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

Awards, competitions, and prizes

Unión Latina and UNESCO
Conoce y evalúa tu patrimonio inmaterial
Los interesados deberán redactar un ensayo que trate sobre un tema de una lista indicativa del Patrimonio Inmaterial del Perú (música, danza, artes, espectáculos, tradiciones y prácticas sociales, rituales, fiestas, gastronomía).
Deadline for application: 9 November 2007

Convenio Andrés Bello (CAB)
VII prize CAB 'Somos Patrimonio'
Deadline for application: 15 February 2008

Din l-Art Helwa, Malta
2007 Award for Cultural Heritage Journalism
Deadline for application: 15 September 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 September 2007

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

UNESCO World Heritage
Second session of the conference-workshop Journalism and World Heritage, 10 - 17 November, 2007, Luxemburg

Israel National Society for NDT (ISRANDT), Italian Society for NDT Monitoring Diagnostics (AIPnD), Istituto Centrale del Restauro (ICR), Italy
Call for papers: Art2008 - Non-destructive investigations and microanalysis for the diagnostics and conservation of cultural and environmental heritage, 25 - 30 May 2008, Jerusalem, Israel
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: 30 September 2007

Consejo Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural, Cuba
Foro digital sobre diversidad del patrimonio cultural, September 2007

Association internationale des sociologue de langue française (AISLF)
Appel à communication : Mémoire et patrimoine à l'ère de la globalisation, 7 - 11 juillet 2008, Istanbul, Turquie
Dans le cadre du XVIIIe congrès international de l'AISLF, « Être en société. Le lien social à l'épreuve des cultures », le GT 14 « Institutions du patrimoine » propose de s'interroger sur les mutations des pratiques patrimoniales et mémorielles à l'ère de la globalisation et dans la mesure où ce phénomène marque l'affaiblissement de la référence territoriale.
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: 30 January 2008

British Museum, United Kingdom
Call for papers: Holding it all together; ancient and modern approaches to joining, repair and consolidation, 21 - 22 February 2008, London, United Kingdom.
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: 14 September

Northern Seafaring Fellowship (NSF)
Conference on maritime museums, 22 September - 2 October 2007, Solovki, Russia.
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: see website

Centro Cultural Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) and the Comité Argentino de Patrimonio Industrial (COAPI)
V International Congress on Industrial Heritage, 18 - 20 September, Puerto Madero, Argentina.
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: see website

Nautical Archaeology Society, United Kingdom
Call for papers: Third International Congress on Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA3), London, United Kingdom, 10 - 12 July 2008
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: 30 September 2007

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

Costume Colloquium: A tribute to Janet Arnold, Florence, Italy - November 2008
Deadline for returning the intention form: 1 November

Grants, scholarships, internships

Foundation of the American Institute of Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (FAIC)
FAIC Latin American Scholarships 2008
Becas de FAIC para Conservadores de Latinoamérica y el Caribe para asistir a la Conferencia Anual del AIC, Denver, Colorado, 21 - 24 de abril 2008.
APOYO organizará una reunión durante la conferencia con el objetivo de anunciar algunos cambios y proyectos futuros para mejorar aún más nuestra red de comunicaciones en los países de habla hispana y portuguesa.
Application deadline: 1 October

The Wenner-Gren Foundation, United States
Wenner-Gren 2008 Wadsworth African Fellowship
Application deadline: 1 December

Department of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Leverhulme Post-doctoral Visiting Fellowship to museum and heritage researchers:
University of Leicester
Application deadline: see website

Institute for Conservation (ICON), United Kingdom
Setting up an Icon Internship
Application deadline: see website

UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi (Japan)
2008 Cycle: Co-Sponsored Research Fellowships Programme
Application deadline: 11 January 2008

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

Jobs

EUROMED Heritage - Regional Monitoring and Support Unit
Senior Legal Expert
Application deadline: 28 September

International Coalition of Historic Site Museums of Conscience
Director of Programs in the Americas
Application deadline: open until position filled

Sharjah Museums Council
Project Manager - Al Khan Project (Conservation and storage facility)
Application deadline: see website

British Museum, United Kingdom
Conservation Scientist
Application deadline: 19 September

National Maritime Museum, United Kingdom
Head, Conservation Restoration
Application deadline: 1 November

The Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome, Italy
Director
Application deadline: 30 September

Entec UK Ltd, United Kingdom
Consultants: Cultural Heritage
Application deadline: 14 September

King's College London, United Kingdom
Museums and Heritage: training consultant/researcher
Application deadline: see website

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

Publications

Visual Resources, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, 2007
Just published: the new issue of 'Visual Resources', an international journal of documentation.

