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Returning the Collection

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In Chapter One: Returning the Collection, Lee investigates museum collections across Europe and North America and their immense stockpiles of treasures pilfered from former colonies and Indigenous communities around the globe. Topics discussed include the repatriation of stolen cultural objects, the historical, political, and legal dynamics of repatriation, museums reluctance to return stolen artifacts, the Benin bronzes, and what comes after repatriation.

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Shimrit Lee

Shimrit Lee is a writer, curator, and educator. Her research lies at the intersection of visual and cultural studies, postcolonial theory, and critical security studies. Her essays and reviews have been published in a number of cultural journals and art magazines. She completed her PhD in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU in 2019, and currently teaches at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.