This came together beautifully - thank you so much for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this! #LouvreHeist #museumtheft #culturalheritage #colonialheritage #restitution @uofgsps.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social 🎞️ youtu.be/QWvws_H3Bq4?...

So glad to see this open access article on Indonesian parrot trade finally in print! Great last publication to (almost) round off the year #GCRF #parrots #wildlifetrade #IWT #COVID #openaccess @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social - link.springer.com/article/10.1...

2 days of heritage crime, theft, fraud, trafficking, and repatriation at the Art & Antiquities Crime Conference, University of Sydney 😍 Importance of global, community-driven cooperation very clear. Grateful to organisers & speakers for this inspiring event! #heritagecrime #ethics #repatriation

Over the past week, a delegation from @uofgsocsci.bsky.social has been visiting current and potential university partners across #Indonesia. A fantastic opportunity to strengthen #academiccollaborations and explore new, equitable pathways for teaching, research, and exchange. Thanks to our hosts 🙏

📚 I’m thrilled to share that “Researching a Rigged Game: Digital Approaches to Tracing the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects”, edited by @dremilinesmith.bsky.social and myself, is now published and available as Open Access via @springernature.com. 🔗https://lnkd.in/gBCv2KDH

This was really fun to do, thanks @npr.org #MuseumConfidential for having me 🎙️ We dig into the cultural fallout and colonial echoes of the #Louvre theft - give it a listen! 🎧 #podcast #artcrime #museumheist #Louvre - www.npr.org/podcasts/557...

Honoured to present at the British Society of Criminology – Green Criminology Network Seminar today on #oceanjustice 🌿 So great to be amongst like-minded scholars and practitioners passionate about non-human #animalwelfare, #EnvironmentalJustice & #BlueCriminology #GreenCriminology

Sunday’s heist at the Louvre has stirred a lot of headlines. I argue @hyperallergic.com that the real vulnerability lies not in museum security, but in the colonial foundations of Western museum collections. #ArtTheft #Decolonization #Repatriation #PublicMemory 🔗 hyperallergic.com/1051113/the-...

This isn’t the first time the Louvre’s been broken into… Previous thefts have even involved (former) museum staff - a common thread in art heists. Hoping the Mona Lisa and her companions are safe. 🖼️🔒🏛️ #Louvre #ArtTheft - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

Grateful to BBC Radio Wales for having me on today to talk about the theft at St Fagans National Museum of History 🏛️🎙️ Very much hoping that the objects stolen in this targeted theft will be found asap #BBCWales #StFagans #MuseumHeist #CulturalHeritage #LootedHeritage

Great to be a discussant on the first session of the Political Economy Futures Forum - supported by the College of Social Sciences @uofglasgow.bsky.social - where we discuss AI and illegal markets with Alessio Azzutti today #AI #illegalmarkets #crime #harms #governance #interdisciplinarity

What a beautiful day to welcome our new #UG #PGT #PGR #Criminology & @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social students at @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social !🎓✨ We’re thrilled to have you join our vibrant university community 🌍📚 #WelcomeWeek #NewBeginnings

Standing with the people of Nepal during these challenging days. May the voices of protest be heard with respect, and may a path of dialogue and compassion guide the nation toward unity and healing. 🕊️❤️ hyperallergic.com/1040874/hist...

"Museums are not stages for loyalty. They are civic laboratories. They are places where we wrestle with contradictions, encounter the unfamiliar and widen our circle of empathy."

So lovely to be in sunny Leuven @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social to explore pathways to further strengthen our #criminology partnership @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social #globalcriminology #criminologycollab #criminologyacrossborders

New special issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice Vol. 13 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Caring for Culture in the 21st Century @saa-aap.bsky.social @apsap.bsky.social @archaeojake.bsky.social @sherr-spadefoot.bsky.social @drdonnayates.bsky.social @dremilinesmith.bsky.social

The repatriation of a collection of cultural artefacts to Indonesia's Warloka community was facilitated by @dremilinesmith.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social Find out more: bit.ly/4m5wB57

Spectacular views over Rinca (= home of Komodo dragons). We are here in Labuan Bajo (Indonesia) to prepare the repatriation of 30+ objects and ancestral remains, happening in the next few days. Stay tuned for updates! #IPDF #UGM @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social

This certainly looks epic (I wish it was true 😍) #Relooted #ReturntheGods #videogame #repatriation #Africangameindustry @nyamakop.co.za - culturecustodian.com/relooted-the...

In about 1 hour, Auction House Loeckx will be selling off this beautiful necklace, similar to the stolen Taleju necklace at the Art Institute of Chicago. This auction has alllll the unethical and illicit lots - ancestors, weapons, deities #stopsellinglootedheritage #returnthegods #noprovenancenosale

Honoured and very excited to speak at this important conference by the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign next week in Kathmandu - see you there? #returnthegods #lootedheritage #Nepal @artcrimeprof.bsky.social @helenaarose.bsky.social nepalheritagerecoverycampaign.org

The theme of this year's SIEF Congress in Aberdeen is 'Unwriting - challenging and deconstructing the authority of inscribed truth in folklore and tradition'. Join me in our panel 'Unwriting in the Himalayas: reflections on collaborative craft and authorship' today - www.siefhome.org/congresses/s...

