
Professor Rudenstine will present his decades-long historical research about the cultural property dispute between Greece and Great Britain over the Parthenon Sculptures taken to London in the early 1800s by the British ambassador, Lord Elgin. In his article, Professor Rudenstine assesses the legality of the taking and argues that, contrary to conventional narrative, there is no evidence that establishes that Ottoman officials gave Elgin prior or subsequent written permission to remove the Parthenon Sculptures from the edifice. Moreover, the British Museum continues to misrepresent the essential facts, and that its misrepresentations are knowing and deliberate. Distinguished art law practitioners will engage in a conversation with Professor Rudenstine about his research and the legality of the taking of the Elgin Marbles.
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Thursday, April 28th | ||
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9:30 AM |
Melanie B. Leslie, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 9:30 AM - 9:40 AM |
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9:40 AM |
Samantha Anderson, Art Intelligence Global 9:40 AM - 10:45 AM |
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11:00 AM |
Panel 2: Should the British Museum Return the Collection to Athens? Michael McCullough, Pearlstein & McCullough LLP 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
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12:30 PM |
Lina Mendoni, Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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1:30 PM |
Panel 3: The Universal Museum Myth Irini Stamatoudi, University of Nicosia 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
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3:15 PM |
Panel 4: Cultural Property and International Human Rights Trends Sandy Cobden, Pactiv Evergreen, Inc. 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM |