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Symposium: "Ethics and Cultural Patrimony - Viewpoints," in Paris October 20-21, 2015

Posted by Nicholas O'Donnell on September 24, 2015 at 8:22 AM

I am looking forward to participating next month in a symposium entitled :"Ethics and Cultural Patrimony: Viewpoints" at L'Ecole du Louvre in Paris on October 20-21, 2015. The event is organized by L’Institut Droit Ethique Patrimoine (Institute of Law, Ethics and Heritage), in partnership with l’Institut d’Etudes de droit public (Institute of Public Law Studies) and l’Ecole du Louvre, and take place at the Ecole du Louvre, Palais du Louvre, porte Jaujard, place du Carrousel, 75001 Paris. The conference website (with registration) can be found here, and the brochure can be opened here.

I will speak about the ethics of deaccessioning in the United States, with Marie Cornu (director of research at the National Center of Scientific Research and a member of the national French commission for UNESCO), who will address the ethics of the export of cultural patrimony.

The overall program is as follows, begging forgiveness for my poor French translation. Hope to see you in Paris!

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Tuesday October 20, 2015

ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Chaired by Dominique Jarrassé (Professor of History of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux University Montaigne)

Opening

Durey Philippe (Director of the Ecole du Louvre)

Bittoun Jacques (president of Université Paris Sud)

Janicot Daniel (president of the French National Commission for UNESCO)

Introduction: The ethical issues of cultural heritage; UNESCO'S Viewpoint

Edouard Planche (Programme Specialist, Division of Cultural Expressions and Heritage)

UNESCO Perspective of a Lawyer

Stéphane Duroy (Professor of Public Law, University Paris Sud)

Perspective of a Practitioner

Denis Michel Boëll (general heritage curator, Musée de la Marine, member of the ICOM Ethics Committee)

Ethics and Artification

"The Artification" of Ethics

Nathalie Heinich (CNRS Research Director, Arts Research Centre and the language)

"Artification” and Raw Art

Baptiste Brown (lecturer in History of Contemporary Art, University Rennes)

"Artification" Ethics and the Art Market

Chadelat Catherine (president of the Council of Voluntary Sales) and Sophie Vigneron (senior lecturer, University of Kent)

THE ETHICAL ISSUES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Chaired by Stéphane Duroy (Professor of Public Law, University Paris Sud)

Ethics and patrimonial documents

Ethical Challenges of the Cultural Heritage of Documents

Dominique Jarrassé

The Cultural Heritage of Architectural Archives

Gilles Ragot (Professor of History of Contemporary Art, University Montaigne Bordeaux, former head of Architectural Archives of the twentieth century)

Ethics and Patrimonialisation of Cultural Practices (Intangible Heritage)

Ethics of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Lafferière-François Julien (Professor Emeritus, University Paris Sud)

Implementation of Ethical Issues of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Janet Blake (senior lecturer in law, member of the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran)

Ethics and Sponsorship

Ethics of Patronage

James Bradburne (Director, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan)

Ethics and Practice of Patronage

Philippe-Henri Dutheil (former president, partner and non-profit sector director, EY Société d’avocats)

Legal Tools of the Ethics of Patronage

Geraldine Goffaux Callebau (Professor of Private law, University Western Bretagne / Université Paris Sud)

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2015

ETHICAL ISSUES IN CONSERVATION

Chaired by Marie Cornu (director of research, member of the Center for Scientific Research, member of the French National Commission for UNESCO

Ethics of Restoration

Challenges of Identity and Memory

Marie Berducou (honorary lecturer in art history, Université Paris, former director of the Department of Restaurateurs, National Heritage Institute)

The Ethics of the Conservation of Damaged Works in Berlin in 1945

Julien Chapuis (Deputy Director, Museum for Byzantine Sculpture Collections and Art, State Museums in Berlin)

The Ethics of the Conservation of Human Remains

Noëlle Timbart (conservative heritage, in charge of Egyptian and Oriental antiquities, Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of France)

Ethics and Digitization

Ethical Issues of Digitization (Sorting, Selection, Censorship)

Céline Castets- Fox (Professor of Law, University of Toulouse Capitole, member of the University Institute of France)

Ethics of Digital Broadcasting

Arnaud Beaufort (director of services and networks, National Library of France)

The North American Approach: the Ethics of Digitization and Broadcast

Gautrais Vincent (Professor of Law, University of Montreal)

ETHICAL ISSUES OF RESTITUTION

Chaired by Philippe Durey (director of the Ecole du Louvre)

Ethics and restitution of looted works

Ethical Issues of Restitution of Stolen Works

Astrid Müller-Katzenberg (Doctor of Law, Lawyer, Berlin)

Update on the Implementation of Ethical Issues in the Restitution of Works

Emmanuelle Polack (French expert of the Task Force “Schwabinger Kunstfund,” [Gurlitt] researcher, National Institute of Art History)

Ethics and the Restitution of Human Remains

Statement on the Ethics of the Restitution of Human Remains

Michel Van Praët (member of the National Consultative Ethics Committee, member of the National Scientific Commission of collections)

Ethical Issues in the Return of Human Remains

Vincent Negri (Researcher, Centre national de la recherche scientifique)

Ethics of the Removal from Collections

Ethics and Deaccessioning

Nicholas M. O'Donnell (partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP)

Ethics and the Export of Cultural Heritage

Marie Cornu

CONCLUSION

Conclusions of a Lawyer

Fromageau Jérôme (Honorary Dean, President of the International Society For Law Research of Cultural Heritage and Art Law)

Conclusions of an Art Historian

Claire Barbillon (professor History of Contemporary Art, University of Poitiers, research team, École du Louvre)

Topics: Bordeaux University Montaigne, cultural property, Lafferière-François Julien, Denis Michel Boëll, Ecole du Louvre, National Consultative Ethics Committee, Deaccession, Schwabinger Kunstfund, Marie Cornu, James Bradburne, Geraldine Goffaux Callebau, Musée de la Marine, Council of Voluntary Sales, Tehran, Astrid Müller-Katzenberg, Baptiste Brown, Conservation, ICOM, Marie Berducou, Stéphane Duroy, University of Toulouse Capitole, National Heritage Institute, Michel Van Praët, University of Shahid Beheshti, Paris, Philippe Durey, Arnaud Beaufort, University of Poitiers, University Western Bretagne, Nathalie Heinich, Milan, Julien Chapuis, Pinacoteca di Brera, French National Commission for UNESCO, Philippe-Henri Dutheil, University Rennes, Vincent Negri, Durey Philippe, Céline Castets- Fox, Gurlitt, Restitution, Sophie Vigneron, Bittoun Jacques, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, Events, University Institute of France, University of Kent, Museum for Byzantine Sculpture Collections and Art, National Library of France, Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of, Noëlle Timbart, Chadelat Catherine, Dominique Jarrassé, Claire Barbillon, Janicot Daniel, Gilles Ragot, University of Montreal, State Museums in Berlin, Nicholas M. O'Donnell, International Society For Law Research of Cultural, Edouard Planche, Emmanuelle Polack, Fromageau Jérôme, Université Paris Sud, EY Société d’avocats, Gautrais Vincent, Janet Blake

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