The British Museum is celebrating recovered items in its new exhibition, but it continues to refuse to return historically looted items in its own collection to countries of origin.
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The elephant in the room is the existing legal framework, forged in period of decolonisation and diminishing western influence, that forbids the repatriation of antiquities.
From ill-thought renovation schemes to the latest row over the repatriation of the Parthenon marbles, this is not the first time the British Museum reckons with a custodianship crisis.
The return of an important monument to Mexico puts a spotlight on a culture whose influence is still felt in the Americas today.
An international legal expert explains why the Greeks are right to be wary of the British Museum’s offer to loan them the Parthenon marbles.
The British Museum appears close to a decision on returning the Elgin marbles – here’s how it might navigate the legal challenges.
Art stolen from African kingdoms is a knowledge system plundered by colonialists, who must take historical responsibility.
Items on display at the Eastern Southland Gallery in New Zealand’s South Island open a window on the complex world of art repatriation.
After years of pressure, western countries are finally returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. What's next?
Principales colaboradores
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Research Associate Professor (tenured), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas
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Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Reader in Law, Univeristy of Manchester, University of Manchester
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Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside
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Research Fellow in History, University of Southampton
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Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Hellenic Studies, King’s College London/ Lecturer in Modern History, City, University of London
