Eliane Karp-Toledo, former first lady of Peru and currently a visiting lecturer at Stanford University, contributes an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times. In it she questions Yale University's commitment to the 'memorandum of understanding' signed by the government of Peru and the university to repatriate archaeological objects from Machu Picchu collected by Hiram Bingham III (Yale '98) and housed at Yale. Her objection hinges on Yale's request to retain some artifacts for 99 years for research purposes.
Karp-Toledo's objection to the memorandum has been previously noted, in Yale Daily News, as early as last September.
- You can read a nice running commentary on the negotiations here.
- Read our previous post (Aug. 2007) on the agreement.
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