Presentation

Notwithstanding international conventions and legislation moulded by legal frameworks of several countries, the theft and trafficking of cultural assets are a reality manifested in different ways, increasingly sophisticated and organized. Added to this, despite political rhetoric, there is the negligence and vandalizing to which, especially in times of crisis, cultural assets are subjected.

Speakers

João Oliveira (Criminal Investigation Coordinator of the Lisbon Criminal Police Force) – Theft and Trafficking of Cultural Assets – Some Random Observations

Criminal Investigation Coordinator of the Criminal Police Force for twenty years now.
Assigned to the Lisboa and Vale do Tejo Directory, being in charge of the Department that investigates crimes related to cultural/historical/artistic assets. He holds a Graduate Degree in Law, a Post-Graduate Degree in Psycho-Criminal Studies and a Post-Graduate Degree in Deviant Behaviour and Criminal Science.
He gives lectures at training sessions in the fields related to criminal investigation, in PJ (Criminal Police), as well as in other sectors, and “invited teacher” at the Post-Graduate Course in Art Expertise of the Arts School of Catholic University.
He also participates as lecturer at several Conferences/Seminars/Symposia.

José António Falcão (Department of Historical and Artistic Heritage of Beja Diocese) – Religious Heritage and the Decay of “Old Portugal”. Considerations on the Experience of Beja Diocese

José António Falcão holds a Graduate Degree in Art and Architecture History, a Master’s Degree in Museology and a Doctoral Degree in Architecture. He runs the Department of Historical and Artistic Heritage of Beja Diocese since its foundation (1984).Curator, he has worked at Évora Museum, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum and Patudos House-Museum.
His activity is specially focused on the study of cultural and museological heritage, working towards its dissemination as Commissioner for Exhibitions, both in Portugal and abroad, namely with “Entre o Céu e a Terra” (Prof. Reynaldo dos Santos Award, 2001) and “As Formas do Espírito”. He also teaches at the Portuguese Catholic University and several foreign universities. He is member of the National Academy of Fine Arts, the Portuguese Academy of History and similar entities from Europe and United States.
He has published around one hundred works (books, scientific papers and lectures in congresses), most of them focused on art and architecture history. He is the President of the Portuguese Association of Church Museums and Deputy Secretary General of the Europae Thesauri, the European Association of Treasures and Church Museums.

This event is part of the Seminar cycle - Heritage and Management of Historical Environment

Organization: Doctoral Programme “Cities and Urban Cultures” (CES/FEUC) e City and Urban Cultures Research Group (NECCURB)