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This practicum course will enable a team of 6-8 SAIS students from various programs to respond to issues raised by trade in and destruction of cultural artifacts as a result of contemporary conflicts, especially in the Middle East. The Antiquities Coalition, a nongovernmental organization concerned with these issues, will function as a client posing questions in comparative and international law as well as US and UN policy and practice. Students will prepare their own "capstone" quality papers suitable for publication in addition to briefing the Antiquities Coalition and presenting their findings orally to a public audience. The course will include an opportunity to interact in person with Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Culture Evan Ryan.