage | UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

You are only eligible for funding, like this Open Access fund, if you join the Cultural Property for All Cost Action. If you work in this area, find out how to join here: www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...

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Donna Yates @profdonnayates.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Interested in art crime, antiquities trafficking, provenance, repatriation, or cultural property law? Sign up for the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime Opportunities List for learning, conference, and work opportunities! anonymousswisscollector.com/opportunities

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Opportunities List

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

New Publication! "Variably Legal and Irregularly Regulated: Global Markets in Collectable Antiquities, Wildlife, and Fossils" by Annette Hübschle, Simon Mackenzie, and our chair, Donna Yates. In the exciting book "Variably Legal Markets Rethinking Markets and Crime"

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Variably Legal Markets: Rethinking Markets and Crime

This book offers a novel perspective for conceptualizing legality in market exchanges. It challenges the conventional binary of ‘legal’ versus ‘illegal’ markets by introducing the concept of variably…

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Would you like to visit us to work on topics related to Cultural Heritage and Crime? The UNESCO Chair will host a funded Short Term Scientific Mission through COST Action Cultural Property Protection for All. Only members of the Action can apply so request to join here: www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Join our Chair at the International Symposium on "Cultural Property Protection: An enabler for cooperation in Europe, the Mediterranean and the Gulf region", 20–21 April, Nicosia, Cyprus. Details and Registration here:

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Cultural Property Protection

20–21 April 2026 – Constantine Leventis Auditorium, A.G. Leventis Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Call for Abstracts: “The Protection of Cultural Heritage in Europe: A Comparative Legal and Policy Agenda”, 14 May, Warsaw. This workshop is fully funded for selected attendees, but only members of the CPP4ALL Cost Action can attend. Sign up to join the action here: www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Join us at the REVITALISER Cultural Property Protection Summer School in Cyprus. Participants explore cutting-edge topics including remote aensing, AI-based analysis, criminological approaches to heritage crime. We can keep the fee low because it's subsidised by the EU revitaliser.eu/summer-schoo...

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Cultural Property Protection for All offers Conference Support Grants for members. Grants up to 1000 EUR to present at a conference relate to CPP. The Chair is an active member of this network; if you aren't a member of this COST Network, request to join the Action here: www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...

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UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime @unescochair-chec.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Our visiting PhD Serena Sancataldo is speaking about her research on 1 April in Maastricht: "Preserving Collective Memory: The Case of Holocaust-era Documentary Heritage". Serena joins us from the UNESCO Chair in Business Integrity and Crime Prevention in Art and Antiquities Market buff.ly/CK5S4RS

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SPARK Session by Serena Sancataldo: Preserving Collective Memory: The Case of Holocaust-era Documentary Heritage - Events - Maastricht University

Invitation for MACCH SPARK Session by Serena Sancataldo: Preserving Collective Memory: The Case of Holocaust-era Documentary Heritage

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