Cori Wegener, founding President of the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield, has rejoined the Board of Directors. As President she helped to lead the successful lobbying effort for the 2009 U.S. Senate ratification of the 1954 Hague Conventional for the Protection of Culture Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Currently she is the Director of the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and Cultural Heritage Preservation Officer at the Smithsonian Institution.
Brian Daniels is Director of Research and Programs for the Penn Cultural Heritage Center at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. His research centers around conflict, cultural loss, and human rights violations; community-based approaches to cultural heritage preservation; and indigenous rights and recognition. He leads the Conflict Culture Research Network which is focused on the study of intentional cultural destruction.
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March 31, 2025
On March 13th and 14th, DePaul University hosted a conference titled, "Navigating Justice in Cultural Heritage: Intersections of Ethics, Law, and Museum Practice." The conference was organized by the DePaul University College of Law’s Center for [...]
February 7, 2025
On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, USCBS President, Patty Gerstenblith, will be speaking as part of a webinar organized by the International Association of Prosecutors in conjunction with Blue Shield International. Webinar: Trafficking and Terrorism of Antiquities [...]
January 28, 2025
Registration is now open for an upcoming two-day conference entitled “Navigating Justice in Cultural Heritage: Intersections of Ethics, Law, and Museum Practice.” The conference is organized by the DePaul University College of Law’s Center for Art, Museum [...]
