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New book, publication on 14 January 2026. Coming soon…

Arte secuestrado (Abducted Art) (Península/Planeta), co-authored with Katia Fach Gómez (in Spanish)

À qui appartiennent les marbres du Parthénon, Geneva, 9 December 2025

Who owns the Parthenon marbles? (speech, in French)

Conference: Restitutions du patrimoine culturel : Tendances, défis, perspectives, 14 November 2025

Part of the CERSA’s research theme “Droit et politiques de la culture et des investissements”, University Paris-Panthéon-Assas (in French)

New article, The Conversation, 21 October 2025

Restitutions du patrimoine culturel illicite : un nouveau projet de loi française pourrait changer la donne, here (original) or here (republication)

Roundtable: The Role of Cultural Diplomacy in the Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, 18 September 2025

Part of the Extended Programme of UNESCO’s “Towards Mondiacult 2025”

Roundtable: La renovación de los discursos museográficos en España, 16 September 2025

Part of the Extended Programme of UNESCO’s “Towards Mondiacult 2025” (in Spanish)

New article, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 19 June 2025

Museums and the Spoils of Empire: From the Benin Bronzes to Those Marbles Again

New book! Published on 29 May 2025

Ethics and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (Brill), edited with Chiara Giorgetti

TO VIMA, Catharine quoted in discussion about the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles, 14 May 2025

Γλυπτά του Παρθενώνα: Αντιδράσεις για το «δανεισμό» – Η μόνιμη επιστροφή δε βρίσκεται στα σκαριά (in Greek)

Asociación Aragoneza de Críticos de Arte, book review, March 2025

Los mármoles del Partenón y el Derecho Internacional: Reseña del libro de Catharine Titi, publicado por la editorial Springer, by Katia Fach Gómez (in Spanish)

La Gazette Drouot, interview, 21 February 2025

Catharine Titi et Jonathan Sumption : pour ou contre la restitution des marbres du Parthénon ? Deux visions s’affrontent… (in French)

EFE Agencia de noticias, Catharine quoted in discussion about the repatriation of cultural heritage, 15 February 2025

¿Restituir obras de arte robadas sí o no? Los museos europeos se enfrentan a su historia (in Spanish)

7.000 caracteres, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles negotiations, 18 January 2025

Los mármoles de la Acrópolis, con Marta Cañete (in Spanish)

ABC, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles negotiations, 14 January 2025

Grecia y Reino Unido podrían estar cerca del acuerdo para la restitución de los mármoles del Partenón (in Spanish)

ABC, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Mentor shipwreck, 6 January 2025

El Mentor, la herida abierta del expolio del Partenón (in Spanish)

La Croix, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles negotiations, 28 December 2024

Royaume-Uni : marbres du Parthénon, l’improbable restitution par le British Museum (in French)

Tribune de Genève, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles negotiations, 27 December 2024

La restitution définitive des marbres du Parthénon à la Grèce s’éloigne (in French)

Le Temps, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles negotiations, 21 December 2024

Les marbres du Parthénon, sujet de discorde sans fin entre la Grèce et le Royaume-Uni (in French)

Pharos Conversations, video release, 10 December 2024

Release of a video extract from the event The Elgin Marbles: A Debate, which took place in May 2024

TO VIMA, Interview, 8 December 2024

Οριστική επιστροφή χωρίς άλλες θυσίες, in «3.207 χιλιόμετρα μακριά αλλά και τόσο κοντά». Published online on 11 December 2024, Θα επιστρέψουν τα Γλυπτά και πώς; here (in Greek)

NAFTEMPORIKI, 1 November 2024

Parthenon Project: οι «παγίδες» των ανταλλαγμάτων (in Greek)

ABC, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 28 October 2024

Grecia abandona sus líneas rojas sobre los mármoles del Partenón (in Spanish)

New open access article: Michigan Journal of International Law, 30 September 2024

Investment Treaty Arbitration Caught in The Public-Private Law Divide, by Catharine Titi, (2024) 45(3) Michigan Journal of International Law 441

New book! Published on 25 September 2024

The Award in International Investment Arbitration (Oxford University Press), edited with Katia Fach Gómez

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, book review, 2 July 2024

Book review: Demokratia: Will the Greek Ideal Work in Greece’s Favour to Return the Parthenon Marbles under International Law?, by Lauren Bursey

TA NEA, 28 June 2024

Mία βιαστική συμφωνία για τα Γλυπτά είναι επικίνδυνη (in Greek). On the website of TA NEA, here.

