With a collection born of the East India Company and material whose origins stretch across the British Empire, the ethics and practice of restitution is of growing importance to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). In this lecture and conversation, historian and V&A Director Dr Tristram Hunt argues that museums should be less concerned about becoming sites of "transitional justice", adjudicating on the colonial past, and focus more on detailed, trans-national provenance research. Through biographies of objects with so-called "contested heritage" Dr Hunt will explain the V&A strategy of Renewable Cultural Partnerships and how museums can engage with, and shape, the coming era of restitution and collections equity between the Global North and South.

The Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) is a major project for the School of Arts and Humanities and the University of Cambridge. All are welcome to join this important event for the programme which will take place on Wednesday 25 June at 5:30pm in the McCrum Lecture Theatre, Corpus Christi College. The talk will be followed by a conversation with Professor Shruti Kapila. Please register for your free ticket on the event's Eventbrite listing.