The Looting of the Iraq Museum and Cultural Property at War
Cori Wegener
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007 at 7:00 pm – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Cori Wegener is an assistant curator in Architecture, Design, Decorative Arts, Craft, and Sculpture at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and a retired major in the U.S. Army Reserve. Her last military assignment was in Baghdad, Iraq, as the Arts, Monuments and Archives Officer for the 352nd Civil Affairs Command. She assisted staff at the Iraq National Museum after the looting that took place during the U.S. invasion and acted as military liaison to the Iraqi Ministry of Culture. Wegener will give a slide lecture discussing the looting and subsequent reconstruction of the museum as well her efforts to establish the United States Committee of the Blue Shield, a non-governmental organization dedicated to the protection of cultural property during armed conflict. Part of the World Affairs Series.Cosponsored By:
- College of Design
- University Museums
- World Affairs
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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