Fiona Rose-Greenland

Fiona Rose-Greenland is associate research director at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago. She is writing a book on antiquities theft and destruction in the global art market.

Cultural heritage and violence in the Middle East

When people are dying in their thousands, why should we care about the destruction of artefacts? Cultural violence has long been a component in the obliteration of communities; it legitimates the denial of diversity and makes them much harder to rebuild.

By Fatma Müge Göçek and Fiona Rose-Greenland

/ 4 Oct 2014

The Parthenon Marbles and British national identity

Today, the British Museum’s Trustees argue that the Parthenon sculptures are “integral to the Museum’s purpose as a world museum telling the story of human cultural achievement.” But what does history tell us?

By Fiona Rose-Greenland

/ 25 Oct 2013