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Ghosts of the Past: Nazi-Looted Art and Its Legacies


  • Columbia University New York, NY, 10027 United States (map)

An International Conference co-organized by Columbia University's Department of Art History and Archaeology & Deutsches Haus in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut New York, and the Jewish Museum, New York

February 20th, 9:00–1:00pm
Columbia University,
501 Schermerhorn Hall

February 21st, 9:00–6:00pm
Columbia University,
501 Schermerhorn Hall (*note changed venue*)

A keynote lecture by Prof. Olaf Peters will open the conference: Thursday, February 19th, 2015, 6:30 pm at the Jewish Museum.
For further information please visit the website of the Jewish Museum.

Admission is free for registered participants. Please register online here.

The Conference is co-sponsored by the Heyman Center for the Humanities, The Institute of Israel and Jewish Studies, the Middle East Institue of Columbia University, New German Critique, The History Department of Columbia University, and the Columbia University Seminar on Cultural Memory. Additional funding has been provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)