Symposium: Religion, Art, and Provenance in Museums

Keynote lecture: Beyond Ownership: Rethinking Provenance through Sacred Objects | Joanna Gohmann, Associate Curator of Provenance and Object Histories, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

Panel | Religious Objects, Provenance, and Methods of Display

• Jacques Schuhmacher, Executive Director of Provenance Research, Art Institute of Chicago
• Alexandra Watson Jones, Provenance Research Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum
• Patrick A. Polk, Lilly Endowment Curator of Art and Religion, Fowler Museum at UCLA

Moderated by Galina Mardilovich, Curator, Smart Museum of Art

Panel | Approaches to Community – Engaged Research

• Laura Van Broekhoven, Director, Pitt Rivers Museum and Professor of Museum Studies, Ethics and Material Culture, University of Oxford
• June Carpenter, NAGPRA Director: Repatriation, Field Museum
• Rebekah Coffman, Curator of Religion and Community History, Chicago History Museum

Moderated by Allison Martino, Curator, Smart Museum of Art

Roundtable | Case Studies in Community Collaboration: Religious Objects, Museum Collections, and Restitution

• Erica P. Jones, Senior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs, Fowler Museum at UCLA
• Kwasi Ampene, Professor, Department of Music, Tufts University
• Thupten Kelsang, Early Career Research Fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum

Moderated by Allison Martino, Curator, Smart Museum of Art

Roundtable | Legal Perspectives on Art and Cultural Heritage

• Patty Gerstenblith, Distinguished Research Professor of Law, DePaul University
• Jennifer Morris, Founding Partner, Morris Art Law
• Bradley J. Gordon, Managing Partner, Edenbridge Asia

Moderated by Laurie Stein, President, L. Stein Art Research

Keynote lecture: Repatriation, Restitution, and Rehumanisation | Ciraj Rassool, Senior Professor of History and Director of the African Program in Museum and Heritage Studies, University of the Western Cape

Roundtable | Questioning Provenance: Asian Religious Objects in Western Museum Collections

• Christine Howald, Deputy Director, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
• Qamar Adamjee, Provenance Research | Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
• MacKenzie Mallon, Head of Provenance, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Moderated by Donato Loia, Postdoctoral Researcher and Instructor in Art and Religion, University of Chicago Divinity School

Panel | Ethical Considerations for Provenance Research and Restitution

• Renée Albiston, Provenance Researcher and Head of the Provenance Research Department, Denver Art Museum
• Dan Hicks, Curator and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, University of Oxford
• Chip Colwell, Program Director for Public Anthropology, Wenner-Gren Foundation

Moderated by Emily D. Crews, Executive Director, The Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, University of Chicago Divinity School