📣 PhD opportunity at University of Sydney/University of Glasgow! Come work with me, Sophie Chao, @sotiriagrek.bsky.social & @dremilinesmith.bsky.social on "Epistemic Infrastructures of Planetary Health Governance in Southeast Asia" #STS #hitmed #Planetary #PhDopportunity

This came together beautifully - thank you so much for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this! #LouvreHeist #museumtheft #culturalheritage #colonialheritage #restitution @uofgsps.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social 🎞️ youtu.be/QWvws_H3Bq4?...

What The Louvre Doesn't Want You To Know

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So glad to see this open access article on Indonesian parrot trade finally in print! Great last publication to (almost) round off the year #GCRF #parrots #wildlifetrade #IWT #COVID #openaccess @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social - link.springer.com/article/10.1...

2 days of heritage crime, theft, fraud, trafficking, and repatriation at the Art & Antiquities Crime Conference, University of Sydney 😍 Importance of global, community-driven cooperation very clear. Grateful to organisers & speakers for this inspiring event! #heritagecrime #ethics #repatriation

Over the past week, a delegation from @uofgsocsci.bsky.social has been visiting current and potential university partners across #Indonesia. A fantastic opportunity to strengthen #academiccollaborations and explore new, equitable pathways for teaching, research, and exchange. Thanks to our hosts 🙏

📚 I’m thrilled to share that “Researching a Rigged Game: Digital Approaches to Tracing the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects”, edited by @dremilinesmith.bsky.social and myself, is now published and available as Open Access via @springernature.com. 🔗https://lnkd.in/gBCv2KDH

This was really fun to do, thanks @npr.org #MuseumConfidential for having me 🎙️ We dig into the cultural fallout and colonial echoes of the #Louvre theft - give it a listen! 🎧 #podcast #artcrime #museumheist #Louvre - www.npr.org/podcasts/557...

Honoured to present at the British Society of Criminology – Green Criminology Network Seminar today on #oceanjustice 🌿 So great to be amongst like-minded scholars and practitioners passionate about non-human #animalwelfare, #EnvironmentalJustice & #BlueCriminology #GreenCriminology

Sunday’s heist at the Louvre has stirred a lot of headlines. I argue @hyperallergic.com that the real vulnerability lies not in museum security, but in the colonial foundations of Western museum collections. #ArtTheft #Decolonization #Repatriation #PublicMemory 🔗 hyperallergic.com/1051113/the-...

The Louvre Heist Was a Colonial Wake-Up Call

The stunning theft reveals more than a failure of security: It lays bare how austerity, neglect, and unresolved colonial legacies continue to haunt the museum.

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This isn’t the first time the Louvre’s been broken into… Previous thefts have even involved (former) museum staff - a common thread in art heists. Hoping the Mona Lisa and her companions are safe. 🖼️🔒🏛️ #Louvre #ArtTheft - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates

France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.

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Grateful to BBC Radio Wales for having me on today to talk about the theft at St Fagans National Museum of History 🏛️🎙️ Very much hoping that the objects stolen in this targeted theft will be found asap #BBCWales #StFagans #MuseumHeist #CulturalHeritage #LootedHeritage

Great to be a discussant on the first session of the Political Economy Futures Forum - supported by the College of Social Sciences @uofglasgow.bsky.social - where we discuss AI and illegal markets with Alessio Azzutti today #AI #illegalmarkets #crime #harms #governance #interdisciplinarity

What a beautiful day to welcome our new #UG #PGT #PGR #Criminology & @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social students at @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social !🎓✨ We’re thrilled to have you join our vibrant university community 🌍📚 #WelcomeWeek #NewBeginnings

Standing with the people of Nepal during these challenging days. May the voices of protest be heard with respect, and may a path of dialogue and compassion guide the nation toward unity and healing. 🕊️❤️ hyperallergic.com/1040874/hist...

Historic Singha Durbar Palace Destroyed as Nepal Protests Turn Deadly

Police used live ammunition, water cannons, and tear gas on demonstrators mobilizing against government corruption.

