Dr Emiline Smith
@dremilinesmith.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology at SCCJR @ Uni of Glasgow. https://tinyurl.com/EmilineSmith
Research: cultural & natural resources • crime & harms • justice • oceans.
♡ Vegan ♡ tea ♡ scuba diving.
www.stolenstatues.com
www.oceanculturelife.com
Research: cultural & natural resources • crime & harms • justice • oceans.
♡ Vegan ♡ tea ♡ scuba diving.
www.stolenstatues.com
www.oceanculturelife.com
2 days of heritage crime, theft, fraud, trafficking, and repatriation at the Art & Antiquities Crime Conference, University of Sydney 😍 Importance of global, community-driven cooperation very clear. Grateful to organisers & speakers for this inspiring event! #heritagecrime #ethics #repatriation
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
2 days of heritage crime, theft, fraud, trafficking, and repatriation at the Art & Antiquities Crime Conference, University of Sydney 😍 Importance of global, community-driven cooperation very clear. Grateful to organisers & speakers for this inspiring event! #heritagecrime #ethics #repatriation
Over the past week, a delegation from @uofgsocsci.bsky.social has been visiting current and potential university partners across #Indonesia. A fantastic opportunity to strengthen #academiccollaborations and explore new, equitable pathways for teaching, research, and exchange. Thanks to our hosts 🙏
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Over the past week, a delegation from @uofgsocsci.bsky.social has been visiting current and potential university partners across #Indonesia. A fantastic opportunity to strengthen #academiccollaborations and explore new, equitable pathways for teaching, research, and exchange. Thanks to our hosts 🙏
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📚 I’m thrilled to share that “Researching a Rigged Game: Digital Approaches to Tracing the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects”, edited by @dremilinesmith.bsky.social and myself, is now published and available as Open Access via @springernature.com.
🔗https://lnkd.in/gBCv2KDH
🔗https://lnkd.in/gBCv2KDH
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📚 I’m thrilled to share that “Researching a Rigged Game: Digital Approaches to Tracing the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects”, edited by @dremilinesmith.bsky.social and myself, is now published and available as Open Access via @springernature.com.
🔗https://lnkd.in/gBCv2KDH
🔗https://lnkd.in/gBCv2KDH
This was really fun to do, thanks @npr.org #MuseumConfidential for having me 🎙️ We dig into the cultural fallout and colonial echoes of the #Louvre theft - give it a listen! 🎧 #podcast #artcrime #museumheist #Louvre -
www.npr.org/podcasts/557...
www.npr.org/podcasts/557...
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This was really fun to do, thanks @npr.org #MuseumConfidential for having me 🎙️ We dig into the cultural fallout and colonial echoes of the #Louvre theft - give it a listen! 🎧 #podcast #artcrime #museumheist #Louvre -
www.npr.org/podcasts/557...
www.npr.org/podcasts/557...
Honoured to present at the British Society of Criminology – Green Criminology Network Seminar today on #oceanjustice 🌿 So great to be amongst like-minded scholars and practitioners passionate about non-human #animalwelfare, #EnvironmentalJustice & #BlueCriminology #GreenCriminology
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Honoured to present at the British Society of Criminology – Green Criminology Network Seminar today on #oceanjustice 🌿 So great to be amongst like-minded scholars and practitioners passionate about non-human #animalwelfare, #EnvironmentalJustice & #BlueCriminology #GreenCriminology
Sunday’s heist at the Louvre has stirred a lot of headlines. I argue @hyperallergic.com that the real vulnerability lies not in museum security, but in the colonial foundations of Western museum collections. #ArtTheft #Decolonization #Repatriation #PublicMemory
🔗 hyperallergic.com/1051113/the-...
🔗 hyperallergic.com/1051113/the-...
The Louvre Heist Was a Colonial Wake-Up Call
The stunning theft reveals more than a failure of security: It lays bare how austerity, neglect, and unresolved colonial legacies continue to haunt the museum.
hyperallergic.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Sunday’s heist at the Louvre has stirred a lot of headlines. I argue @hyperallergic.com that the real vulnerability lies not in museum security, but in the colonial foundations of Western museum collections. #ArtTheft #Decolonization #Repatriation #PublicMemory
🔗 hyperallergic.com/1051113/the-...
🔗 hyperallergic.com/1051113/the-...
