New book explores ethics of buying/selling antiquities | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame






	
	





  	Skip To Content
	Skip To Navigation
	Skip To Search






  
  
    University of Notre Dame

    
      
      Notre Dame News

      
      
    


    
    
      
        
        
        	
	Experts
	ND in the News
	Subscribe
	About Us
	


      
        
          
          
          
          
          
        

      


      
    


    
    
      	 Home
	 Contact
	 Search
	
          
          
            
            
          
          Menu
        
        


      
        
          
          
          
          
          
        

      

    

  

  
  

  

  
    	Home › 
	News › 
	New book explores ethics of buying/selling antiquities


    
      
        
          New book explores ethics of buying/selling antiquities

          
            
              
                
                Published: January 29, 2008
              

              
                Author: Erik Runyon
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

A new book edited by University of Notre Dame art historian Robin Rhodes examines the ethical, legal and political implications of acquiring and owning antiquities.

Published by Notre Dame Press,The Acquisition and Exhibition of Classical Antiquitiesis a collection of essays by eminent museum directors and curators, legal scholars, archaeologists, and historians and practitioners of art and architecture that addresses some of the questions surrounding buying and selling antiquities.

Contributors to the book offer multiple perspectives on questions such asTo whom do antiquities belong?What constitutes legal ownership of antiquities?andWhat circumstances, if any, demand the return of those antiquities to their countries of origin?

Looted antiquities have been the subject of recent high-profile investigations involving major museum curators, and federal agents recently conducted raids in four California museums as part of a five-year investigation into alleged smuggling of antiquities. Various governments also have demanded the return of antiquities to their countries of origin.

A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1996, Rhodes is an associate professor of art history and concurrent professor in the department of classics.He also is principal

investigator of the Greek stone architecture at the Corinth excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

_ Contact: Robin Rhodes,_  " Rhodes.7@nd.edu ":mailto:Rhodes.7@nd.edu

TopicID: 26289

        

        
        
          
            

          

        
      
      
    
  
  
    	Home
	Experts
	ND in the News
	Subscribe
	About Us


  

  
  
    
     
  
  

  
  
    
      	For the Media
	Contact


    
            
    
      
	Office of Public Affairs and Communications


      Notre Dame News

      
        
          
            500 Grace Hall
 
            Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
          
          
          
          
        

        
          	 Facebook
	 Twitter
	 Instagram
	 YouTube
	 Pinterest


        
      

      
© 2022 University of Notre Dame

    
    
      

        
      
      
        
          	Search
	Mobile App
	News
	Events
	Visit
	Accessibility


        
        
          	 Facebook
	 Twitter
	 Instagram
	 YouTube
	 LinkedIn