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Awards, prizes
15 February.UNESCO and Memory of the World Programme
Call for nominations: UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize
The Prize was created to commemorate the inscription of the Buljo jikji simche yojeol - the oldest known book of moveable metal print in the world - on the Memory of the World Register, and to contribute to the preservation and accessibility of documentary heritage as a common heritage of humanity.
Application deadline: 31 March 2009
15 January. Torsanlorenzo Gruppo Florovivaistico Soc. Coop., Italy
2009 International Torsanlorenzo Prize
This annual prize, supported by the International Union of Architects (UIA), was created to highlight landscape projects to and promote the quality of urban green spaces and forests.
Application deadline: 6 March 2009
15 January. Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC), Canada
2009 Jean-Paul L'Allier Prize
An OWHC prize is awarded every second year to a city member of OWHC and that has distinguished itself by its achievements in the conservation, enhancement or management of property inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Application deadline: 30 April 2009
13 January. UNESCO
2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards
In its tenth year, the Heritage Awards Programme recognizes the achievement of individuals and organizations within the private sector, and public-private initiatives, in successfully restoring structures of heritage value in the Asia-Pacific region.
Application deadline: 31 March 2009
22 December. Society of American Archivists (SAA), United States
SAA Preservation Publication Award
Established in 1993, this award recognizes and acknowledges the author(s) or editor(s) of an outstanding published work (audio-visual, electronic, or print; article, report, chapter, monograph) related to archives preservation and, through this acknowledgment, encourages outstanding achievement by others.
Application deadline: 28 February 2009
15 December. World Monuments Watch
2010 Nominations
Launched in 1996 and issued every two years, the World Monuments Watch calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is threatened by neglect, vandalism, conflict, or disaster.
Application deadline: 15 March 2009
Conservation institution
26 February. Textile Conservation Centre (TCC), United Kingdom
Closure of the Textiles Conservation Centre
The University of Southampton has decided to close the TCC on 31st October 2009.
3 February. Ministry of Culture, Serbia
New: Conservation Institute
The Ministry of Culture stated that the government agreed to set up a Conservation Institute.
Events
Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month
20 February. European Landscape Convention (ELC), Czech Republic
Call for abstracts: ELC Conference, 27 - 30 May 2009, Nove Hrady, South Bohemia
Submission deadline: see website
20 February. SAHC2010 Conference, China
Call for abstracts: SAHC-2010, 7th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions 'Strengthening and Retrofitting' (pdf), 6 - 8 October 2010, Shanghai
Submission deadline: 30 September 2009
20 February. College of Civil Engineering,
Fuzhou University, China
Call for abstracts: Arch10 - 6th International Conference on Arch Bridges, 11 - 13 October 2010, Fuzhou, Fujian
Submission deadline: 31 July 2009
20 February. Le Centre Régional de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Traditions Orales et pour le Développement des Langues Africaines (CERDOTOLA), Cameroon
Call for abstracts: Africa, African Culture and globalization in the 21st century, 7 - 9 April 2009, Yaounde
Submission deadline: 10 March 2009
20 February. Laboratorio de Entrenamiento Multidisciplinario para la Investigación Tecnológica, Argentina
Call for abstracts: Primer Congreso Iberoamericano y VIII Jornada "Técnicas
de Restauración y Conservación del Patrimonio 2009" , 10 - 11 September 2009, Buenos Aires
Submission deadline: 1 June 2009
19 February. Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Conference: 10th Cambridge Heritage Seminar (CHS10) - The Future of Historic Cities: Challenges,
Contradictions and Continuities, 18 - 19 April 2009, Cambridge
Application deadline: 13 March 2009
13 February. Polish Society of Oriental Art and the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology
Conference: The Art of Islamic World and Relationship between Art of Islamic Countries and Poland (pdf), 5 - 7 October 2009, Cracow
Application deadline: 1 March 2009
13 February. The Getty, United States
Symposium: Injection Grouts for the Conservation of Architectural Surfaces, 18 - 19 May 2009, Los Angeles
Application deadline: 31 March 2009
13 February. The Getty, United States
Symposium: Facing the Challenges of Panel Paintings Conservation: Trends, Treatments and Training, 17 - 18 May 2009, Los Angeles
Application deadline: 1 May 2009
13 February. Nordic Association of Conservators, Denmark
2009 conference: Incredible Industry - Preserving the evidence of industrial society, 22 - 27 May 2009, Copenhagen
