Matthew Bogdanos, author of Thieves of Baghdad will be lecturing at the ROM tomorrow night.

Crimes Against Culture
Thursday, April 20, 7-9 pm

Classics scholar and lawyer by training, Colonel Matthew Bogdanos also happened to be in Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq and the looting of the Iraq Museum. Bogdanos was instrumental in organizing a recovery of the lost antiquities. Many items were recovered, however, much still remains missing.

Bogdanos will talk about the illegal business of trading stolen cultural property--paintings, sculptures, documents and archaeological artifacts--and why it should be important to all of us.

Book signing after lecture.
 
Lecturers: Col. Matthew Bogdanos, New York City prosecutor, Marine colonel, head of international investigation into looting of Iraq Museum, author of Thieves of Baghdad.
Bonnie Czegledi, barrister and solicitor, international art and cultural heritage law, and director, Institute of Arts and Cultural Heritage.

Visit the ROM website for tickets and details:
$22 (online $20)
ROM members $18 (online $16)

Globe and Mail article on Bogdanos and the ROM event.