Antiquity Smuggling in the Middle East: Global Risk and Mitigation Series

Artifact from "Artifact War" documentary
April 2, 2025
5:00PM - 6:30PM
275 Gerlach Hall

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2025-04-02 17:00:00 2025-04-02 18:30:00 Antiquity Smuggling in the Middle East: Global Risk and Mitigation Series We invite you to join the upcoming Global Risk & Mitigation speaker event series to discuss the current and emerging risks of doing business in the Middle East, especially surrounding antiquity smuggling, and the mitigation strategies needed to be successful in the global marketplace. The panel discussion will include Professor Amr Alazm, an expert in Middle East antiquity politics who is prominent in global efforts to recover stolen artifacts. Registration is required. A moderated panel discussion on ‘Antiquity Smuggling in the Middle East’ will bring together high-level experts to discuss global trade relations between key trade partners. Speakers will include:  Dr. Amr Al Azm, Professor of History and Anthropology at Shawnee State University  LaTanya R. Edwards, Management & Program Analyst at HSI-International Operations-Cultural Property Art & Antiquities (CPAA)  Mary E. Cook, HSI-International Operations-Cultural Property Art & Antiquities (CPAA)  Jack Green, Director and Chief Curator of the Art Museum at Miami UniversityYou may also be interested in the documentary "Artifact War," featuring Alazm, we will screen the following day. Check out the event page for details.Co-Sponsored with CIBER, and the Risk Institute at the Fisher College of Business. 275 Gerlach Hall America/New_York public

We invite you to join the upcoming Global Risk & Mitigation speaker event series to discuss the current and emerging risks of doing business in the Middle East, especially surrounding antiquity smuggling, and the mitigation strategies needed to be successful in the global marketplace. The panel discussion will include Professor Amr Alazm, an expert in Middle East antiquity politics who is prominent in global efforts to recover stolen artifacts. Registration is required. 

A moderated panel discussion on ‘Antiquity Smuggling in the Middle East’ will bring together high-level experts to discuss global trade relations between key trade partners. Speakers will include:  

  • Dr. Amr Al Azm, Professor of History and Anthropology at Shawnee State University  
  • LaTanya R. Edwards, Management & Program Analyst at HSI-International Operations-Cultural Property Art & Antiquities (CPAA)  
  • Mary E. Cook, HSI-International Operations-Cultural Property Art & Antiquities (CPAA)  
  • Jack Green, Director and Chief Curator of the Art Museum at Miami University

You may also be interested in the documentary "Artifact War," featuring Alazm, we will screen the following day. Check out the event page for details.

Co-Sponsored with CIBER, and the Risk Institute at the Fisher College of Business.