15 September. The eleventh International Course on Conservation of Japanese Paper started in Japan on 8 September. This three-week course is taking place in Tokyo, Mino and Kyoto and is organized by the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo in collaboration with ICCROM.

The course is for professionals in charge of Japanese paper collections outside of Japan. It provides an insight into Japanese traditional paper-mounting techniques and materials, and the main guiding principles for the conservation of such collections in Japan.

Participants

• Mony Chhoun, National Library of Cambodia, Phnom, Cambodia
• Maria Soledad Correa Salas, Centro Nacional de Conservacion y Restauración, Santiago, Chile
• Caroline De Stefani, The British Library, London, United Kingdom,
• Maria Luisa Giorgi, Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale, Rome, Italy
• Jan Hybner, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
• Marie-France Lemay, Yale University Rare Book Library, New Haven, United States
• Ingrid Segebarth, Ecole des Arts Visuels, Brussels, Belgium
• Shan Wang, Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, Beijing, China
• Johanna Magdalena Weidringer, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuttel, Germany
• Naiyana Yamsaka, National Archives of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

Member States represented: Belgium, Cambodia, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

updated on: 22 September, 2008