British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles

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British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles
Location
  • United Kingdom
Websitewww.parthenonuk.com

The British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles (BCRPM) is a group of British people who support the return of the Parthenon (Elgin) marbles to Athens, Greece. Members include Dame Janet Suzman (chairperson)[1] and professors Anthony Snodgrass (honorary president),[2] Paul Cartledge (Vice-Chair),[3] and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.[4]

Further reading[edit]

  • Tom Flynn, The Universal Museum (Lulu, 2012)
  • Christopher Hitchens, The Parthenon Marbles: A Case for Reunification (with a preface by Nadine Gordimer and essays by Robert Browning and Charalambos Bouras) (Verso, May 2008)
  • Dorothy King, The Elgin Marbles (Hutchinson, January 2006)
  • Mary Beard, The Parthenon (Profile Books, 2004)
  • Jeanette Greenfield The Return of Cultural Treasures (Cambridge University Press 2007)
  • Ian Jenkins, The Parthenon Frieze (British Museum Press, 2002)
  • William St Clair, Lord Elgin and the Marbles (Oxford University Press, 1998)
  • Catharine Titi, The Parthenon Marbles and International Law (Springer, 2023)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, Helena (2022-06-18). "Group of British MPs and peers call for Parthenon marbles to return to Greece". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  2. ^ Smith, Helena (2022-05-23). "Greece rebuts British Museum claim Parthenon marbles were 'removed from rubble'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  3. ^ Cartledge, Paul (2023-06-11). "Elgin, Byron, and those marbles revisited". NEOS KOSMOS. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  4. ^ "Marmi del Partenone: tra qualche anno Londra non avrà più scelta". Il Giornale dell'arte (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-31.

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Organisations that support the cause[edit]