Cultural Heritage Conference

Schedule

All events will be held in Collins Legal Center unless otherwise noted. Lunches and receptions are open to registered attendees only.

Thursday

4:30–5:30 p.m. Registration (Hallie Ford Museum of Art)
5:30–7 p.m. Reception (Hallie Ford Museum of Art)
7:30 p.m. Free Public Lecture (Hudson Hall)
Introduction: Ann Nicgorski, Willamette University
Welcome: Lee Pelton, Willamette University
Speaker: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University: “Who Owns Culture?”

Friday

8:30–9:15 a.m. Registration and juice, coffee, tea, pastries
9:15–9:30 a.m. Introduction & Welcome: James A.R. Nafziger, Willamette University
9:30–11 a.m. Panel I: The Legacy of Indigenous Conquest
Chair: Rebecca Dobkins, Willamette University
Panelists: John Beaver, Muscogee-Creek, National Museum of the American Indian
Rebecca Tsosie, Arizona State University
John Jelderks, U.S. Magistrate
Catherine Bell, University of Alberta
11–11:15 a.m. Break
11:15–1 p.m. Panel II: The Legacy of International Conquest and Colonization
Chair: David McCreery, Willamette University
Panelists: Folarin Shyllon, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Nancy Wilkie, Carleton College, Former President, AIA
MacGuire Gibson, University of Chicago
Margarete van Ess, German Archaeological Institute
Sabine von Schorlemer, Technical University of Dresden
1:15–2:30 p.m. Lunch (Willson-Hines Rooms, Goudy Commons)
2:45–4:30 p.m. Panel III: The Legacy of Commerce
Chair: Ortwin Knorr, Willamette University
Panelists: Ricardo Elia, Boston University
Patty Gerstenblith, De Paul University
Tullio Scovazzi, University of Milano-Bicocca
Lyndel Prott, Australian National University and former UNESCO official
4:30–5:15 p.m. Break-out Groups I
On special topics, to be chosen and led or co-led, respectively, by the following professors:
Dobkins: Toi Iho: copyright protection for Maori art
Knorr: Amber Room
McCreery: Dead Sea Scrolls
Nafziger: The R.M.S. Titanic
Nicgorski and Pike: Elgin Marbles
Olbrantz: Seattle Matisse
7:30 p.m. Free Public Lecture (Hudson Hall)
Introduction: Symeon Symeonides, Willamette University
Speaker: Matthew Bogdanos, District Attorney’s Office, New York: "Thieves of Bahgdad: The Investigation into the Looting of the Iraq Museum"

Saturday

8–9 a.m. Registration and juice, coffee, tea, pastries
9–9:45 a.m. Break-Out Groups II
Per Friday afternoon (second, alternative opportunity for participants)
9:45–11 a.m. Panel IV: The Role of the United States Government
Chair: Scott Pike, Willamette University
Panelists: Maria Papageorge Kouroupas, Cultural Heritage Center, Department of State
Bonnie Magness-Gardiner, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Anastasia Telesetsky, California Bar
11–11:15 a.m. Break
11:15–12:30 p.m. Panel V: Avoidance and Resolution of Cultural Heritage Disputes
Chair: James A.R. Nafziger, Willamette University
Panelists: Patrick O'Keefe, Australian National University
Larry Kaye, New York Bar
Robert K. Paterson, University of British Columbia
12:45–2:15 p.m. Lunch (Cat Cavern, University Center)
Introduction: Carol Long, Willamette University
Speaker: Richard M. Leventhal, University of Pennsylvania
2:30–4:30 p.m. Panel VI: Museums and Sites
Chair: John Olbrantz, Willamette University
Panelists: Larry Kaye, New York Bar
Claire Lyons, Getty Research Institute
Ellen Herscher, Washington, D.C., Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute
Donny George, Iraq National Museum (invited)
John Russell, Massachusetts College of Art
4:30 p.m. Concluding remarks: Ann Nicgorski and James A.R. Nafziger
4:45–5:30 p.m. Reception (Law School Lobby)