Early bird registration: 1 March 2009
Application deadline: 1 May 2009
4 February. British Museum, United Kingdom
Conference: Going Green: towards sustainability in conservation, 24 April 2009, London
Early bird registration: 1 March 2009
4 February. Technical Museum in Brno - Methodical Centre of Conservation, Czech Republic
Call for abstracts:
Conference of Conservator-Restorers', 2009 , first half of September 2009, Hradec Králové
Application deadline: end of February 2009
4 February. Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Lisbon, Portugal
Call for abstracts: Conservation of Glazed Ceramic Tiles, 15 - 16 April 2009, Lisbon
Submission deadline: 15 March 2009
29 January. 5th International Conference of Monaco and the Mediterranean
Fair and sustainable management of fresh water in the Mediterranean, 26 - 28 March 2009, Monaco
Submission deadline: see website
27 January. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Conference: In and Out Air Strategies. From Climate Change to Microclimate. Library, Archives and Museum Preservation Issues,
5 – 6 March 2009, Paris, France
Application deadline: 28 February 2009
15 January. Wessex Institute of Technology, United Kingdom
Conference: ISUF 2009 - Sixteenth International Seminar on Urban Form,
4 - 7 September 2009, Guangzhou, China
Abstracts presentation deadline: as soon as possible
15 January. Wessex Institute of Technology, United Kingdom
Conference: STREMAH 2009 - 11th International Conference on Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture,
22 - 24 July 2009, Tallinn, Estonia
Abstracts presentation deadline: as soon as possible
13 January. Universitá di Bologna, Italy
International Congress: Chemistry for Cultural Heritage (ChemCH), 11 – 3 July 2010, Ravena, Italy
First announcement
7 January. Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC), Belgium
First Announcement: Inauguration UNESCO Chair on Preventive Conservation, Maintenance and Monitoring of Monuments and Sites, 24 - 25 March 2009, Leuven, Belgium
Registration deadline: see website
29 December. Mediterra 2009
First Mediterranean Conference on Earthen Architecture, 13 - 16 March 2009, Cagliari, Italy
Registration deadline: see website
19 December. Museum Computer Network (MNC), United States
Annual conference: MNC 2009, 11 - 14 November 2009
Application deadline: see website
18 December. Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials, Australia
Call for papers: AICCM National Conference 2009: Conserving Public and Private Collections (pdf), 21 - 25 September 2009
Abstracts presentation deadline: 31 May 2009
17 December. Royal Academy of Arts, United Kingdom
Call for papers: Conservation: principles, dilemmas and uncomfortable truths, 24 - 25 September 2009
Contact: Alison Richmond < a.richmond [at] vam.ac.uk >
Abstracts presentation deadline: 31 March 2009
17 December. Northeast Document Conservation Centre, United States
Conference: Digital Directions: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections, 27–29 May 2009
Online registration: opens in January 2009
16 December. Reed College, Portland, Oregon, United States
Symposium: Teaching with Digital Collections in the Liberal Arts Curriculum, 21 - 23 May 2009
Application deadline: see website
15 December. Society of American Archivists (SAA), United States
2009 Conferences/Workshops
Application deadlines: see website
Films
7 January. Passion patrimoine, François Guillaume
33,000 buildings will not survive this century.
Some reasons: high maintenance and restoration costs, difficulties with inheritance rights and neglect.
The films presents efforts by concerned citizens to bring architectural heritage back to life.
Grants, scholarships, internships, funding
26 February. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, United States
Fellowship: 2009 Philip L. Ravenhill Fellowship (pdf)
Applications deadline: 15 May 2009
21 February. The Mariners Museum, United States
Fellowship: Monitor Conservation Fellowship 2009-2010
Applications deadline: 15 March 2009
1 February. Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States
Mellon Postgraduate Fellowship: Furniture and Woodwork Conservation
Contact: David deMuzio < ddemuzio [at] philamuseum__org >
Applications deadline: 15 March 2009
1 February. Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute (MCI), United States
Summer internships : conservation research (MCI)
Application deadline: 15 March 2009
12 January. Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), United States
Kress Fellowship: Paper conservation
Contact: Walter Newman < waltern [at] nedcc__org >
Applications deadline: 24 March 2009
12 January. Kress Foundation, United States
Fellowships: Conservation fellowships
Applications deadline: 1 March 2009
7 January. Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission
Website: Funding opportunities
For the special action in 2009, the European Commission proposes to concentrate on the EU Neighbourhood and the eligible third countries are: Armenia, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Jordan, Moldova, Palestine and Tunisia.
