Research Interests
Cultural heritage preservation, museum anthropology, illicit antiquities trade, repatriation, provenance research, tourism, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, postcolonialism, international development.
Research Background
My research explores the concept of cultural heritage by looking at its loss through the illicit antiquities trade and temple looting in Cambodia. I specifically explore provenance research and repatriation as methods of understanding the dimensions of value embodied by artifacts of contested ownership.
Education
MSc, Oxford University, 2020; BS, Ohio State University, 2016
Publications
Scolaro, Emily K. “New Approaches to Protecting Religious Freedom: Cultural Heritage
Protection as a Framework for IRF Advocacy.” LSE Religion and Global Society, December 18, 2018. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionglobalsociety/2023/12/new-approaches-to-protecting-religious-freedom-cultural-heritage-protection-as-a-framework-for-irf-advocacy/.
Scolaro, Emily K. “China is Widening its Crackdown on Tibetan Culture.” Global Dispatches,
September 29, 2023. https://undispatch.com/china-is-widening-its-crackdown-on-tibetan-culture/.
Thames, Knox, and Emily K. Scolaro. “Freedom of Religion or Belief and Cultural Heritage
Protection: Synergistic not Competitive.” Review of Faith and International Affairs 20, no. 2 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2022.2065811.
Thames, Knox, Mandaville, Peter, and Emily K. Scolaro. Special Report: Maintaining
International Religious Freedom as a Central Tenet of U.S. National Security. U.S. Institute of Peace, 2022. https://www.usip.org/publications/2022/10/maintaining-international-religious-freedom-central-tenet-us-national-security.
Thames, Knox, Mandaville, Peter, and Emily K. Scolaro. Finding Common Ground on U.S.
International Religious Freedom Policy. United States Institute of Peace, May 20,
2021. https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/05/finding-common-ground-us-international-religious-freedom-policy.