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MANETTI SHREM MUSEUM. Threats to cultural heritage are on the rise globally, due to factors ranging from war and intentional destruction to unfettered development and climate change. The 2025 Templeton Colloquium in Art History at the University of California, Davis — “Cultural Heritage at Stake: Between Conservation and Criminality” —- debates cultural heritage today and explores the stakes for the protection of culture around the globe. This year’s speakers — Lynn Meskell, Richard D. Green Professor of Anthropology in the School of Arts and Sciences, Professor in the Department of Historic Preservation, and curator in the Middle East and Asia sections at the Penn Museum; and Hrag Vartanian, Editor-in-chief and Co-founder of Hyperallergic, art critic, curator, artist and lecturer, and recipient of the Susan C. Larsen Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 — examine the issues challenging culture preservation internationally. 4p – 6p. Free.