June 22, 2023
Yates will give a keynote address at Law and Popular Culture roundtable at Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
Dr Donna Yates will give a keynote address titled “T. Rex is Fierce, T. Rex is Charismatic, T. Rex is Litigious: Desire and Disruptive Objects in Affective Lawscapes” at Law […]
June 22, 2023
Machine-learning method to dig deeper into antiquities trafficking
Professor Shawn Graham and his team worked alongside Dr Donna Yates to design a machine-learning model that helps researchers to uncover previously unknown possible connections by using known, established facts […]
June 2, 2023
Relationship Prediction in a Knowledge Graph Embedding Model of the Illicit Antiquities Trade
Graham, Shawn, Donna Yates, Ahmed El-Roby,Chantal Brousseau, Jonah Ellens and Callum McDermott (2023) Relationship Prediction in a Knowledge Graph Embedding Model of the Illicit Antiquities Trade. Advances in Archaeological Practice, […]
May 23, 2023
Yates will participate in Round Table ‘Science Diplomacy: As a tool for tackling cultural property illicit trafficking’, May 25
Dr Donna Yates will participate in Round Table ‘Science Diplomacy: As a tool for tackling cultural property illicit trafficking’, May 25 and 26, 2023. The event aims to foster greater […]
May 10, 2023
Yates speaking at conference on use of AML/CFT in Investigation of Art & Antiquities Criminality
Dr Donna Yates is speaking at a regional conference on use of AML/CFT in Investigation of Art & Antiquities Criminality in Mexico. Conference is taking place from 9–11 May, 2023 […]
April 4, 2023
Criminological Frameworks for Understanding Mexican Antiquities in Contemporary European Auctions
Yates, Donna and Diāna Bērziņa (2022) Criminological Frameworks for Understanding Mexican Antiquities in Contemporary European Auctions. In: EL EXPOLIO DE BIENES CULTURALES, L. Pérez-Prat Durbán, and Z. Ruiz (eds). Huelva: […]
January 16, 2023
Hübschle will present at 15th Herpetological Association of Africa Conference, 16-19 January 2023
Dr Annette Hübschle will be presenting at the 15th Conference of the Herpetological Society of Africa, 16-19 January 2023. Dr Hübschle will introduce Trafficking Transformations project, and talk about methods […]
January 10, 2023
Money Laundering and Antiquities
Brodie, Neil and Donna Yates (2022) Money Laundering and Antiquities.Transfer,1:97-109.
January 10, 2023
Donna Yates in New York Times
Donna Yates was featured in the New York Times article “For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over”.  Full article can be read here: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/arts/museums-looted-art-repatriation.html
January 10, 2023
Book review: A Maya Universe in Stone
Yates, Donna (2022) Review of: Stephen Houston (ed.), A Maya Universe in Stone, Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2021 (192 p.). CAA Reviews.
December 12, 2022
New book edited by Naomi Oosterman and Donna Yates out now!
New book titled Art Crime in Context edited by Naomi Oosterman and Donna Yates is out now!   “This book brings together empirical and theoretical case-study research on art and heritage […]
October 31, 2022
Mackenzie giving talk at the conference organised by Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand
Dr Simon Mackenzie will talk about TRANSFORM project in the context of Anti-Money Laundering issues related to trafficking at Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Finance group, Department of Internal […]