Maria Silina

Rethinking Inventories for African-led Restitution | Open Restitution This report responds to an emerging challenge in the restitution landscape: African governments and decision-makers are increasingly considering comprehensive national inventory programs that attempt

We argue that these large-scale cataloguing initiatives are resource-intensive and often unviable given the constraints African governments face. We advocate for a strategic reallocation of limited government resources toward community-led restitution projects openrestitution.africa/resources/re...

Recherches sur la circulation des objets muséaux en Europe de l’Est au XXᵉ siècle : dynamiques, défis et perspectives
3 décembre 2025
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En 2006, le musée russe de l’Ermitage refuse aux équipes du musée Guimet l’accès à des pièces archéologiques lui appartenant, déposées (« prêtées ») depuis les années 1930. La Russie estime qu’il s’agit de dons incessibles et inaliénables. culture.gouv.fr/nous-connait...

Selon la Commission consultative des trésors nationaux, il aurait été « cédé à l'occasion des ventes par les autorités soviétiques dans les années 1930, ce qui semble avoir permis son retour en mains privées en France ». t.co/PJWCeoWW8N

Why did UNESCO not create a framework for international assistance in the restitution of property looted and displaced during WWII?

Hi! I'm looking for someone with experience working in auction house archives. I'm particularly interested in Parke-Bernet Galleries (later acquired by Sotheby’s), but any general advice or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

Restitution drama: an interview with Joel Tan | Apollo Magazine The Singaporean playwright talks to Arjun Sajip about dramatising the return of a fictional Buddhist statue from the British Museum to China

‘I was speculating: if China really wanted something back, how would that conversation go?’ Joel Tan explains why he wrote a play about the British Museum returning a fictional statue in ‘Scenes from a Repatriation’ buff.ly/DggGOYf

Coming soon in Fribourg: Silina Mariia (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Université du Québec à Montréal) : « Restitution en Russie: Entre pratiques et discours publics » events.unifr.ch/restitutions...

Histories of Museum Assets and Ownership in the Eastern Bloc Explore how Communist-era regimes in Eastern Europe and Central Asia reshaped cultural heritage through nationalization, confiscation, and restitution of museum collections. Cases span Poland to Uzbek...

Please join us in June -- CONF: Histories of Museum Assets and Ownership in the Eastern Bloc.

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