Applications deadline: 1 May 2009
2 January. The Getty, United States
19 December. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States
18 September. French Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Education and Research, the Department of Human and Social Sciences of the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), and the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH)
Hermes postdoctoral fellowships
Application deadline: 21 March 2009
Jobs
21 February. National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
21 February. National Museum, Scotland, United Kingdom
20 February. ICOMOS
Call for Expressions of Interest: ICOMOS World Heritage Advisers
Contact: < WHadvisers-callforinterest [ at ] icomos.org >
Applications deadline: 5 March 2009
1 February. Cincinnati Art Museum, United States
Chief Conservator
Applications deadline: 28 February 2009
1 February. New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), United States
Conservation Assistant: Library and Historical Collections
Applications deadline: see website
19 January. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States
Assistant/Associate Curator (Decorative Arts & Design)
Applications deadline: 9 March 2009
7 January. Cultural Heritage Project (CHP), Iraq
Publications
27 February. Time Honored (pdf), by John H.Stubbs
A comprehensive survey of the practice, theory, and structure of architectural heritage conservation throughout the world.
25 February. UNESCO Courrier 2009 n°1 - Submerged memory
More than three million shipwrecks are lying on the ocean floor today. Hundreds of underwater decorated caves, towns and monuments remain to be discovered. How can we make use of the knowledge contained in these remains? How can they be presented to the general public? This issue of the Courier tackles these questions.
20 February. Patrimoines - Journal of the Institut national du patrimoine n°4
Annual journal in French. An important reference publication for heritage professionals.
12 February. 2008 - 2009 World Heritage Map is now available
The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and National Geographic Maps with support from the United Nations Foundation, can now be ordered for a modest fee from the World Heritage Centre website.
10 February. International Journal of Architectural Heritage: Conservation, Analysis and Restoration
Just published: the first issue of 2009, 3 (1).
10 February. Illustrated glossary on stone deterioration patterns, ICOMOS-ISCS
English-French glossary Just published by ICOMOS-ISCS.
1 February. A Response to The Nation and its Ruins: Antiquity, Archaeology, and National Imagination in Greece (2007) by Yannis Hamilakis
Just published by Oxford University Press: Addresses a number of themes that, although discussed in terms of Greece and Greek antiquities, are current issues that concern the larger archaeological and anthropological world.
Survey
20 February. UNESCO, Memory of the World Programme and InterPARES
UNESCO launches Memory of the World online survey
A general survey on the state of awareness of the Memory of the World Programme has been launched in cooperation with InterPARES in Vancouver, Canada. This survey is intended for library, archives and museum specialists as well as anyone with an interest in preserving documentary heritage.
