When: 
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 8:00pm - Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 8:00pm
Where: 
Various campus locations; see below
Presenter: 
Price: 
Free

The conference begins the evening of Wednesday, October 26 and concludes at 1 pm on Friday, October 28. The schedule:
Wednesday, 7 pm: Showing of “The Rape of Europa” followed by a discussion/lecture by Nicole Newnham, one of the movie’s producers/directors/writers; Kirby Hall of Civil Rights room 104
Thursday, noon: Brown bag lecture by Marc Masurovsky (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., and co-founder of Holocaust Art Restitution Project): “A Primer on Nazi/Fascist Cultural Plunder and the Never-Ending Quest for Justice in the Post-War Era”; Gendebein Room, Skillman Library
Thursday, 3 pm : Lecture by Victoria Reed (Monica S. Sadler Curator for Provenance, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston): “Nazi-Era Provenance: The Museum Perspective and the Researcher’s Role”; Gendebein Room, Skillman Library
Thursday, 4:15 pm: Keynote speech by Professor Jonathan Petropoulos (John V. Croul Professor of European History, Claremont McKenna College): “Nazi Art Plundering, Post-War Restitution, and the Restitution Field Going Forward”; Kirby Hall of Civil Rights room 104
Thursday, 7:30 pm: Lecture by Lucian Simmons (Worldwide Director of Provenance and Restitution at Sotheby’s, New York): "The Past Comes Back to Haunt Us: Nazi Looted Art in the 21st Century"; Kirby Hall of Civil Rights room 104
Friday, noon: Brown bag lunch lecture and discussion with Austrian Minister plenipotentiary Gregor Schusterschitz (head of the Department for International Law at the Austrian Ministry for European Affairs and 2011 Max Kade Distinguished Lecturer), sponsored by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Max Kade Foundation: "Late Justice: Austria's Efforts to Deal with Nazi-Looted Art in Public Museums and Collections;" Gendebien Room, Skillman Library

Sponsored by: 
Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Hillel Society, Max Kade Foundation, First-Year Seminar 128, and the Departments of Art, Economics, FLL, Gov/Law, History, International Affairs, Philosophy, and Religious Studies

Contact information

Name: 
Laura McKee, International Affairs Program, Pardee 430
Phone: 
610-330-5593
Email: 
mckeel@lafayette.edu