Archives

The archives of the ICR will be closed for two years, from Septembre 2007. Documents on restoration projects will be digitized and posted online.
Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR)

Awards, competitions, and prizes

AVICOM - ICOM International Committee Promoting Audiovisuals and New Images and Sound Technologies
FI@MP.2007
Deadline for application: 30 July 2007

American Academy in Rome, Italy
Rome Prize 2008
Deadline for application: 1 November 2007

Europa Nostra
Europa Nostra Awards 2008
Deadline for application: 15 August 2007, 15 September 2007

CEDTERRA, Centro di Documentazione sulle Case di Terra, Chieti; Associazione Terrae Onlus
2007 Photography Competition on earthern architecture
Deadline for application: 30 July 2007

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

National Center for Conservation, Restoration and Museology (CENCREM), Cuba
VII International Congress on Cultural Heritage: Safeguard and management, Cuba 17 - 21 March, 2008
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: 30 January 2008

European Project 'Culture 2000'
Cesare Brandi (1906 – 1988). His thought and the European debate in the XXth century, London, United Kingdom - 10 July 2007
Further information: ufficiostampa (at) cesarebrandi.org

Costume Colloquium: A tribute to Janet Arnold, Florence, Italy - November 2008
Deadline for returning the intention form:

Call for paper and poster abstracts, Romanian Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, CePCoR (Training Centre for Conservators and Restorers) within ASTRA Museum, Romania
International Conference on 'Directions in Preventive Conservation', Sibiu, Romania  26 - 29 September, 2007
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: 2 July 2007

Grants, scholarships

The Getty, United States
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships: Networks and Boundaries
Application deadline: 1 November
Getty Conservation Grants
Application deadline: see website

Jobs

International Centre for the Study of Herculaneum, Italy
Assistant to the Centre Manager
Application deadline: 13 September

Training

America Institute for Conservation (AIC)
Professional Responsibility for Conservation, 2 - 29 August
Application deadline: see website

Institut du Patrimoine (INP), France
Séminaire formation permanente "Enrichissement des collections: pratiques et enjeux", 13 - 15 November, Paris, France
Application deadline: see website

Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University (Rits-DMUCH), Kyoto, Japan
Second International Training Program on Risk Management of Cultural Heritage in Japan 5 - 17 November, 2007
Application deadline: 30 July

Instituto Latinoamericano de Museos, ILAM.
Talleres ILAM 2007: Desarrollo y Comercialización del Producto Turístico Cultural; Registro y catalogación de colecciones; creación y gestión de un museo.
Application deadline: visit internet site

Websites, e-journals, e-publications

A free-to-use database can assist employees and volunteers in cultural institutions to identify plant materials used in artefacts. Positive identification provides information on historical use, and allows for the targeting of appropriate conservation treatments, which may vary among plant species.
Atlas of plant material from New Zealand and the Pacific

The French Ministry of Culture's website has a new search engine based on a technologie called: 'Intuition'.
Heritage search

International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Royaume-Uni
Conservation, Analysis, and Restoration

Subscribe to news on UNESCO's Culture website
UNESCO e-news

Conservation and restoration website and e-publications, Portugal
Prorestauro

updated on: 24 May, 2010