UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime
Researching the Heritage Crimes of the Present and Future
New and emerging heritage crimes occur beyond the boundaries of detection, deterrence, and imagination. We ask: what comes next?
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Yates speaking at “Contested Antiquities of Latin America”, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Dr Yates presented at this conference hosted by The Swiss School of Latin American Studies...
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Kick-off Meeting COST Network Cultural Property Protection for All
Donna Yates was in Podgorica, Montenegro on 16 March 2026 to attend the kick-off meeting...
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Chair to Attend UNESCO/TEFAF Summit: Beyond Economic Impact: Rethinking Culture in Public Policy
Taking place on 16 March 2026 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. UNESCO Netherlands has announced the...
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Announcing the new UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime
UNESCO Netherlands has announced the new UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime will...
MoreRecent Outputs
Variably Legal and Irregularly Regulated: Global Markets in Collectable Antiquities, Wildlife, and Fossils (book chapter)
Annette Hübschle, Simon Mackenzie, and Donna Yates (2026) In: Variably Legal Markets: Rethinking Markets and Crime. L. Paoli and N....
Illicit Trade in Antiquities and Fossils (journal paper)
Donna Yates, Simon Mackenzie and Paul Stewens (2026) In: The Oxford Handbook of Illegal Markets. A. Hübschle and M. Dewey...
Exploring Aspects of the Online Trade in Antiquities Through Snapshot Analysis (book chapter)
Emily Peacock and Donna Yates (2026) In: Research Handbook on Art, Culture and Heritage. J. Ulph, A. Maget Dominicé, and...
Illusions of Rarity and the Construction of Value in Competing Megalodon Tooth Markets (book chapter)
Donna Yates (2026) In: Low End: Exploring the Bottom of the Markets for Arts and Cultural Goods. A-S. Radermecker (ed.)...
Seizure without Restitution: Antiquities Dealer Leonardo Patterson’s Collection before the Munich Administrative Court (journal paper)
Paul Stewens and Donna Yates (2026) Harvard Art Law Review.