Event: Pizza Talk: "Trying to Do the Right Things to Protect the World's Archaeological Heritage: A Committee Member's Tale"
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Speaker: Dr. Lothar von Falkenhausen, Professor of Art History, UCLA
The Presidential Cultural Property Advisory Committee is charged with implementing the 1970 UNESCO convention in order to curb the illegal inflow of cultural property into the United States. Lothar von Falkenhausen has served on this Committee since 2012. He will report on the legal framework under which the Committee does its work, as well as on his experiences so far.