Would you like to visit us to work on topics related to Cultural Heritage and Crime? The UNESCO Chair is hosting a funded Short Term Scientific Mission through the COST Action Cultural Property Protection for All. Only members of the COST Action can apply so those interested should request to join the action here: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA24119/
Serena, who is visiting us from the UNESCO Chair in Business Integrity and Crime Prevention in Art and Antiquities Market, will give a talk entitled Preserving Collective Memory: The Case of Holocaust-era Documentary Heritage for the Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage on 1 April. For more information, see: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/spark-session-serena-sancataldo-preserving-collective-memory-case-holocaust-era-documentary
The event took place on 16 March 2026 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Donna Yates was accompanied to the event by visiting representatives from the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence in Cyprus, partners on the Revistaliser project. More information here: https://www.tefaf.com/programs/maastricht-summit-2026
UNESCO Netherlands has announced the new UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime will be held by Donna Yates at Maastricht University. Donna Yates (Associate Professor in the Criminal Law and Criminology department) has been appointed UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Emerging Crime. The new chair is embedded in Maastricht University and will … Read more
Dr Yates presented at this conference hosted by The Swiss School of Latin American Studies (SSLAS). The event, which took place on 26 and 27 February 2026, was attended by the Peruvian and Brazilian ambassadors to Switzerland. Yates spoke about new court rulings related to the return of contested cultural objects and the changing role … Read more
The UNESCO Chair is proud to announce the kick-off of COST Action CPP4All (Cultural Property Protection for All, CA24119), which held its first meeting in Podgorica, Montenegro. CPP4All is a pan-European research network that brings together experts in archaeology, law, engineering, and social science to address the illicit trade in cultural goods through coordinated action … Read more