Dr Emiline Smith
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Dr Emiline Smith
@dremilinesmith.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology at SCCJR @ Uni of Glasgow. https://tinyurl.com/EmilineSmith

Research: cultural & natural resources • crime & harms • justice • oceans.

♡ Vegan ♡ tea ♡ scuba diving.

www.stolenstatues.com
www.oceanculturelife.com
This was really fun to do, thanks @npr.org #MuseumConfidential for having me 🎙️ We dig into the cultural fallout and colonial echoes of the #Louvre theft - give it a listen! 🎧 #podcast #artcrime #museumheist #Louvre -
www.npr.org/podcasts/557...
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Honoured to present at the British Society of Criminology – Green Criminology Network Seminar today on #oceanjustice 🌿 So great to be amongst like-minded scholars and practitioners passionate about non-human #animalwelfare, #EnvironmentalJustice & #BlueCriminology #GreenCriminology
October 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Grateful to BBC Radio Wales for having me on today to talk about the theft at St Fagans National Museum of History 🏛️🎙️ Very much hoping that the objects stolen in this targeted theft will be found asap #BBCWales #StFagans #MuseumHeist #CulturalHeritage #LootedHeritage
October 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
What a beautiful day to welcome our new #UG #PGT #PGR #Criminology & @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social students at @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social !🎓✨ We’re thrilled to have you join our vibrant university community 🌍📚 #WelcomeWeek #NewBeginnings
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
August 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Spectacular views over Rinca (= home of Komodo dragons). We are here in Labuan Bajo (Indonesia) to prepare the repatriation of 30+ objects and ancestral remains, happening in the next few days. Stay tuned for updates! #IPDF #UGM @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In about 1 hour, Auction House Loeckx will be selling off this beautiful necklace, similar to the stolen Taleju necklace at the Art Institute of Chicago. This auction has alllll the unethical and illicit lots - ancestors, weapons, deities #stopsellinglootedheritage #returnthegods #noprovenancenosale
June 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Honoured and very excited to speak at this important conference by the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign next week in Kathmandu - see you there? #returnthegods #lootedheritage #Nepal @artcrimeprof.bsky.social @helenaarose.bsky.social
nepalheritagerecoverycampaign.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A wonderful end to our visitors' stay in Glasgow, this beautiful cross-cultural exchange 'From the Atrato to the Clyde: what does it mean for a river to have rights?' #environmentaljustice #riverjustice @mohume.bsky.social @allangillies.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
House for an Art Lover - What a beautiful spot to do some strategic teaching & research planning and team building today @thesccjr.bsky.social #BellahoustonPark #Glasgow #Scotland #CharlesRennieMackintosh
May 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Fantastic day spent in Edinburgh yesterday speaking to @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social about their Indonesian collection, thinking through critical heritage and justice research & teaching possibilities #IPDF #heritagejustice @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Such a great day with our esteemed colleagues from #UGM #Indonesia. Started off with a thought-provoking visit @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social with @xanadu68.bsky.social, then more meetings & public lecture on #AuthorizedHeritageDiscourse and #epistemicjustice. Still with so much ☀️☀️ ☀️ #dreamteam
May 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Amazing to have visitors from Universitas Gadjah Mada in Glasgow to share expertise on colonial collections, repatriation, & heritage protection from Scotland to Indonesia, especially with so much ☀️ ☀️ ☀️

Visit funded by @uofglasgow.bsky.social's IPDF @uofgsps.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If you're in Glasgow next week, please pop by to hear from our valued Universitas Gadjah Mada visitors! #epistemicinjustice #Indonesia #IPDF #UGM @uofgsps.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Very excited to announce this CfP Special Issue:
🌊International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
🌊@juliemberg.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social
and Chloe Heys
🌊All things #oceanjustice #oceancrime #oceanharms
🌊See also: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
🌊Please share widely!
May 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🌊Very excited to announce this Call for Papers for the International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, co-edited by Julie Berg and Chloe Heys on all things #oceanjustice #oceancrime #oceanharms. 🌊 Please share widely! 🌊
See also: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi... 🌊
May 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Completing a First Aid requalification course today, 7 Glaswegian lads and myself. When asked what could serve as a risk on a first aid site, someone answered "angry seagulls" 😂 #PeopleMakeGlasgow #Glasgowtruths #Glasgowbanter #seagullsofGlasgow
May 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A beautiful sunny day in #Glasgow #Springtime #freedomofspeech
April 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Beautiful blue skies for our last day on the Global Criminal Economy course, always a student favourite. This year's cohort was an absolute delight, I look forward to their essays on #trafficking #globalcrime #globalharm @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Asian art dealer on #provenance at #TEFAF today: "I don't put all of it in the catalogue because it's not that interesting." 😬
Good to be back for another round of #Maastricht most prominent art fair, incl a €50 million Picasso & some very interesting Asian cultural objects... #returnthegods
March 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
One of the perks of living in Scotland is the #HighlandCows. They entertain me to no end #notayak #ScottishHighlander #ScottishSpring
February 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
After their groundbreaking Lalitpur Declaration last year, the Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign is bringing together experts to discuss the recovery and return of cultural heritage this June #returnthegods #Nepaliheritage #stolengods #repatriation - see you there?
February 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Really proud of Glasgow today 🍉🍉🍉 #stopthegenocide
January 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Glad to have been able to get away for a week of #scubadiving over the Christmas break. Already feels so very long ago 😅 #startofterm #semester2
January 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A warm (but also freezing) welcome back to our students for their 2nd semester of the @uofglasgow.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social MSc in Criminology & Criminal Justice. So excited to teach #myfavecourse the "Global Criminal Economy" on all things #organizedcrime #whitecollarcrime #trafficking
January 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM