2017

“Heritage Protection and Cultural Sustainability” in the World Economic Forum Arts & Culture Transformation Map. June, 2017. Co-authored with Huib Schippers


2017

 


2015

 

“Responding to a Cultural Heritage Crisis.” Near Eastern Archaeology, 78(3), 155-159. Co-authored with S. Al Quntar, B. Daniels, and C. Wegener.


2015

 

 “Archaeological Site Looting in Syria and Iraq: A Review of the Evidence.” Heritage at Risk. Countering Illicit Traffic in Cultural Goods (2015): 83. ICOM Publications. Co-authored with B. Daniels.


In Press

 

“Collecting, Ethics, Provenance, and Cultural Property” in A Companion to the Art of the Ancient Near East, A. Gunter (ed.) Malden, Mass.: Wiley- Blackwell. Co-authored with G. Emberling. 


2011

 

“Ancient Artefacts and Modern Conflict: A Case Study of Looting and Instability in Iraq” in Cultural Heritage, Ethics, and the Military, P. Stone (ed.) Boydell, Woodbridge, 113-128.


2008

 

“The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past” The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq Newsletter. Issue No. 3-2: 24-27.      


2008

 

 

“Congressional Responses to the Looting of Iraq’s Cultural Property” in L. Rothfield (ed.) Antiquities Under Siege: Cultural Heritage Protection After the Iraq War, AltaMira, Lanham, 103-116. Co-authored with P. Gerstenblith.


2008

 

 

“Why does Archaeological Context Matter?” in G. Emberling and K. Hanson (eds.) Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past, Museum Exhibit Catalogue, Oriental Institute Museum Publications, Chicago, 45-50. 


2008

 

Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past, Museum Exhibit Catalogue, Oriental Institute Museum Publications, Chicago.  Co-edited with G. Emberling.     


EXHIBITIONS

2015    Co-Curator, Ancient History, Modern Destruction. American Association for the Advancement of Science Exhibit. November 2015 - February 2016.

2015    Co-Curator, Death of History, Witnessing Heritage Destruction in Syria and Iraq. Russell Senate Building Rotunda and Rayburn House Building October 26 - November 5, 2015.

2013    Contributing Curator, to Mesopotamia with Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past, The Royal Ontario Museum. June 22, 2013 - January 5, 2014.

2013    Curator, Ten Year Later: Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago.  On permanent display. 

2009-11 Organizer, Researcher, and Coordinator, Mesopotamia Gallery Labels Project, Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago. On permanent display. 

2007-09  Curator, Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past, University of Chicago, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.  April 10 - December 31, 2008.

     Awards:         

  •      Best Practices. Association of Midwest Museums
  •      Excellence in Exhibit Label-Writing. American Association of Museums

     Travel venues:

  •      Newcastle University, U.K., May 2008
  •      Sixth World Archaeological Congress, Dublin, July 2008
  •      Kokushikan University, Tokyo, January to May 2009
  •      National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., March 2009
  •      Hague, Netherlands, March 2009