january 16, 2020
In partnership with the Collège de France, iReMMO, AFP and France Médias Monde, the Institut du Monde Arabe is launching a new event to decipher current events.
Connected to the flow of information, the Rendez-vous de l'actualité is a moment of deciphering, exchange and perspective for all, on the latest events in the Arab world. Set a few days before the event, the subject, question or event discussed will be taken from the region's immediate news, so as to be as close as possible to what's happening.
Thursday, January 30, 2020 at 7:00 pm:
" Blood antiquities: which players in the art trafficking business? "
The destruction of heritage, the looting of historic sites and the illicit trafficking of cultural goods are often the preferred targets of terrorist groups, in unstable geopolitical contexts. Beyond the symbolic significance of the destruction of Palmyra and Aleppo, Nineveh and Mosul, this is a lucrative business that feeds a large underground economy aimed at the European and American markets. This trade tends to evolve in line with conflicts, the shifting of wealth and the enforcement of laws against trafficking in cultural goods, and is directed towards other regions of the world such as Eastern Europe, Asia and the Gulf States. What are the mechanisms and stakes involved in this illicit traffic in the Middle East and North Africa? What can be done to combat it?
Moderated by :
- Pierre Haski, journalist, geopolitical columnist for France Inter and L'Obs, co-founder of Rue89 and President of Reporters sans Frontières (RSF)
Speakers:
- Corinne Chartrelle, expert on European projects for the French National Police, Divisional Police Commander
- Gilles De Kerchove, European Union official
- Vincent Michel, archaeologist and Orientalist, University Professor of Oriental Classical Archaeology
