Program

GLOBALIZING THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

I. PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE GLOBAL ARENA

23 June, 2025

Morning (9:30 - 13:00)

Introduction to the Program
The Protection of Cultural Heritage under the Law: An American Perspective | Patty Gerstenblith (DePaul University, Chicago)
The globalisation of cultural heritage |Lorenzo Casini (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)

Afternoon (14:00 - 17:30)

Art historians looking at the object in legal disputes | Sharon Hecker (Art Historian and Curator)
Introducing the concept of Difficult Heritage | Agnese Ghezzi (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
Off-site visit What to preserve?

Social Dinner (20:00)

II. PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE BETWEEN NATIONAL & SUPRANATIONAL STRATEGIES

24 June, 2025

Morning (9:30 - 13:00)

The protection of cultural property according to their ownership regime | Andrea Averardi (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)
The protection of immaterial cultural heritage| Lily Martinet (Ministère de la Culture, Paris)
Protecting cultural heritage through art export controls |Anna Pirri Valentini (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca)

Afternoon (14:30 - 17:30)

III. PROTECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

25 June, 2025

Morning (10:00 - 13:00)

Preserving Cultural Heritage through Intellectual Property Law: Comparisons between Europe and the U.S. | Felicia Caponigri (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
The protection of cultural heritage through international law | Manlio Frigo (Milan State University)
The Art, Law, and Finance Project at Berkeley Law | Delia Violante (UC Berkeley School of Law )

Afternoon (14:30 - 17:30)

Reception (19:00)

IV. OFFSITE VISITS

26 June, 2025

Off-site visit to Vorno (countryside, province of Lucca)

Tenuta dello Scompiglio (Residential and exposition venue for performing and contemporary art)
Nunzia and Vittorio Gaddi's Collection (Private contemporary art collection)