Awards, competitions, and prizes

September. 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

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

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

9 Octobre. 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

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

September. 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

September. 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

Grants, scholarships, internships

16 November. Smithsonian Institution, United States
Fellowship: Museum Practice Guidelines and Application Information
Application deadline: 15 February 2008

14 November. Chicago University Library, United States
Mary and Samuel Somit internship: Preservation
Application deadline: 15 December 2007
Contact: Sherry Byrne <sbyr (at) uchicago__edu>

14 November. Tate National Gallery, United Kingdom
ICON internship: Conservation Science
Application deadline: 30 November 2007
Contact: Carol E. Brown <hlfbs [at] icon__org__uk>

14 November. Museum of Modern Art New York City, United States
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship: Photography Conservation
Application deadline: 1 March 2008
Contact: Lee Ann Daffner <leeann_daffner (at) moma__org>

14 November. Buffalo State College Art Conservation Department, United States
Tuition remission and book allowances

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

September. 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

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

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

September. The Getty, United States
Getty Conservation Grants
Application deadline: see website

Jobs

16 novembre. International Council of Museums, ICOM, France
Director General
Application deadline: see website

14 November. National Library, New Zealand
National Digital Heritage Archive Manager,
NDHA Preservation Policy Analyst,
NDHA Digital Preservation Analyst
Application deadline: 3 December 2007

14 November. Langelands Museum, Denmark
Paper conservator
Application deadline: see website
Contact: Ida Hovmand <nj (at) langelandkommune__dk>

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

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

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

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

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

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

Publications

27 Octobre. 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.

27 Octobre. Building Cambodia: New Khmer Architecture 1953-1970 by Helen Grant Ross and Darryl Leon Collins.
Book review by Andrew Symon: A product of 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

17 Octobre. 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.

Training and development

14 November. International Academic Projects, United Kingdom
Distance learning course on chemistry for conservators, March - June 2008
Application deadline: see website

17 October. 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

September. 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

September. 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

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

Websites, e-journals, e-publications

16 November. Inventory of heritage organisations in Europe
A public access database of non-governmental heritage organisations in Europe.

12 November. e-petition: Textiles Conservation Centre
The Masters Textile Conservation Programme of the TCC is considered the leading course internationally. The University of Southampton proposes to close TCC commencing summer 2008 with full closure by September 2009. This petition is to hopefully prevent the closure of such an important academic institution which has a distinguished history and international reputation.

12 November. Web Journal on Cultural Heritage
The third edition of this free online journal is now available.

12 November. Fédération française des conservateurs restaurateurs, FFCR
The website of the French Federation of Conservator-restorers.

26 October. 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.

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

15 October. 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.

updated on: 24 May, 2010