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WHAT IS CULTURAL HERITAGE?
While there is no universal definition of cultural heritage, it generally refers to the objects, places, and traditions that define us as individuals, societies, nations, civilizations, and even human beings. It may be tangible, as in artifacts, antiquities, art, monuments, archaeological sites, historic buildings, and sacred places. Or intangible, such as knowledge, beliefs, and practices. It can even be natural, for example, culturally significant landscapes. It is a legacy that we inherit from past generations, which we have a responsibility to protect for the next.
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FEATURED CAMPAIGN
 LCCHP is asking the Senate to postpone the U.S. Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act, until it has addressed concerns with this bill through open hearings. The proposed legislation will allow foreign governments to immunize themselves from U.S. lawsuits when loaning art and antiquities to American museums. While we support its purpose of cultural exchange, we fear that it would leave victims of theft and looting without recourse to recover their rightful property.
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CALENDAR
27 Jun 2013 • Lisbon, Portugal
14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM • Depaul Center, 1 East Jackson Boulevard-Room 8005, Chicago, IL 60604
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SPOTLIGHT ON EDUCATION
We congratulate Salome Kiwara-Wilson of DePaul University College of Law, whose paper "Restituting Colonial Plunder: The Case for the Benin Bronzes and Ivories" was awarded first place in the 2012 Student Writing Competition in Cultural Heritage Law. This year, we received a record number of 32 entries from 22 law schools. We look forward to our seventh annual competition next year, which will be announced soon. In the meantime, thanks to everyone who helped to make this one a success!
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CULTURAL HERITAGE NEWS
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WATCH 2011 CONFERENCE
To mark the 100th anniversary of Titanic, international experts explored the challenges facing the world's underwater cultural heritage during our 3 November 2011 conference at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC. Keeping the Lid on Davy Jones' Locker gave the public an unprecedented opportunity to interact with the archaeologists, explorers, and scientists behind the most important nautical expeditions of our time. Since maritime discoveries are often hotly contested in the courts, the conference also featured top attorneys.
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