Activities

Reports, strategies and other documents

Report regarding items seized from the Martin Schøyen Collection 2021: Report from the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, to the Norwegian Ministry of Culture with assessment and recommendations regarding items seized on 24 August 2021 from the Martin Schøyen Collection (regjeringen.no)

Draft of new national research ethics guidelines for social sciences and humanities: Consultation statement from the Museum of Cultural History (forskningsetikk.no)

June 11–12: Cultural Heritage and Cultural Resilience. Nordic-Baltic Conference on Civil Preparedness. Swedish National Heritage Board. Vår Gård, Saltsjöbaden, Sweden. H. Roland in discussion panel.
May 7–8: ICOM NORD Annual Conference, Helsinki. Nordic-Baltic cooperation. H. Roland Norwegian delegate.
April 25: SENKU Research Seminar, UiO. Håkon Roland: 'The 2021 Schøyen seizure of Iraqi artefacts – Actors, dilemmas, and consequences'. Read about the 2021 Schøyen seizure of Iraqi artefacts – Actors, dilemmas, and consequences - Museum of Cultural History.
March 6: LUXCORE final conference: Luxury, Corruption and Global Ethics – Challenging Anti Policies and Audit Cultures. Conference and book presentations, Historical Museum, Frederiks gate 2, Lecture Hall. Read more about the LUXCORE final conference: Luxury, Corruption and Global Ethics

September 6–9: EUROCRIM 2023. 23^rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology. In Florence, Italy. Siv Rebekka Runhovde.

December 5: LUXCORE Conference 2022: Compliance/Defiance Through Luxury, Art, and Antiquities. Organized in cooperation with Oslo Met – Oslo Metropolitan University

15–18 November: Annual Meeting at the American Society of Criminology (ASCE). In Philadelphia, USA. Siv Rebekka Runhovde.
April 19: Sammen FF Start Up Seminar: CULTcrime members Irmelin Axelsen and Anna Wessman gives presentations on 'Metal detecting in Norway: a grassroots-driven public research project?' and 'Archaeological artifact interviews: experiences and possibilities'. At the Historical Museum, UiO. Arranged by Sammen FF - National Network for Citizen Science, supported by The Norwegian Research Council. Read more about SAMMEN FF (uio.no)
April 3: CULTcrime Workshop 1: Competences, synergies and future projects. At Sentralen, Oslo.

9–10 November: The Norwegian Archeology Meeting (NAM): Hvor går kulturminnevernet? In Bergen. Irmelin Axelsen: «Metallsøkerfunn som (menneskelige) store data: En omfavnelse av «rot» og lav oppløsning». Read more (only available in Norwegian)
12–13 September: 8^th Baltic Sea Region Cultural Heritage Forum: Heritage & crisis. In Gdańsk. Håkon Roland: “Haag 1954 2nd Protocol: National vs. International commitments for the protection of illicit cultural goods from areas of conflict and crisis”. Read the program (pdf)

H. Roland is member of Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), Baltic Region Heritage Committee (BRHC), Working Group on Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Goods (from January 2024)
1 March: HEI's Cultural Heritage Day 2024: CULTcrime participating with a research booth. At Georg Sverdrups hus, the University Library at the University of Oslo. Read more about HEI's Cultural Heritage Day 2024 (only available in Norwegian)

S.R. Runhovde is member of the OSCE Heritage Crime Task Force (from November 2023). Read more about cracking down on illicit art trade to improve security – The OSCE’s critical role | OSCE