This isn’t the first time the Louvre’s been broken into… Previous thefts have even involved (former) museum staff - a common thread in art heists. Hoping the Mona Lisa and her companions are safe. 🖼️🔒🏛️ #Louvre #ArtTheft -
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the incident happened as the museum opened this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This isn’t the first time the Louvre’s been broken into… Previous thefts have even involved (former) museum staff - a common thread in art heists. Hoping the Mona Lisa and her companions are safe. 🖼️🔒🏛️ #Louvre #ArtTheft -
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Grateful to BBC Radio Wales for having me on today to talk about the theft at St Fagans National Museum of History 🏛️🎙️ Very much hoping that the objects stolen in this targeted theft will be found asap #BBCWales #StFagans #MuseumHeist #CulturalHeritage #LootedHeritage
October 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Grateful to BBC Radio Wales for having me on today to talk about the theft at St Fagans National Museum of History 🏛️🎙️ Very much hoping that the objects stolen in this targeted theft will be found asap #BBCWales #StFagans #MuseumHeist #CulturalHeritage #LootedHeritage
Great to be a discussant on the first session of the Political Economy Futures Forum - supported by the College of Social Sciences @uofglasgow.bsky.social - where we discuss AI and illegal markets with Alessio Azzutti today #AI #illegalmarkets #crime #harms #governance #interdisciplinarity
September 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Great to be a discussant on the first session of the Political Economy Futures Forum - supported by the College of Social Sciences @uofglasgow.bsky.social - where we discuss AI and illegal markets with Alessio Azzutti today #AI #illegalmarkets #crime #harms #governance #interdisciplinarity
What a beautiful day to welcome our new #UG #PGT #PGR #Criminology & @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social students at @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social !🎓✨ We’re thrilled to have you join our vibrant university community 🌍📚 #WelcomeWeek #NewBeginnings
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
What a beautiful day to welcome our new #UG #PGT #PGR #Criminology & @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social students at @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social !🎓✨ We’re thrilled to have you join our vibrant university community 🌍📚 #WelcomeWeek #NewBeginnings
Standing with the people of Nepal during these challenging days. May the voices of protest be heard with respect, and may a path of dialogue and compassion guide the nation toward unity and healing. 🕊️❤️
hyperallergic.com/1040874/hist...
hyperallergic.com/1040874/hist...
Historic Singha Durbar Palace Destroyed as Nepal Protests Turn Deadly
Police used live ammunition, water cannons, and tear gas on demonstrators mobilizing against government corruption.
hyperallergic.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Standing with the people of Nepal during these challenging days. May the voices of protest be heard with respect, and may a path of dialogue and compassion guide the nation toward unity and healing. 🕊️❤️
hyperallergic.com/1040874/hist...
hyperallergic.com/1040874/hist...
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"Museums are not stages for loyalty. They are civic laboratories. They are places where we wrestle with contradictions, encounter the unfamiliar and widen our circle of empathy."
August 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Museums are not stages for loyalty. They are civic laboratories. They are places where we wrestle with contradictions, encounter the unfamiliar and widen our circle of empathy."
So lovely to be in sunny Leuven @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social to explore pathways to further strengthen our #criminology partnership @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social #globalcriminology #criminologycollab #criminologyacrossborders
August 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So lovely to be in sunny Leuven @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social to explore pathways to further strengthen our #criminology partnership @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social #globalcriminology #criminologycollab #criminologyacrossborders
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New special issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice Vol. 13 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Caring for Culture in the 21st Century @saa-aap.bsky.social @apsap.bsky.social @archaeojake.bsky.social @sherr-spadefoot.bsky.social @drdonnayates.bsky.social @dremilinesmith.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
New special issue of Advances in Archaeological Practice Vol. 13 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Caring for Culture in the 21st Century @saa-aap.bsky.social @apsap.bsky.social @archaeojake.bsky.social @sherr-spadefoot.bsky.social @drdonnayates.bsky.social @dremilinesmith.bsky.social
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The repatriation of a collection of cultural artefacts to Indonesia's Warloka community was facilitated by @dremilinesmith.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
Find out more: bit.ly/4m5wB57
Find out more: bit.ly/4m5wB57
July 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The repatriation of a collection of cultural artefacts to Indonesia's Warloka community was facilitated by @dremilinesmith.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
Find out more: bit.ly/4m5wB57
Find out more: bit.ly/4m5wB57
Spectacular views over Rinca (= home of Komodo dragons). We are here in Labuan Bajo (Indonesia) to prepare the repatriation of 30+ objects and ancestral remains, happening in the next few days. Stay tuned for updates! #IPDF #UGM @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Spectacular views over Rinca (= home of Komodo dragons). We are here in Labuan Bajo (Indonesia) to prepare the repatriation of 30+ objects and ancestral remains, happening in the next few days. Stay tuned for updates! #IPDF #UGM @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
This certainly looks epic (I wish it was true 😍) #Relooted #ReturntheGods #videogame #repatriation #Africangameindustry @nyamakop.co.za - culturecustodian.com/relooted-the...
