Ruth K. Franklin Symposium on the

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Saturday, January 21, 2012.  9:30 AM.
Cantor Arts Center Auditorium

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University

"Cultural Heritage and African Art:

Negotiating the Rise of Ethical and Legal Collecting Concerns." 

Kate Fitz Gibbon, J.D., Santa Fe, New Mexico

Derek Fincham, J.D., Ph.D., Houston

George Okello Abungu, Ph.D., Nairobi, Kenya

Sylvester Okwunodo Ogbechie, Ph.D, UC  Santa Barbara

John Henry Merryman, Dept. of Art, Stanford University

Western Museums Association
76th Annual Meeting
September 23-26, 2011

Hawai‘i Convention Center, Honolulu
Two Programs!
WMA Business Luncheon Keynote Address
Monday Sept. 26
with Kate Fitz Gibbon
Cultural Policy Research Institute
Art vs. the Law

then
Sunday Sept. 25
Safeguarding the Past:
An Exploration in the Illicit Trafficking of
Cultural Artifacts.
with:
Erika Lehman, Membership Coordinator, Iolani Palace
Kevin Shimoda, Private Investigator, Office of the Inspector General
Marcellin Abong, Director, Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Kate Fitz Gibbon, Attorney and Author, Cultural Policy Research Institute