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SUMMARY:Cultural Property Law in Practice: Restitution and Repatriation of Cambodian Antiquities -- Bradley Gordon
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nBradley Gordon JD ’95 \nManaging Partner\, Edenbridge Asia \nBrad Gordon will speak about his work advising the Cambodian government on the repatriation of stolen artifacts. He will examine Cambodia’s recent restitution efforts as a case study in cultural property law\, focusing on legal strategy\, diplomatic engagement\, and negotiations with museums and collectors. Drawing on his experience\, he will discuss how negotiated returns\, provenance research\, and international law have shaped contemporary repatriation practice\, and reflect on broader implications for museum ethics and state practice. \nBradley J. Gordon is the Founder of Edenbridge Asia Partners. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from Brown University. Brad has advised multinational corporations\, family business owners\, and NGO clients for over 28 years\, including 25+ years of professional experience in Asia. Brad is a U.S. and Cambodian citizen and has worked at leading international law firms including Linklaters\, Freshfields\, and Shearman & Sterling. He is a member of the Bar of the State of New York. Earlier in his career\, Brad worked with Cambodian refugees in Thailand in 1989\, reflecting a long-standing connection to the region. Brad currently serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Harpswell Foundation. \nOver the past decade\, working pro bono for Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts\, Brad has led a groundbreaking initiative to trace\, document\, and repatriate thousands of Cambodian antiquities looted during decades of civil war and conflict. His team’s work has brought together archaeologists\, legal experts\, and former looters to identify stolen heritage and establish credible provenance. These efforts reached a major turning point following the U.S. indictment of Douglas Latchford\, whom Brad has described as “the mastermind behind the greatest art heist in history.” The proceedings ultimately resulted in the return of hundreds of artifacts and the recovery of critical provenance documentation from the Latchford estate. In recognition of his extraordinary service in recovering Cambodia’s national cultural heritage\, Brad was conferred a knighthood by His Majesty the King of Cambodia in 2023. \nBrad speaks Thai and Khmer. \nA light lunch will be provided. Please register here. \nA Harvard ID is required in order to enter Harvard Law School buildings. If you have questions\, please contact eals@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event. \nTuesday\, March 3 at 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm \nWCC 3009 (Wasserstein Hall\, 3rd Floor)
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/bradley-gordon-2026/
LOCATION:WCC 3009 (3rd floor of Wasserstein hall)
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SUMMARY:Wu Jingxiong\, Between Natural Law and Geopolitics: The Insights and Dilemmas of a Catholic Chinese Law Professor in Cold War America -- Jedidiah Kroncke
DESCRIPTION:East Asian Legal Studies Talk: \nJedidiah Kroncke\nAssociate Professor of Law\, The University of Hong Kong \nThe life of Chinese legal scholar Wu Jingxiong has long attracted attention given his diverse intellectual interests and high profile in Chinese judicial politics and constitutional reform during the 1930s and 1940s. Like many of his generation\, Wu’s education combine traditional Confucian schooling with study at multiple Western-influenced institutions. During his first law degree\, he converted to Christianity\, and his religious journey ultimately led him to become one of the most notable Catholic Chinese intellectuals of this era. Episodes of his transnationalized life have been well-studied—from his relationship with Oliver Wendell Holmes to his engagement with numerous other legal and religious thinkers. \nYet\, Wu’s life after the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949 has received less attention. During this period\, Wu spent fifteen years in the United States primarily teaching law at Seton Hall University. While the least studied time of his life\, this era was a critical juncture in his ongoing quest to reconcile his Confucian sympathies with his Catholic faith. Wu became a significant contributor to debates regarding the relationship of the common law to natural law and the relationship of Vatican II to Catholic legal thought. he became closely associated with a diverse range of prominent Catholic scholars. Wu’s fondness of Edmund Burke’s ideas led him to develop interlocutors such as Russell Kirk and Peter Stanlis\, and led to his frequent citation in post-World War II conservative American legal thought. Simultaneously\, he developed a deep friendship with Thomas Merton and others seeking to explore more cosmopolitan visions. \nWu’s ultimate return to Taiwan was impacted by the complications of these debates crosscut by Cold War geopolitical tensions. Wu’s life is revealing not only as an example of the challenges that diasporic Chinese intellectuals faced during this era but also of how his relatively unique intellectual commitments shed light on global tensions in Catholicism and American Cold War geopolitics. Today\, amidst rising contemporary Sino-American frictions and renewed debates over the role of Catholic legal thinking in US politics\, Wu’s complex American experience as a transnational intellectual is newly provocative and probative. \nDr. Jedidiah Kroncke is an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong\, where he teaches trust law and the law of cooperative enterprises. His research centers on international legal history and the comparative study of alternative labor and property institutions. His first book\, The Futility of Law and Development: China and the Dangers of Exporting American Law (Oxford University Press\, 2016)\, explores the role of US-China relations in the formation of modern American legal internationalism and the decline of American legal comparativism. Other publications have addressed law and development\, authoritarian law and legal ethics\, the history of international law\, and comparative law and political economy. He received a B.A. from the University of California Berkeley\, a J.D. from Yale Law School\, and a Ph.D. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from UC Berkeley\, and then served as a Berger-Howe Legal History Fellow at Harvard Law School\, Golieb Fellow in Legal History at NYU Law School\, and Ruebhausen Fellow in Law at Yale Law School. \nA light lunch will be provided. Please register here. \nA Harvard ID is required in order to enter Harvard Law School buildings. If you have questions\, please contact eals@law.harvard.edu in advance of the event. \n*Location note: In past years\, EALS talks were generally held in Morgan Courtroom (Austin 308)\, but due to the construction project currently underway next to Austin Hall\, we will hold most EALS talks in Wasserstein Hall during the 2025-2026 academic year.
URL:https://eals.law.harvard.edu/event/jedidiah-kroncke-2026/
LOCATION:WCC 3009 (3rd floor of Wasserstein hall)
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