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Here you can view and listen to past colloquia and conferences organised by the German Lost Art Foundation.

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“Provenance and Restitution: Shared knowledge graphs as a tool in recovering looted cultural heritage and the histories of marginalized people“ | Kolloquium Provenienzforschung

The German Lost Art Foundation invited to the talk on “Provenance and Restitution: Shared knowledge graphs as a tool in recovering looted cultural heritage and the histories of marginalized people” with Laurel Zuckerman in the event series „Kolloquium Provenienzforschung“ on 15 September 2025.
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Presentation of the Working Paper “Missionary Societies and Religious Orders in German Colonies and Their Contribution to Ethnographic Collections”“ | Colloquium Provenance Research

The German Lost Art Foundation invited to the talk about the new Working Paper on “Missionary Societies and Religious Orders in German Colonies and Their Contribution to Ethnographic Collections” with Jan Hüsgen and Ohiniko Mawussé Toffa, moderated by Isabella Bozsa, in the event series „Kolloquium Provenienzforschung“ on 14 July 2025.
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“Persecuted and robbed. The Sultan family and their property seized by the National Socialists“ | Colloquium Provenance Research

The German Lost Art Foundation invited to the talk about “Persecuted and robbed. The Sultan family and their property seized by the National Socialists“ with Meike Hoffmann, Barani Shira Guttsmann and Alexander Boll in the event series „Kolloquium Provenienzforschung“ on 30 June 2025.
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Wartime losses

Conference 2025 „1945 – The struggle over art. Cultural property between loss, relocation and restitution“ – all contributions

The annual conference on March 31 and April 1, 2025, at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin was dedicated to the end of the Second World War 80 years ago.
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"Book presentation 'Kunst voor das Reich / Le trésor de guerre des nazis'“ | Colloquium Provenance Research

In Cooperation with CARMAH (Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage) the German Lost Art Foundation invited to the book presentation "Kunst voor das Reich / Le trésor de guerre des nazis".
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Colonial contexts

„Power and Agency in Data Infrastructures of Museum and Archival Collections“ | Colloquium Provenance Research

In Cooperation with CARMAH (Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage) the German Lost Art Foundation invited to the talk about "Power and Agency in Data Infrastructures of Museum and Archival Collections" with Sara Akhlaq in the event series „Kolloquium Provenienzforschung“ on 26th February 2024.
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“Missionary ‘Collecting’ in Colonial Contexts – Aspects of the Relationship between Mission and Colonialism“ | Colloquium Provenance Research

In Cooperation with CARMAH (Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage) the German Lost Art Foundation invited to the talk about “Missionary ‘Collecting’ in Colonial Contexts – Aspects of the Relationship between Mission and Colonialism“ with Dr. Gabriele Richter, Dr. Markus Scholz, Dr. Ohiniko Mawussé Toffa and Dr. Eeva-Kristiina Nylander in the event series „Kolloquium Provenienzforschung“ on 20th November 2023.
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„Just, fair – up to date?“ – 25 Years of the Washington Principles

The German Lost Art Foundation hosted a commemorative event to mark 25 years of the Washington Principles.
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"Digital Research Infrastructures in Germany and Israel" - Seminar on the Occasion of the International Day of Provenance Research on April 13, 2022

Prompted by the International Day of Provenance Research on April 13, 2022 the German Lost Art Foundation took the opportunity to build on the dialogue between Germany and Israel. The one-day online event focused on the digital research infrastructure of provenance research in the two countries.
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Colonial contexts

Conference „The Long History of Claims for the Return of Cultural Heritage from Colonial Contexts” (online)

The autumn conference of the German Lost Art Foundation in November 2021 was dedicated to the often forgotten history preceding the current debate on the return of cultural goods and collections from colonial contexts. At the conference, more than 40 scholars and experts examined the long history of resistance against colonial looting and of demands for the return of cultural heritage. The conference was held in cooperation with the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz and The Research Center for Material Culture of the National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands.
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