Publication de la première collection numérisée de mosaïques
Améliorer la ségnalétique et la signalisation des sites du patrimoine national sont des recommendations relevées au cours d’un récent sondage qui a touché des milliers de touristes en Tunisie. En fait, la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a récemment octroyé à la Tunisie une subvention dont le but épouse exactement cet objectif.

Mitigating Disaster: A Strategic Guide to Risk Management in Heritage Collections
Book on heritage material preservation in times of natural disaster launched by the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean at the Conference of the Association of University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL).

Building National Information Policies: Experiences in Latin America
"Building National Information Policies: Experiences in Latin America" is the title of a new book launched by the UNESCO Office in Kingston at the Association of University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) conference held on 5-11 June in Puerto Rico.

Training

Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Gran Colombia, Sede Armenia, Colombia
Seminario Permanente en Gestión del Turismo Cultural y Apropiación del Patrimonio: patrimonio material e inmaterial, Colombia, 27and 28 October; 4 and 11 October 2007

OCIM-Université de Bourgogne
Storage projects: towards technical solutions for climatic stability and preventive conservation, Le Havre, Elbeuf, Rouen, Paris, 16 - 18 October 2007

Museo Etnográfico "Juan B. Ambrosetti", Argentina
Curso sobre archivos musicales, 18 and 25 September; 2, 9, 16 and 23 October 2007
Application by e-mail: 11 - 17 September mbaformacion@buenosaires.gov.ar

Museo de Artes Visuales y del Espacio en Táchira, Venezuela
Marco legal del patrimonio cultural, 21 September
Application deadline: see website

University of Catania, Italy
Economics and Administration of Cultural Heritage
Application deadline: 8 October

Observatory of cultural politics in Africa (OCPA)
Directory of African Cultural Administration Training Centres

Archaia.eu
Training Seminars: Research Planning, Characterisation, Conservation and Management in Archaeological Sites
Application deadline: see website

Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria, Canada
Courses and workshops: autumn 2007 and 2008
Application deadline: see website

Websites, e-journals, e-publications

Association des Journalistes du Patrimoine
The Association des Journalistes du patrimoine is a European association of professionals concerned with heritage in Europe.

Archimedes Newsletter
The ARCHIMEDES project's mission is to develop actions to regenerate cities and help innovative Mediterranean economic development enhancing sustainability.

African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes
The African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes content area links high-quality visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites.The digital library includes photographs, 3D models, GIS data, site plans, aerial and satellite photography, images of rock art, excavation reports, manuscripts, traveller's accounts, historical and antiquarian maps, books, articles, and other scholarly research.

International Centre Cities on Water
A non-profit Association set up in Venice in 1989, with the aim of developing activities connected to the water-city relationship.

World Monuments Watch
Every two years, WMF announces the World Monuments Watch list of 100 Most Endangered Sites to call international attention to cultural heritage sites around the world threatened by neglect, vandalism, armed conflict, or natural disaster.

INCCA Bibliography on the Conservation of Modern and Contemporary Art - now available on the Getty Conservation Institute's (GCI) project bibliographies website.
INCCA (International Network for the Conservation of Contemporary Art) was established in 1999 to provide an international platform for knowledge and information exchange among professionals involved in the conservation of modern and contemporary art. The network has now grown to over 130 members (including independents) from 84 organizations in 24 countries and is coordinated by the ICN's Conservation Research Department. In 2006 an INCCA North American group was established.

The Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP), United States
RAP is a national network of nonprofit organizations with expertise in the field of conservation and preservation. Through coordinated outreach activities, educational programs, and publications, RAP organizations foster awareness about preserving our cultural heritage. RAP members present training programs, provide conservation and preservation services, create publications to assist institutions in caring for their collections, and provide free technical advice to collecting institutions across the country.

SIRCHAL: Revitalización de centros históricos de cuidades de América Latina y el Caribe
La lista de difusión amphi-sirchal@archi.fr es un servicio que propone el Programma SIRCHAL. Forma parte del proceso de reflexión y debate iniciado por el programa SIRCHAL desde mayo de 1998. Este espacio interactivo de información está reservado a los miembros de la comunidad SIRCHAL, con el objetivo de crear una cooperación durable. Los miembros podràn compartir un intercambio regular de sus experiencias y de su savoir-faire. Incluirà asimismo documentos y fichas técnicas sobre el desarrollo urbano y los procesos de revitalización de los centros históricos de América Latina y del Caribe.

updated on: 24 May, 2010