The Man Who Stole the Gods: author Matthew Campbell with Peter Bergen and Tess Davis, HYBRID New America, DC

The Man Who Stole the Gods

A conversation with Matthew Campbell and Peter Bergen with Tess Davis

HYBRID
New America
740 15th St NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
12PM – 1PM EDT

Join the New America Fellows Program and Future Security Programs, and the Antiquities Coalition for a conversation about The Man Who Stole the Gods: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy in-person and online on June 10.

From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the galleries of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Man Who Stole the Gods is a tale of stolen treasures and the battle to reclaim a nation’s soul.

Amidst the chaos of Cambodia’s brutal genocide, priceless treasures of the ancient Khmer Empire vanished from sacred temples, looted by smugglers and trafficked into the hands of elite collectors. At the center of it all was Douglas Latchford, later known as “Dynamite Doug,” who orchestrated one of history’s most audacious cultural heists while presenting himself as an expert on Khmer art.

In The Man Who Stole the Gods, Matthew Campbell unravels the story of Latchford’s criminal enterprise and a global conspiracy of greed and collusion involving some of the world’s most powerful museums and collectors.

Copies of The Man Who Stole the Gods are available for purchase online. Books will be on sale at the event.

Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.

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