Survey deadline: 30 April 2009
Training and development
20 February. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Masters on historic gardens, 4 March - 30 April 2009
Application deadline: see website
20 February. United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
World Heritage Impact Assessment, 19 - 24 April 2009
Application deadline: 2 March 2009
19 February. Università Roma 3, Italy
Master Architettura Storia Progetto, March - June 2009
Application deadline: 28 February 2009
19 February. National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, South Korea
2009 Asia Cooperation Program in Conservation Science (pdf), 11 May – 7 August 2009 and 24 August – 20 November 2009
Application deadline: 3 April 2009
11 February. Maison des Cultures du Monde, France
Training programmes 2009
Application deadline: 16 March 2009 for spring programmes and 30 March 2009 for autumn programmes
4 février. Institut National du Programme (INP), France
Inscriptions for the 2009 programme: Heritage conservators, 1 - 30 April 2009
Training:
2 February. Montefiascone Project, Italy
Summer School: Book conservation 2009, Italy
Application deadline: 30 June 2009
26 January. Institut National du Patrimoine, France
Courses and seminars: Continuing education 2009, France
Application deadline: see website
7 January. Museum Victoria , Australia
Advanced XRF workshop, 2 - 3 March 2009
Application deadlines: see website
7 January. Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (RLICC), Belgium
First announcement: UNESCO Chair on Preventive Conservation, Maintenance and Monitoring of Monuments and Sites, 24 - 25 March 2009, Louvain, Belgique
Meet staff and students at the Open House : 7 March 2009
Date limite d'envoi des candidatures : visiter le site internet
28 December. Centro Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museología (CENCREM), Cuba
CENCREM: 2009 course programme (pdf)
Application deadlines: see programme
19 December. The Getty Leadership Institute, United States
17 December. ABER-SENAI, Brazil
Courses: ABER-SENAI - conservation of graphic documents and Preventive conservation, March 2009
Application deadlines: see webite
17 December. The Campbell Center, United States
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies 2009
Application deadlines: see webite
16 December. Hornemann Institute, Germany
Online courses in English:
Online courses in German:
Application deadlines: see website
15 December. American Association of Museums (AAM)
AAM professional development programme in 2009
Application deadlines: see website
15 December. Fundación ILAM (Instituto Latinoamericano de Museos)
Talleres ILAM 2009
Application deadlines: see website
15 December. Society of American Archivists (SAA), United States
SAA Continuing Professional Education in 2009 and 2009 Conferences/Workshops
Application deadlines: see website
22 October. Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria, Canada
Upcoming courses and workshops: 2009
Application deadline: see website
22 October. American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
Upcoming courses and workshops: 2009
Scholarships available
Application deadlines: see website
24 September. University of Victoria, School of Continuing Studies, Canada
Campus courses:
18 August. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Digital Preservation Management: Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term
Problems, May and October 2009, May 2010, United States
Application deadline: see website
6 May. National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), India
Short courses on library and information science (pdf), New Delhi, India, April 2008 - March 2009.
Application deadline: see website
Contact: Dr. Narendra Kumar < narendrakumar [at] niscair . res . in >
Websites, e-journals, e-publications
20 February. ICOMOS International Committee on Rock Art
e-Pubication: International Newsletter on Rock Art
Edited by Dr Jean Clottes, Former Director of the Chauvet Research Team, the newsletter presents the latest discoveries of rock art from around the world.
20 February. English Heritage, United Kingdom
Website: Climate Change and Your Home
An interactive web portal designed specifically to help those who own or manage houses built of traditional construction understand more about the potential impacts of climate change and ways to save energy.
16 February. Asociación 'Ciudadanos por la Defensa del Patrimonio de Salamanca', Spain
Website: Association of citizens of Salamanca for heritage preservation
Website created by citizens of Salamanca as a means to voice their concerns on the conservation of their historical city.
13 February. The Getty Conservation Institute, United States
e-Publication: Proceedings from the Experts' Roundtable on Sustainable Climate Management Strategies, April 2007, Tenerife, Spain
Topics addressed during the two-day roundtable included current climate management strategies and emerging trends; the meaning of sustainability in relation to the preservation of cultural heritage; and whether cultural institutions such as museums, archives, and libraries can or should play a role in the debate about energy consumption.
13 February. Balaam Art Conservation, Spain
e-Publication: Multilingual dictionary
A new art conservation dictionary in English-Spanish-French
is available online.
13 February. The Getty Conservation Institute, United States
Getty Vocabularies: new conservation thesaurus
The GCI is embarking on the development of a conservation thesaurus and looks forward to working with members of the conservation field throughout the course of the project.
Contact: Janet Bridgland < janetb27 [at] tds . net >, Project Coordinator
10 February. ICOMOS
New websites:
10 February. Euromed Heritage Programme
Website: Euro-Med - News & Events
10 February. Euromed Heritage Programme
Website: Euro-Med - News & Events
10 February. Fundación Conservación, Venezuela
Website: 4th Cultural Heritage Forum: Preventive Conservation of Collections
4 February. Centre for International Studies on Economic Growth (CEIS), Italy
Website: A virtual tour of the Citadel of Damascus Citadel
updated on:
24 May, 2010
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