Penn Cultural Heritage Center
Developing and Supporting Cultural Heritage Initiatives
SPRING 2013
All events are in the Penn Museum buildings (see map)
Thursday, January 10
12:30 pm
Classroom 2
LECTURE:
Ben Jeffs
Blackfreighter Archaeology and Conservation
“Saint Helena– A Lost Island?”
Thursday, February 7
12:30 pm,
Nevil Classroom
LECTURE:
Laurent Dissard
University of Pennsylvania
“Contested Heritage: Archaeology Museums in Turkey”
Thursday, February 21
12:30 pm
Nevil Classroom
LECTURE:
Laina Lopez
Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP
“Ancient Artifacts In Court: How the Case of Rubin v. Iran Could Affect Museums”
Wednesday, March 13
12:30 pm
Nevil Classroom
LECTURE:
Salam al-Kuntar
University of Pennsylvania
“Syrian Cultural Heritage in the Crossfire: Past, Present and Continuity”
Elizabeth Watts and Howard C. Petersen Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, March 19
6:00 pm
Rainey Auditorium
LECTURE:
Richard M. Leventhal
and
C. Brian Rose
University of Pennsylvania
“Antiquities and Museum Acquisitions: Penn Museum
The PennCHC Spring Lecture Series is supported
in part by the PoGo Family Foundation.
Saint Helena is, conceptually and physically, in the middle of a global crossroads. Its cliffs are now hung with 17th century fortifications, plantation houses litter its valleys, and a unique cemetery of thousands of slaves is threatened by development. This is a tale of fragile potential on one of the most remote inhabited places on earth and a four year project to explore and save it. More info...
Turkey will soon be home to a series of new, state-of-the-art, archaeological museums, which have generally emphasized the country's “10,000-year-old” past. But what other stories are left out of this narrative? More info...
Ms. Lopez is one of the attorneys representing Iran in the lawsuit, Rubin v. Iran. She will explain the history of this lawsuit and the concerns of the museum community vis a vis this important piece of litigation. More info...
In 1970, the Penn Museum stopped acquiring antiquities that had been looted from their archaeological context and illegally exported from their country of origin. This presentation presents the context for this important decision. More info...
Salam al-Kuntar will discuss how Syria’s cultural heritage has fallen prey to conflict taking place between regime militias and armed rebels across the country. More info...
Saint Helena– A Lost Island?
Contested Heritage:
Archaeology Museums in Turkey
Ancient Artifacts In Court: How the Case of Rubin v. Iran Could Affect Museums
Syrian Cultural Heritage in the Crossfire: Past, Present and Continuity
Antiquities and Museum Acquisitions:
Penn Museum Leading the Way