Great to see this out - in this article I elaborate on passive and active academic facilitation of #illicittrade in cultural objects, taking Mary Slusser and Emma Bunker as examples #returnthegods @saa-aap.bsky.social‬ @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A wonderful end to our visitors' stay in Glasgow, this beautiful cross-cultural exchange 'From the Atrato to the Clyde: what does it mean for a river to have rights?' #environmentaljustice #riverjustice @mohume.bsky.social @allangillies.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social

House for an Art Lover - What a beautiful spot to do some strategic teaching & research planning and team building today @thesccjr.bsky.social #BellahoustonPark #Glasgow #Scotland #CharlesRennieMackintosh

Fantastic day spent in Edinburgh yesterday speaking to @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social about their Indonesian collection, thinking through critical heritage and justice research & teaching possibilities #IPDF #heritagejustice @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social

Such a great day with our esteemed colleagues from #UGM #Indonesia. Started off with a thought-provoking visit @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social with @xanadu68.bsky.social, then more meetings & public lecture on #AuthorizedHeritageDiscourse and #epistemicjustice. Still with so much ☀️☀️ ☀️ #dreamteam

Amazing to have visitors from Universitas Gadjah Mada in Glasgow to share expertise on colonial collections, repatriation, & heritage protection from Scotland to Indonesia, especially with so much ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ Visit funded by @uofglasgow.bsky.social's IPDF @uofgsps.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social

If you're in Glasgow next week, please pop by to hear from our valued Universitas Gadjah Mada visitors! #epistemicinjustice #Indonesia #IPDF #UGM @uofgsps.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social

Very excited to announce this CfP Special Issue: 🌊International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 🌊@juliemberg.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social and Chloe Heys 🌊All things #oceanjustice #oceancrime #oceanharms 🌊See also: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi... 🌊Please share widely!

🌊Very excited to announce this Call for Papers for the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, co-edited by Julie Berg and Chloe Heys on all things #oceanjustice #oceancrime #oceanharms. 🌊 Please share widely! 🌊 See also: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi... 🌊

Completing a First Aid requalification course today, 7 Glaswegian lads and myself. When asked what could serve as a risk on a first aid site, someone answered "angry seagulls" 😂 #PeopleMakeGlasgow #Glasgowtruths #Glasgowbanter #seagullsofGlasgow

Great piece by Conan Cheong & Ashley Thompson: Auctioning the Buddha's relics is perpetuating colonial violence - religionnews.com/2025/04/22/a...

A beautiful sunny day in #Glasgow #Springtime #freedomofspeech

Thinking of Bangkok & Myanmar today ❤️ So much damage & injuries, and several lives lost, because of 7.7 earthquake today, absolutely horrible @apnews.com #stateofemergency #Bangkok #Mandalay #earthquake - apnews.com/article/thai...

Very humbled to have been asked to serve as an advisor for the UK-based charity Ocean Culture Life. Looking forward to collaborating on furthering #OCL 's impact on ocean storytelling and #oceanconservation, working with and for frontline communities #equity #transparency #diversity #acountability

Beautiful blue skies for our last day on the Global Criminal Economy course, always a student favourite. This year's cohort was an absolute delight, I look forward to their essays on #trafficking #globalcrime #globalharm @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

@summeraustin.bsky.social and I wrote up a little piece on our visit to #TEFAF #Maastricht this week for @hyperallergic.com - Despite efforts to improve vetting procedures, the persistence of vague ownership points to an industry still grappling with its past #provenanceproblems

Asian art dealer on #provenance at #TEFAF today: "I don't put all of it in the catalogue because it's not that interesting." 😬 Good to be back for another round of #Maastricht most prominent art fair, incl a €50 million Picasso & some very interesting Asian cultural objects... #returnthegods

US hands over Tibetan Buddhism relics to China: "The Chinese government will certainly misuse these returned artifacts, and will use them to further promote their false historical narrative that Tibet has always been a part of China" @radiofreeasiapr.bsky.social - www.rfa.org/english/tibe...

'LOOT: A Story of Crime &Redemption' takes 'a daring look into the underbelly of the multi-billion-dollar art market and the deadly reality behind ​“blood antiquities” filling Western museums today.' It premieres 15 March at the International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal shorturl.at/o2PIV

Historic Homecoming! In one of Nepal’s most significant heritage repatriations, tens of sacred Devi-Devta (artefacts and deities) have finally returned home. Among them are the Terracotta Bhairava Mask, Kirti-mukha, Amitayus Buddha, Kali, Tara.. (1/4) #RecoveryofHeritage

@artinstitutechi.bsky.social returns sacred Buddha statue to Nepal, raising questions re/how "proactive" provenance research really is, the need for (online) provenance transparency & giving credit to activists, with quotes from @artcrimeprof.bsky.social & Lost Arts of Nepal @hyperallergic.com -

Interesting Fellowship opportunity for 2026-7 from Inherit in Berlin on Addressing Heritage Loss. Applications should also relate to one or more of Inherit's guiding themes: decentring the west, decentring the human, and transforming value. Deadline 14 April 2025 - inherit.hu-berlin.de/open-call

Great news - the Art Institute of Chicago today announced it will return this gorgeous 11/12th century sculpture of the Buddha in meditation, sheltered by the serpent king Muchalinda, to Nepal! Bad news - well... everything else? Let me take you on a lil' journey.

Amidst all the chaos, here's some uplifting news 🤣 "Beavers always know best": Beavers build planned dams in protected landscape area, while local officials still seeking permits - www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

***Call for Contributors for Research Handbook on Global Criminal Justice*** See the attached call for contributions, 250 word abstract and 150 word author bio to be submitted by 30/4/25 - open to academics and practitioners, of all levels of experience, alike. Please share

One of the perks of living in Scotland is the #HighlandCows. They entertain me to no end #notayak #ScottishHighlander #ScottishSpring

Minister Bruins: “This restitution contributes to redressing a historical injustice that is still being felt today. Cultural heritage is essential for telling and living the history of a country and a community.” #returnthegods #Beninbronzes #repatriation - www.government.nl/latest/news/....