The Application for ARCA's MA program for the summer of 2009 is available.  Please click here to download.  Information on how to apply is in the file.  The due date for the program beginning 25 May 2009 is 1 December 2008.  Details about the program may be found in the MA Prospectus, available here.  If you have any further questions, please write to ma@artcrime.info.

ARCA presents the first Masters program in International Art Crime Studies. This program will provide in-depth instruction in a wide variety of theoretical and practical elements of art crime: its history, its nature, its impact, and what can be done to curb it. Courses are taught by international experts, in the beautiful setting of Umbri, Italy. Topics include art history and the art trade, museums and conservation, art security and policing, criminology and criminal investigation, law and policy, and the study of art theft, antiquities looting, war looting, forgery and deception, vandalism, and cultural heritage protection throughout history and around the world. It is the idea proigram for art police and security professionals, art lawyers, insurers, and curators, members of the art trade and post-graduate students of criminology, law, security studies, sociology, art history, archaeology, and history.

Dates:  May 25-31 dissertation final due Nov 1 (first program in 2009)
Location:  Amelia, Italy
Language:  English
Students:  30 maximum

To submit a request for an ARCA consultant or its director to speak to an audience or provide a lecture, please email the secretary at ma@artcrime.info and write LECTURE REQUEST in the subject heading.