Cambridge International Law Journal, book review, vol 13(1), p. 173–178, 19 June 2024

Book review: Catharine Titi, The Parthenon Marbles and International Law (Springer, Cham 2023), by Panagiotis A Kyriakou

CIAR Global, interview, 13 June 2024

Catharine Titi: “El Grupo de Trabajo III de UNCITRAL Ya Influye en la Negociación de los TBIs” (in Spanish)

TO VIMA, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 12 June 2024

Γλυπτά του Παρθενώνα: «Στηρίξτε με κάθε μέσο την Ελλάδα» (in Greek)

National Geographic (France), Catharine quoted in discussion about the Mona Lisa, 7 June 2024

À qui appartient la Joconde ? (in French)

SKAI TV (Greece), News (Μεσημβρινό δελτίο), 6 June 2024

Short intervention on the Parthenon Marbles and the question of permission (starting at 1’25). Article here (in Greek)

ABC, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 5 June 2024

Turquía niega que Elgin contara con permiso del sultán para arrancar los mármoles del Partenón (in Spanish)

Kathimerini, discussion of ‘Stolen Identities’, 1 June 2024

Παράνομη διακίνηση αρχαιοτήτων, ιδιωτικές συλλογές και ταυτότητες (in Greek)

Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες (Archaeology & the Arts), discussion of ‘Stolen Identities’, 30 May 2024

Κλεμμένες Ταυτότητες: Πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, συλλογές τέχνης και λεηλασία (in Greek)

Radio del Colegio de Profesores de Comercio Exterior, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, interview, 29 May 2024

Foro académico sobre la solución de controversias inversionistas-Estado (in Spanish)

Argo, book review, vol 19 (spring-summer 2024)

Marbles Revisited: Paul Cartledge reviews a superlative examination of the legal case surrounding the status of the Parthenon Marbles 

Ελεύθερος Τύπος, discussion of ‘The Elgin Marbles: A Debate’, 28 May 2024

Ντιμπέιτ στην Οξφόρδη για τα Γλυπτά του Παρθενώνα (in Greek)

Radio France internationale and France 24, Escala en París, 10 April 2024

Por qué Reino Unido debe devolver los mármoles del Partenón a Atenas (in Spanish). Access full page here (RFI) or here (France 24)

Kathimerimi, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 3 April 2024

Sculptures must be ‘reunited with their brothers and sisters’ (interview with Paul Cartledge)

TA NEA, discussion of a Roundtable on The Parthenon Marbles, 11 March 2024

«Η πίεση προς την Αγγλία θα είναι αφόρητη τα επόμενα χρόνια» (in Greek)

CERSA, interview, 5 March 2024

Catharine Titi : Les marbres du Parthénon et le droit international (in French)

Real FM, interview, 2 March 2024

Η εκπομπή του Τ. Κουίκ : Η Κατερίνα Τιτή στον Τέρενς Κουίκ (Terence Quick) (in Greek)

Real FM, interview, 23 February 2024

Η Κ. Τιτή και ο Δ. Μπακόλας στην εκπομπή των Κ. Μακρή-Μ. Νιφλή (in Greek)

ABC, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 19 February 2024

Indignación en Grecia por la celebración de un desfile en las salas que exponen los mármoles del Partenón en el Museo Británico (in Spanish)

Classics for All, praise for The Parthenon Marbles and International Law, 12 February 2024

