Project Updates
News, events, announcements, and other updates from the TRANSFORM team
Yates is one of the speakers at ICOMOS Nederland online lecture, 11 May
Dr Donna Yates will be one of the guest speakers at ICOMOS online lecture taking place on Wednesday 11th of May. Online lecture will focus on matters surrounding the legality
Yates giving a talk at Pint of Science festival, 10 May
Dr Donna Yates will participate in session titled “Recognising pseudoscience” taking place during Pint of Science festival on Tuesday, 10th of May. In her talk Dr Yates will discuss How
Yates on Maastricht Diplomat podcast
Dr Donna Yates was interviewed on the Maastricht University’s student podcast the Maastricht Diplomat. In their new series titled “Abducted Art & Cultural Theft” they interview experts to discuss the
Yates wrote a piece for SSRC “Where Heritage Meets Violence” series
Dr Donna Yates wrote a piece titled “Violence as a Value Enhancer in the Art Market” for the Social Science Research Council’s “Where Heritage Meets Violence” series. In this piece,
Brodie and Yates spoke at UNESCO/EU Workshop, 27 January_video now available online
Neil Brodie and Donna Yates gave a keynote presentation titled “Money Laundering and Antiquities” at UNESCO/EU Workshop on the Role of the Financial Sector in the Fight against Illicit Trafficking
Yates on “What Are Museums For?” podcast
Dr Donna Yates made an appearance on “What Are Museums For” podcast by Fitzwilliam Museum, Colnaghi Foundation and Athena Art Foundation. Dr Yates appeared on episode 4 titled “Restitution”. Fitzwilliam
Brodie and Yates speaking at UNESCO/EU Workshop, 27 January
Neil Brodie and Donna Yates will give a keynote presentation titled “Money Laundering and Antiquities” at UNESCO/EU Workshop on the Role of the Financial Sector in the Fight against Illicit
New book edited by Naomi Oosterman and Donna Yates out now!
New book titled Crime and Art: Sociological and Criminological Perspectives of Crimes in the Art World edited by Naomi Oosterman and Donna Yates is out now! “This volume brings together work
Yates speaking at GIJN conference on 2 November
Dr Donna Yates will speak at Global Investigative Journalism Conference taking place online, 1-5 November. Dr Yates will participate in session titled The New Organized Crime taking place on 2
Mackenzie’s inaugural lecture now available online
Dr Simon Mackenzie’s inaugural lecture titled “Cryptocurrency scams and criminology” covered some of the scams currently flourishing in this new and alternative financial system. The lecture is now available online.
Mackenzie giving a talk on NFTs and cryptocurrency, 7 September
Dr Simon Mackenzie will give a talk titled ‘Bored apes and cryptopunks: Can you really make a million flipping jpegs in the new cyber economy of digital art’ to the
Hübschle on The “Crime Spot meets SHERLOC” podcast
Dr. Annette Hübschle makes an appearance on the “Crime Spot meets SHERLOC” podcast. This podcast explores ‘transnational organized crime investigations, whilst drawing on the expertise of UNODC and the open-source