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Erin Thompson is an American art historian and lawyer. She is a professor in the Department of Art and Music at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York). She studies art crime, including antiquities looting, the deliberate destruction of art, and art produced by detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military detention camp. She will discuss " 'APPROVED BY US FORCES': Showing and Hiding Art from Guantaìnamo". Discussion will be moderated by Neil K. Aggarwal, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Research Psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute. The Committee on Global Thought (CGT) Lunchtime Seminars are a forum for Columbia University faculty and visiting scholars to present current research characterizing and assessing issues of global importance. No registration is required. Light lunch will be available.