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

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

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal and Getty Conservation Institute
Call for papers: International Symposium on Stone Consolidation in Cultural Heritage, 6 - 7 May 2008
Deadline for presentation of abstracts: 31 January 2008

UNESCO - exhibit, Paris, France
Planet Earth: From Space to Place, 16 October - 3 November, 2007
In the framework of the 2007 General Conference, UNESCO is organizing an exhibit at its Paris Headquarters to inaugurate 2008, the International Year of Planet Earth as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly.

ICHIM07 - International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting
ICHIM07 Papers are now on-line : Digital culture and heritage, 24 - 26 October, 2007, Toronto, Canada

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

Association internationale des sociologue de langue française (AISLF)
Call for papers: 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

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: 15 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

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Spain
Director
Application deadline: 15 November

Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), United States
Project Specialist (Built Heritage)
Application deadline: 10 December

Ars Progetti, China
Heritage Conservation in Urban Upgrading and Social Assessment
Application deadline: 9 November

Assistant Project Manager for International Heritage Projects, Naples and Rome, Italy
Further information: Arch. Jane Thompson j.thompson@tiscali.it
Application deadline: 16 November

Pacific Islands Museum Association and ICOMOS Pasifika
Secretary General (code 10529319)
Further information: pima@vanuatu.com.vu

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

Publications

Herencia, legado, patrimonio, ed. Subsecretaría de Patrimonio Cultural, Argentina
Book review: an analysis of cultural heritage in Argentina from various viewpoints: legal, historical, social, economic, and tourism.

Building Cambodia: New Khmer Architecture 1953-1970 by Helen Grant Ross and Darryl Leon Collins.
Book review by Andrew Symon: A product of careful French colonial design in the early part of the 20th century, and a striking Khmer modernist architectural movement after independence in the 1950s and 1960s, the inland city of Phnom Penh nestles at the junction of the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers

Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century. Opportunities and Challenges
Just published: the publication is a result of the international conference 'Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century. Opportunities and Challenges', organized by the ICC in cooperation with ICOMOS International on May 24-28 2006 to commemorate ICC´s 15th anniversary.

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 and development

Fondazione Musei Senesi Center for Restoration, Chianciano Terme, Italy
Moving Art Works and Artifacts, 12-30 November 2007

Institute of Conservation (ICON)
Accreditation for Conservation Scientists
The Heritage Science Group is seeking expressions of interest from heritage scientists interested in professional accreditation.
Expression of interest form deadline: 7 January 2008
Contact: barry.knight (at) bl.uk

Polling interest for organizing a course for museum professionals on: Shipping of specimens
sammy.degrave (at) oum.ox.ac.uk, Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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

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

Archaia.eu
Training Seminars: Research Planning, Characterisation, Conservation and Management in Archaeological Sites, 28 - 30 January and 15 - 17 May 2008
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

Aluka: African Cultural Heritage Sites
Aluka, a not-for-profit, collaborative and international initiative, release its online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa.

e_conservation magazine is now online!
Free online magazine, published bimonthly for all the professionals involved in the conservation-restoration of cultural heritage.

Heritage Organisations in Europe
Put your heritage organisation on the map of Europe and help build a public access database of non-governmental heritage organisations in Europe.

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