Reposted from ArtCrimeResearch.org

The Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA) warmly invites applications to its postgraduate certificate program in the study of art crime and cultural heritage protection.  In 2019, the program will be held from May 31 through August 15, 2019 in the heart of Umbria in Amelia, Italy.

In its 11th year, this academically-challenging, eleven course program will provide in-depth, postgraduate level instruction in important theoretical and practical elements related to art and heritage crime. By examining art crime’s interconnected world, participants will experience an integrated curriculum in a participatory setting.  The program’s courses will include comprehensive, multidisciplinary lectures, classroom-based discussions and presentations, and field classes that serve as the backdrop for exploring art crime, its nature, and its impact. 

Each course associated with the program has been selected to underscore the value of, and necessity for, a longitudinal multidisciplinary approach to the study of this type of criminal behaviour, as well as its trends and motivating factors.  Designed to expose participants to an integrated curriculum in a highly interactive, participatory, student-centered setting, the ARCA professional development program utilises instructional modules that include both classroom and in situ field lectures as well as “hands-on” learning from case studies, organised research, and group participatory assignments and discussions.

Participants are encouraged and challenged from the outset of the program to develop their scholarly interests, and to evolve as independent thinkers and researchers while simultaneously contributing to the theoretical discourse. 

At the conclusion of the program, participants will have a solid mastery of a broad array of concepts pertaining to provenance, art market due diligence, illicit trafficking, cultural property protection, and cultural security.

Accepted Candidates Explore

• art crime and its prevalence
• art crime policing and investigation
• art and heritage law and international legal instruments
• illicit trafficking and its impact on the licit art market
• Provenance and the challenges of recovering looted assets
• criminological theories and their application to the study of art crime
• art crime during war and armed conflicts
• the art market and its associated risk
• art insurance and fine art underwriting
• risk management and crime prevention in museum security
• art forgery motives and methods
• art, antiquities and cultural identity

November 30, 2018 – Early Application Deadline
January 30, 2019 – General Application Deadline

Minerva scholarship applications will be accepted through February 01, 2019.

As spaces on the program are limited, candidates are strongly advised to submit their application materials as soon as possible. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until census is achieved, after which candidates will be placed on the waiting list.

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