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Most art crime since the 1960s
is perpetrated either by, or on
behalf of, international
organized crime syndicates.

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UPDATE!  The admissions deadline for the 2010 Masters Program in International Art Crime Studies has now passed. Stay tuned for more information.

DOWNLOAD THE 2010 MA PROSPECTUS
DOWNLOAD THE 2010 COURSE SCHEDULE

DOWNLOAD THE STUDENT HANDBOOK

ARCA presents the first Masters program in International Art Crime Studies. This program will provide in-depth instruction in a wide variety of theoretical and practical elements of art crime: its history, its nature, its impact, and what can be done to curb it. Courses are taught by international experts, in the beautiful setting of Umbria, Italy. Topics include art history and the art trade, museums and conservation, art security and policing, criminology and criminal investigation, law and policy, and the study of art theft, antiquities looting, war looting, forgery and deception, vandalism, and cultural heritage protection throughout history and around the world. It is the idea program for art police and security professionals, art lawyers, insurers, and curators, members of the art trade and post-graduate students of criminology, law, security studies, sociology, art history, archaeology, and history.

Dates:  June 1 - August 13, dissertation final due December 1, 2010
Location:  Amelia, Italy
Language:  English
Students:  30 maximum

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If you have any further questions, please write to Mark Durney, Business and Admissions Director at ma@artcrime.info.

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The American University of Rome

Art Crime @ Yale
Noah Charney was a visiting lecturer at Yale the spring 2009 semester, teaching a seminar on art crime. Selections from lectures are available as
podcasts @ iTunes


On 10 August 2009, ARCA Director Noah Charney was featured on CBC Radio's Q with Jian Ghomeshi. In the interview guest hosted by Jane Farrow, Charney discusses ARCA's Masters Program in International Art Crime studies and he describes the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to art crime.

 

 

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