![“The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures”](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/TCOP_BookCover_0.jpg.webp?itok=wqDAK3l_)
RAFFMA, in collaboration with the Department of History, will present a lecture by Justin M. Jacobs, associate professor of history at American University, entitled “The Compensations of Plunder: How China Lost Its Treasures” on Monday, Nov. 9, at noon.
![CSUSB Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/FacultyintheNews_slideshow_8.jpg.webp?itok=BcrYdbWq)
RAFFMA's Festival de Calaveras was featured on Spectrum News 1, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the 'red flags' in the comments made by a California 50th District Congressional Candidate about the group Defend East County.
![The completed calaveras for RAFFMA’s Festival de Calaveras are now on virtual display on the museum’s website through Oct. 15.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/HHM_RAFFMA_Festival%20De%20Calaveras_banner__0.jpg.webp?itok=c9qJ3xuz)
Visit RAFFMA’s website and @RAFFMAcsusb social media pages to view the virtual Festival de Calaveras exhibition. All calaveras will be auctioned Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 to raise money for student scholarships.
![Dr. W. Benson Harer](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/WASSON_HARERS_CSUSB_Books_.jpg.webp?itok=UNBqxbgr)
Dr. W. Benson Harer, longtime friend and supporter of CSUSB and the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, has been named the recipient of the book club’s 2020 Emory Award.
![RAFFMA presents Festival de Calaveras](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/HHM_RAFFMA_Festival%20De%20Calaveras_banner_.jpg.webp?itok=xZlEtJ4R)
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, RAFFMA presents Festival de Calaveras, where participants decorate a calavera in September and show off their designs virtually in October. Contactless calavera pickup will take place at RAFFMA in Lot M on Sept. 15 and 16. Participants will have approximately two weeks to decorate and return the completed calavera to RAFFMA on Sept. 28 and 29.
![Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_FacultyInTheNews_June2020_26.jpg.webp?itok=1BmE749f)
Kate Liszka and David Yaghoubian (history), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Anthony Silard (public administration) were included in recent news coverage.
![Kate Liszka, CSUSB associate professor of history and the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology, will present the talk.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_RAFFMA_Liszka_TombRaidersProgram_30July2020.jpg.webp?itok=Kff8bbdt)
In a lecture with CSUSB history associate professor Kate Liszka, learn how various tombs were broken into in antiquity, how the Egyptians designed their tombs in an attempt to ward off tomb robbers, and how the tomb robbers were tried and punished for their crimes.
![The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art presents the virtual Kids Discover Egypt workshop July 20-24, 10 a.m. to noon.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_RAFFMA_DiscoverEgypt_01July2020.jpg.webp?itok=Kj4xbYoS)
The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art presents the virtual Kids Discover Egypt workshop July 20-24, which will feature children’s activities and ancient Egyptian lessons.
![RAFFMA celebrates International Museum Week](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_RAFFMACommunityExhibit_11May2020_2.jpg.webp?itok=n4KtCh71)
The objective of International Museum Week, May 18-22, according to the International Council of Museums, is to raise awareness on the fact that “museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.”