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Inconvenient Heritage: Colonial Collections and Restitution in the Netherlands and Belgium
Author(s): Jos van Beurden (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: June 8, 2022
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 248 pages
- ISBN-10: 9463720596
- ISBN-13: 9789463720595
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Dr. Jos van Beurden is a senior researcher colonial cultural collections and restitution (Free University, Amsterdam). His most recent publications are: Treasures in Trusted Hands – Negotiating the Future of Colonial Cultural Objects (Leiden 2017) (nominated for the NWO Boekman Dissertation Price), and The Return of Cultural and Historical Treasures – The Case of the Netherlands (Amsterdam 2012).
For his merits in the cultural heritage field, Van Beurden was appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau. Jos van Beurden is founder of the news-clipping service RM* (restitution matters).
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