Postgraduate Art Crime & Cultural Heritage Protection, Italy

In its 10th year, this academically intensive multidisciplinary program provides in-depth, postgraduate level instruction in a wide variety of theoretical and practical elements related to art and heritage crime. By examining art crime’s interconnected world, students experience an integrated curriculum in an interactive, participatory setting. The program’s courses include comprehensive lectures by experts in the field, classroom- based discussions and presentations, as well as field classes that serve as the backdrop for exploring art crime, its nature, and its impact.

Designed to expose participants to an integrated curriculum in a highly interactive, participatory, student-centered setting the ARCA professional development program utilizes instructional modules that include both classroom and in situ field lectures as well as “hands-on” learning from case studies, organized research, and group participatory assignments and discussions.