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International Conference on Nazi-Looted Art at Lafayette College

Type: Conferences & Symposia [View all]
Posted by: Lafayette College
Deadline: Fri, October 28th, 2011

Lafayette College will host a three-day Nazi-looted art conference Oct. 26-28, 2011 exploring the global, historical, ethical, and legal issues surrounding Nazi-looted art during WWII. All events are free and open to the public. Speakers include:

- Marc Masurovsky, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; co-founder, Holocaust Art Restitution Project;
- Victoria Reed, Sadler Curator for Provenance, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;
- Keynote speech, Professor Jonathan Petropoulos, Croul Professor of European History, Claremont McKenna College;
- Lucian Simmons, Worldwide Director of Provenance and Restitution , Sotheby’s;
- Austrian Minister plenipotentiary Dr. Gregor Schusterschitz, Head of the Department for International Law, Austrian Ministry for European Affairs;
- Film; discussion, talk by Nicole Newnham, a producers/directors/writers of The Rape of Europa.

For more info, visit http://www.lafayette.edu; contact Laura McKee, international affairs, mckeel@lafayette.edu ,

Posted on Tue, October 18th, 2011
Expires on Fri, October 28th, 2011

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