“Her magisterial work is truly groundbreaking”. By Paul Cartledge

New FDI Perspective, 8 January 2024

Why public policy exceptions have not delivered and how to make them more effective, by Catharine Titi, FDI Perspectives No. 374, 8 January 2023

22 Periódico, discussion of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law, 27 December 2023

Sobre los frisos del Partenón Londres y Atenas se pelean (una vez más) (in Spanish)

ABC, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 29 December 2023

El 2024, año decisivo para la reunificación de los mármoles del Partenón en Atenas (in Spanish)

New article, European Business Law Review, 27 December 2023

Facilitating Access to Investor-State Dispute Settlement for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Tracing the Path Forward, by Katia Fach Gómez and Catharine Titi, EBLR vol 34 issue 7 (2023)

De jure Journal, Interview, 18 December 2023

Cultural Heritage and International Law: An interview with Catharine Titi, De jure Journal vol 16 issue 2 (2023)

Libération, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 6 December 2023

Frises grecques du Parthénon disputées entre Londres et Athènes : rien n’est gravé dans le marbre (in French)

TO VIMA, Interview, 3 December 2023

Κατερίνα Τιτή στο ΒΗΜΑ: «Τα Γλυπτά νομικά, ηθικά, αισθητικά, ανήκουν στην Ελλάδα» (in Greek)

Radio France internationale, Accents d’Europe, 30 November 2023

Climat : la Suède en pointe sur le captage du carbone (Short interview about the Parthenon Marbles, starting at 16’10 of podcast, in French)

Radio Ellinadiko Nürnberg, Interview, 29 November 2023

Νομικά η Ελλάδα δεν κινδυνεύει να χάσει τα δικαιώματα της όσο ζητάει τα γλυπτά (in Greek)

ABC, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 27 November 2023

Sunak planta a última hora al primer ministro griego por sus declaraciones sobre la vuelta de las esculturas del Partenón (in Spanish)

ABC, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 27 November 2023

Londres y Atenas podrían estar cerca de un acuerdo para la reunificación de las esculturas del Partenón (in Spanish)

ABC, Catharine quoted in discussion about the Parthenon Marbles, 27 November 2023

El torso de Poseidón y el sinsentido del Partenón repartido (in Spanish)

ABC, Interview and discussion of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law, 21 November 2023

El Museo Británico abre una nueva vía de negociación para la devolución de los frisos del Partenón (in Spanish)

News Tank Culture, Interview, 24 October 2023

Restitutions : « Le droit suit les évolutions de la société » (Catharine Titi, CNRS) (in French)

Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Discussion of University of Heidelberg event, 17 October 2023

Diskussion zur Rückführung griechischer Parthenon-Skulpturen (in German)

ΣΚΑΪ Κρήτης 92.1 (Sky Radio Crete), Interview, 10 October 2023

Κατερίνα Τιτή: «Ο Παρθενώνας είναι σαν παζλ που του λείπουν κομμάτια» (in Greek)

The President, Book review, 3 October 2023

Δύο νέα βιβλία για τα Παρθενώνεια Γλυπτά κυκλοφορούν στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία (in Greek)

The Art Newspaper, Book review, 29 September 2023

Contested prospect: two new books see the Parthenon through the eyes of a legal expert and a lifelong scholar of Greek history, Book review by Eleni Vassilika

The Conversation, 10 September 2023

El robo de 2 000 objetos no es el primer escándalo que afecta al Museo Británico

Radio France internationale, Mundo ciencia podcast, 8 September 2023

Los mármoles del Partenón: ¿cómo fueron realmente adquiridos por Lord Elgin? (Interview in Spanish)

The Conversation, 6 September 2023

Avec 2 000 objets disparus, le British Museum affronte une crise historique, mais ce n’est pas la première

The Conversation, 6 September 2023

With 2,000 missing objects, the British Museum faces a historic crisis of custodianship – but this case is far from unique

Blog post, OUP Blog, 14 August 2023

International Law in Quest for Justice

“To assume that international law can be applied at the expense of justice is a contradiction in terms.”