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"Museums are not stages for loyalty. They are civic laboratories. They are places where we wrestle with contradictions, encounter the unfamiliar and widen our circle of empathy."

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So lovely to be in sunny Leuven @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social to explore pathways to further strengthen our #criminology partnership @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social #globalcriminology #criminologycollab #criminologyacrossborders

New special issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice Vol. 13 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Caring for Culture in the 21st Century @saa-aap.bsky.social @apsap.bsky.social @archaeojake.bsky.social @sherr-spadefoot.bsky.social @drdonnayates.bsky.social @dremilinesmith.bsky.social

The repatriation of a collection of cultural artefacts to Indonesia's Warloka community was facilitated by @dremilinesmith.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social Find out more: bit.ly/4m5wB57

Spectacular views over Rinca (= home of Komodo dragons). We are here in Labuan Bajo (Indonesia) to prepare the repatriation of 30+ objects and ancestral remains, happening in the next few days. Stay tuned for updates! #IPDF #UGM @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social

This certainly looks epic (I wish it was true 😍) #Relooted #ReturntheGods #videogame #repatriation #Africangameindustry @nyamakop.co.za - culturecustodian.com/relooted-the...

Relooted: The African Game Turning Artifact Repatriation Into a Bold Heist

As demands for the repatriation of African artifacts rise, a video game is offering a stage of digital heists to retrieve stolen treasures

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In about 1 hour, Auction House Loeckx will be selling off this beautiful necklace, similar to the stolen Taleju necklace at the Art Institute of Chicago. This auction has alllll the unethical and illicit lots - ancestors, weapons, deities #stopsellinglootedheritage #returnthegods #noprovenancenosale

Honoured and very excited to speak at this important conference by the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign next week in Kathmandu - see you there? #returnthegods #lootedheritage #Nepal @artcrimeprof.bsky.social @helenaarose.bsky.social nepalheritagerecoverycampaign.org

The theme of this year's SIEF Congress in Aberdeen is 'Unwriting - challenging and deconstructing the authority of inscribed truth in folklore and tradition'. Join me in our panel 'Unwriting in the Himalayas: reflections on collaborative craft and authorship' today - www.siefhome.org/congresses/s...

International Society for Ethnology and Folklore

SIEF is an international organization that facilitates and stimulates cooperation among scholars working within European Ethnology, Folklore Studies, Cultural Anthropology and adjoining fields. SIEF o...

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Great to see this out - in this article I elaborate on passive and active academic facilitation of #illicittrade in cultural objects, taking Mary Slusser and Emma Bunker as examples #returnthegods @saa-aap.bsky.social‬ @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A wonderful end to our visitors' stay in Glasgow, this beautiful cross-cultural exchange 'From the Atrato to the Clyde: what does it mean for a river to have rights?' #environmentaljustice #riverjustice @mohume.bsky.social @allangillies.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social

House for an Art Lover - What a beautiful spot to do some strategic teaching & research planning and team building today @thesccjr.bsky.social #BellahoustonPark #Glasgow #Scotland #CharlesRennieMackintosh

Fantastic day spent in Edinburgh yesterday speaking to @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social about their Indonesian collection, thinking through critical heritage and justice research & teaching possibilities #IPDF #heritagejustice @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social

Such a great day with our esteemed colleagues from #UGM #Indonesia. Started off with a thought-provoking visit @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social with @xanadu68.bsky.social, then more meetings & public lecture on #AuthorizedHeritageDiscourse and #epistemicjustice. Still with so much ☀️☀️ ☀️ #dreamteam

Amazing to have visitors from Universitas Gadjah Mada in Glasgow to share expertise on colonial collections, repatriation, & heritage protection from Scotland to Indonesia, especially with so much ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ Visit funded by @uofglasgow.bsky.social's IPDF @uofgsps.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social

If you're in Glasgow next week, please pop by to hear from our valued Universitas Gadjah Mada visitors! #epistemicinjustice #Indonesia #IPDF #UGM @uofgsps.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social