Relooted: The African Game Turning Artifact Repatriation Into a Bold Heist
As demands for the repatriation of African artifacts rise, a video game is offering a stage of digital heists to retrieve stolen treasures
culturecustodian.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This certainly looks epic (I wish it was true 😍) #Relooted #ReturntheGods #videogame #repatriation #Africangameindustry @nyamakop.co.za - culturecustodian.com/relooted-the...
In about 1 hour, Auction House Loeckx will be selling off this beautiful necklace, similar to the stolen Taleju necklace at the Art Institute of Chicago. This auction has alllll the unethical and illicit lots - ancestors, weapons, deities #stopsellinglootedheritage #returnthegods #noprovenancenosale
June 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In about 1 hour, Auction House Loeckx will be selling off this beautiful necklace, similar to the stolen Taleju necklace at the Art Institute of Chicago. This auction has alllll the unethical and illicit lots - ancestors, weapons, deities #stopsellinglootedheritage #returnthegods #noprovenancenosale
Honoured and very excited to speak at this important conference by the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign next week in Kathmandu - see you there? #returnthegods #lootedheritage #Nepal @artcrimeprof.bsky.social @helenaarose.bsky.social
nepalheritagerecoverycampaign.org
nepalheritagerecoverycampaign.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Honoured and very excited to speak at this important conference by the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign next week in Kathmandu - see you there? #returnthegods #lootedheritage #Nepal @artcrimeprof.bsky.social @helenaarose.bsky.social
nepalheritagerecoverycampaign.org
nepalheritagerecoverycampaign.org
The theme of this year's SIEF Congress in Aberdeen is 'Unwriting - challenging and deconstructing the authority of inscribed truth in folklore and tradition'. Join me in our panel 'Unwriting in the Himalayas: reflections on collaborative craft and authorship' today - www.siefhome.org/congresses/s...
International Society for Ethnology and Folklore
SIEF is an international organization that facilitates and stimulates cooperation among scholars working within European Ethnology, Folklore Studies, Cultural Anthropology and adjoining fields. SIEF o...
www.siefhome.org
June 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The theme of this year's SIEF Congress in Aberdeen is 'Unwriting - challenging and deconstructing the authority of inscribed truth in folklore and tradition'. Join me in our panel 'Unwriting in the Himalayas: reflections on collaborative craft and authorship' today - www.siefhome.org/congresses/s...
Great to see this out - in this article I elaborate on passive and active academic facilitation of #illicittrade in cultural objects, taking Mary Slusser and Emma Bunker as examples #returnthegods @saa-aap.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Scholarly Facilitation of the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Providing a Veneer of Legitimacy | Advances in Archaeological Practice | Cambridge Core
Scholarly Facilitation of the Illicit Trade in Cultural Objects: Providing a Veneer of Legitimacy
www.cambridge.org
May 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Great to see this out - in this article I elaborate on passive and active academic facilitation of #illicittrade in cultural objects, taking Mary Slusser and Emma Bunker as examples #returnthegods @saa-aap.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A wonderful end to our visitors' stay in Glasgow, this beautiful cross-cultural exchange 'From the Atrato to the Clyde: what does it mean for a river to have rights?' #environmentaljustice #riverjustice @mohume.bsky.social @allangillies.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A wonderful end to our visitors' stay in Glasgow, this beautiful cross-cultural exchange 'From the Atrato to the Clyde: what does it mean for a river to have rights?' #environmentaljustice #riverjustice @mohume.bsky.social @allangillies.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
House for an Art Lover - What a beautiful spot to do some strategic teaching & research planning and team building today @thesccjr.bsky.social #BellahoustonPark #Glasgow #Scotland #CharlesRennieMackintosh
May 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
House for an Art Lover - What a beautiful spot to do some strategic teaching & research planning and team building today @thesccjr.bsky.social #BellahoustonPark #Glasgow #Scotland #CharlesRennieMackintosh
Fantastic day spent in Edinburgh yesterday speaking to @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social about their Indonesian collection, thinking through critical heritage and justice research & teaching possibilities #IPDF #heritagejustice @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Fantastic day spent in Edinburgh yesterday speaking to @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social about their Indonesian collection, thinking through critical heritage and justice research & teaching possibilities #IPDF #heritagejustice @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social
Such a great day with our esteemed colleagues from #UGM #Indonesia. Started off with a thought-provoking visit @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social with @xanadu68.bsky.social, then more meetings & public lecture on #AuthorizedHeritageDiscourse and #epistemicjustice. Still with so much ☀️☀️ ☀️ #dreamteam
May 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Such a great day with our esteemed colleagues from #UGM #Indonesia. Started off with a thought-provoking visit @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social with @xanadu68.bsky.social, then more meetings & public lecture on #AuthorizedHeritageDiscourse and #epistemicjustice. Still with so much ☀️☀️ ☀️ #dreamteam