We Wealth, 3 August 2023, discussion of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law

La restituzione dei Marmi del Partenone: solo questione di tempo? (in Italian)

Book review, 2 August 2023

Book review by criminal defence lawyer Michael G. Karnavas

Le Parisien, Interview and discussion of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law, 28 July 2023

Un statu quo sans fin autour des frises du Parthénon : « La Grande-Bretagne n’a aucun droit sur ces marbres » (in French)

Updated entry, Oxford Bibliographies, 25 July 2023

Applicable Law in Investment Agreements, publication of updated contribution to Oxford Bibliographies

Now online, Il Giornale dell’Arte, 21 July 2023, discussion of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law

Parthenon Marbles: In a few years, London won’t have a choice (in Italian)

New book chapter on the Multilateral Investment Court, 12 July 2023

La création d’une Cour multilatérale pour les investissements (in French)

Il Giornale dell’Arte, No 441, July-August 2023, discussion of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law

Marmi del Partenone: Tra qualche anno Londra non avrà più scelta (in Italian)

New article, British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, 26 June 2023

When Antiquities Keep Rolling in, You Don’t Ask How

Syntopic, 12 June 2023, translation of an article

Catharine Titi: Îmi pare rău, British Museum, împrumutatul marmurei Parthenonului nu este repatriere (in Romanian)

Neos Kosmos, 12 June 2023, quote of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law

Elgin, Byron, and those marbles revisited, by Paul Cartledge.

New publication: TDM Special Issue, published on 8 June 2023

National Courts as a Forum for the Resolution of Disputes under Article 26 Energy Charter Treaty, edited by John Gaffney, Richard Happ, Lucia Raimanova, Anna-Maria Tamminen, and Catharine Titi 

Le Figaro, 7 June 2023, discussion of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law

Parthénon: la pression s’accentue sur Londres pour la restitution des frises.

New open access article, The World Economy, 26 May 2023

International Investment Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment: A Survey, by Peter Egger, Alain Pirotte, and Catharine Titi

New book! Published on 25 May 2023

The Parthenon Marbles and International Law (Springer 2023)

Journal des arts, 25 May 2023, discussion of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law

Marbres du Parthénon : une chercheuse du CNRS fonde en droit la demande grecque

British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, 25 May 2023

New book shows that no legal argument supports the refusal to repatriate the Parthenon Marbles

Greece Is, 22 May 2023, discussion of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law

According to a new book by international lawyer Catharine Titi, there is no legal argument to support the British Museum’s refusal to return the marbles to Greece.

Konrad Partners, Vienna Arbitration Talks 3′, 26 April 2023

Interview given to Peter Rižnik of Konrad Partners in November 2021 during the UNCITRAL WG III negotiations

The Greek Reporter, 31 March 2023

‘To Divide is to Destroy’: The Parthenon Marbles and the Integrity of Monuments

The Conversation, 21 March 2023

« Diviser c’est détruire » : les marbres du Parthénon et l’intégrité des monuments

Kathimerini, Interview, 19 March 2023

Η διεθνολόγος Κατερίνα Τιτή στην «Κ»: Το διεθνές δίκαιο αλλάζει υπέρ των Γλυπτών (in Greek)

Kathimerini, mention of The Parthenon Marbles and International Law, 16 February 2023

Γλυπτά του Παρθενώνα: «Ο δανεισμός δεν συνιστά επαναπατρισμό»

The Conversation, 15 February 2023

Sorry, British Museum, a loan of the Parthenon Marbles is not a repatriation

The Times, 11 January 2023

Letter to The Times on Ownership of the Marbles

Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA), What I am Working On, 9 January 2023

5-min video discussing latest research, part of ITA’s What I am Working On series featuring the work of ITA’s Academic Council members