2012

LECTURE: Dr. Richard Kurin, Smithsonian Institution: “Saving Haiti’s Cultural Heritage after the Earthquake”

LECTURE: Robert Wittman, Founder, FBI Art Crime Unit:”Hear the True Story behind the FBI’s Indiana Jones.” (see details)

2011

LECTURE: Noel Salazar, Ph.D, University of Leuven: “The Double Bind of Heritage Tourism: Imagineering Pasts and Futures”  (see details)

LECTURE: Christina Luke, Ph.D, Boston University: “The Challenges of Going Green in Western Turkey: Natural and Cultural Heritage Practices and Policies in the Gygaean (Marmara) Lake Basin of Central Lydia”

LECTURE: Mark Schaming, New York State Museum: “Ten Years after September 11, 2001: From the Sacred to the Historical”  (see details)

LUNCHEON/LECTURE: Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino, Authors of Chasing Aphrodite: “Antiquities and Museums: The Story of the Getty”

PANEL DISCUSSION: Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino, Authors of Chasing Aphrodite, and Robert Wittman, Founder, FBI Art CrimeUnit: “The Illicit Market of Art and Antiquities:

A Panel Discussion about Museums and the Law”

LECTURE: Dr. Mariano J. Aznar Gómez, Universitat Jaume I: “Underwater Cultural Heritage: The 2001 UNESCO Convention and its Implementation”

CONFERENCE: A Conference Marking the 100th Anniversary of Titanic and the 10th Anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. Co-Sponsored by

Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and Penn CHC: “Keeping the Lid on Davy Jones' Locker: The Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage from Titanic to Today.” (see details)

LECTURE: Dr. Morag Kersel, DePaul University: “The Lure of the Relic: Collecting and Consuming Artifacts from the Holy Land”

2010

LECTURE: Clayton Brown, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Chinese History, Rhodes College. “Forging International Relations through Cultural Heritage: The Case of China and America.”  (see details)

LECTURE: Nick Spitzer, Ph.D, Creator, Producer, and Host of public radio’s “American Routes.” “New Orleans 5 A.D.: No Waterline on Culture.”  (see details)

LECTURE and AWARD: George F. Bass, Ph.D., Institute of Nautical Archaeology & Nautical Archaeology Program, Texas A&M University, USA. LECTURE: “The Million-Piece Jig-Saw Puzzle: Excavating a Cargo of Medieval Glass.” AWARD:  The Lucy Wharton Drexel medal for archaeological achievement.   (see details)

LECTURE: Robert K. Wittman, Founder, FBI Art Crime Team. “Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures.”   (see details)

LECTURE: Michael Coard, J.D., Philadelphia Attorney and founding member of Avenging the Ancestors Coalition. “Slavery in Philadelphia at America’s First ‘White House.’” (see details)

WORKSHOP, LECTURE SERIES, and ROUNDTABLE: “Who Owns Underwater Cultural Heritage? Perspectives on Archaeological Law and Ethics in the Mediterranean.”  (see details)

CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE: “Cultural Heritage Now: Prospects, Directions, Futures.” (Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies, Department of Art History, Rutgers University)

2009

LECTURE: James Cuno, Ph.D., President and Director, The Art Institute of Chicago. “Museums, Antiquities, and Cultural Property.”  (see details)

CO-SPONSORED CONFERENCE: “Heritage in Conflict and Consensus: New Approaches to the Social, Political, and Religious Impact of Public Heritage in the 21st Century.” (Center for Heritage and Society, University of Massachusetts at Amherst) (see details)

LECTURE and AWARD: Colin Renfrew, Ph.D, Senior Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. LECTURE:  “Combating the Illicit Antiquities Trade: The 1970 Rule as a Turning Point (or How the Metropolitan Museum Lags Behind the Getty).” AWARD: 2009 SAFE Beacon Award for his efforts to raise awareness of archaeological looting and illicit antiquities.  (see details)

2008

WORKSHOP AND PUBLIC FORUM: “Indigenous Perspectives: Cultural Heritage and Preservation.”  (see details)