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University College London’s art museum, housing works by Paula Rego and J.M.W. Turner, secures temporary home after academics protest
The news follows fears that the university’s bicentenary plans would force the museum’s collection into storage—though concerns remain over its long-term future
Appointmentsnews
UK's Royal College of Art appoints Christoph Lindner as vice-chancellor
The new president's previous roles have included a focus on the climate crisis
Antiquities & Archaeologyarchive
Careful arrangements are being made for scholars cataloguing cuneiform tablets at SOAS following dispute at UCL
Some of these tablets originate from Iraq
Antiquities & Archaeologyarchive
UCL damned over handling of looted Aramaic antiquities
A report which concluded that ancient bowls on loan from a Norwegian collector “must have been illegally excavated in Iraq” has not been made public
Antiquities & Archaeologyarchive
Incantation bowls returned to collector after being subject of a recent independent inquiry
The objects have been on loan to UCL since 1995
Lawsuitsarchive
Norwegian collector to sue British university for return of his antiquities
But scholars say they are likely to have been looted from Iraq
Antiquities & Archaeologyarchive
Studying unprovenanced antiquities: The question of Schøyen's incantation bowls
University College London has set up an inquiry to examine the origin of “looted” bowls on loan from a Norwegian collector
Educationarchive
Professor David Harris, outgoing director of the Institute of Archaeology, London, discusses the work of one of the world’s leading research departments
“A world institute involved in world archaeology”