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Awards, competitions, prizes
24 March. Institut français du Proche-Orient (Atelier du vieux Damas), Syria
Competitions: Participation Culturelle pour la Valorisation du Patrimoine
- Concours pour la conception d’outils et de matériaux éducatifs visant à mieux connaître l'héritage architectural et urbain et l’héritage culturel immatériel, destinés à des enfants (10 -14) ans des écoles de Damas (poster rouge : school competition).
- Concours pour la proposition d’activités culturelles innovantes organisées dans différentes espaces extérieurs : installation d’objets d'art ou petits projets présentés dans des espaces publics, dans les quartiers historiques de Damas (poster blanc/gris : competition public space).
Submission deadline: 15 May 2010
17 February. IIC International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
IIC Keck Award 2010
Every two years an award is offered to the individual or group who, in the opinion of IIC Council, has done most to further the public appreciatin of the work of the conservation profession. IIC is seeking nominations and would appreciate your proposals.
Submission deadline: 31 March 2010
Contact: < iic [at] iiconservation.org >
3 December. International Union of Architects
International student competition: A fresh look at 20th century architectural heritage
The International Union of Architects announces an international competition that invites architecture students from around the world to create imagemodels of 20th century significant architectural creativity.
Submission deadline: 26 March 2010
Conservation Centre
Future for the Textile Conservation Centre's work at Glasgow University
The Textile Conservation Centre Foundation (TCCF) and the University of Glasgow have agreed to found the new teaching and research facility – the only resource of its kind in the UK – in the University’s Robertson Building.
Information on training programme:
< A.Boyd [at] arthist_arts_gla_ac_uk >
Events
Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month
31 March. CIPA, ISCS, and ICAHM-ICOMOS
Call for abstracts: Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conservation: stone workshop, 7 - 12 December 2010
Submission deadline: 15 April 2010
19 March. Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom
Call for papers: Unearthing the Past: Language, Ownership, Value and Meaning in Public Archaeology, 24 - 26 September 2010
Submission deadline: 8 April 2010
19 March. Gruppo del Colore, Italie
Call for papers: VI Conferenza Nazionale del Colore, 16 - 17 September 2010
Submission deadline: 16 April 2010
19 March. UNESCO
Symposium: Funding Culture, Managing the Risk, 16 - 17 April 2010
Registration deadline: see website
14 March. University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Call for abstracts: 8th National Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering - SISMICA 2010, 20 - 23 October 2010
Submission deadline: 30 March 2010
12 March. State Inspection for Heritage Protection, Latvia
Call for participation: 4th Baltic Sea Region Cultural Heritage Forum, 8 - 11 September 2010, Riga, Latvia
Registration deadline: see website
10 March. International Euro-Mediterranean Conference (Euromed 2010)
Call for participation: Digital Heritage, 8 - 13 November 2010, Lemesos, Cyprus
Registration deadline: see website
9 March. Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), United States
Symposium: The Tectonics of Digital Curation, 25 - 26 May 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Registration deadline: 14 May 2010
4 March. ICOM-CC WG: metal
Meeting: Metal 2010, 11 - 15 October 2010, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Earlybird registration: 31 July 2010
2 March. Proyecto Especial Arqueológico Caral-Supe (PEACS), Peru
Workshop: Teoría y práctica de la conservación en construcciones de
piedra y tierra (pdf), 26 - 28 March 2010
Submission deadline: contact organizer
2 March. CISA3, Center of interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology, University of California San Diego, United States
Call for participation: Online exhibit on conservation science (pdf)
Submission deadline: contact organizer
24 February. Asociación Gremial de Conservadores - Restauradores de Chile
Call for papers: IV Congreso Chileno de Conservación y Restauración , 6 - 8 October 2010, Valparaiso, Chile
Submission deadline: 15 March 2010
22 February. WAC Inter-Congress
Call for papers: Museums and Indigenous People, 23 - 26 June 2010
Submission deadline: 10 May 2010
27 January. ICOM-CC 16th Triennial Conference
Call for abstracts and posters: Cultural Heritage/Cultural Identity – The Role of Conservation, 19 - 23 September 2011, Lisbon, Portugal
Submission deadline: 16 April 2010
26 January. ICOM-CC WG: graphic documents
Meeting: Choices in conservation - practice versus research, 21 - 23 April 2010, Denmark
Registration deadline: see website
26 January. ICOM-CC WGs: wood, furniture; textiles; sculpture and architectural decoration; murals, stone and rock art; leather
Meeting: Multidisciplinary Conservation: a Holistic View for Historic Interiors, 23 - 26 March 2010, Rome, Italy
Registration deadline: see website
26 January. Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, United Kingdom
Conference: Fashion, Rituals, Furniture and Textiles: The phenomenon of the state bed, 22 - 23 April 2010,
Scotland
Contact: peterburman@btinternet.com; peter.burman@tu-cottbus.de
30 December. General ICOM conference
Travel grants: Museums for Social Harmony, 7 - 12 November 2010,
Shanghai, China
Registration deadline: see website
1 December. Society of American Archivists (SAA), United States
2010 Conferences/Workshops
Application deadlines: see website
Grants, scholarships, internships, funding
23 March. British Museum, United Kingdom
Postdoctoral Fellowship for scientists
Applications deadline: 23 April 2010
17 March. Tate, United Kingdom
Frames Conservation Fellowship
Applications deadline: 6 April 2010
15 March. Toledo Museum of Art, Spain
Internships
Applications deadline: 2 April 2010
8 March. ENDESA, Ministerio de Cultura de España, Centro
Coordinador de Formación Hispánica, Fundación Duques de Soria, Spain
Grants (becas ENDESA para Iberoamérica de Patrimonio Cultural)
Applications deadline: 5 April 2010
2 March. Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), Andover, United States
Samuel H. Kress Advanced Fellowship (pdf)
Applications deadline: 31 March 2010
1 March. Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Internships
Applications deadline: 30 March 2010
1 March. National Endowment for the Humanities, United States
Preservation Assistance Grants (for small libraries, museums, historical societies, archival repositories, cultural organizations, town and county records offices, and colleges and universities)
Applications deadline: 18 May 2010
24 February. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Germany
German-African Scholarship Exchange Programme
Applications deadline: 15 March 2010
12 February. Historic New England, United States
Mellon Fellowships (pdf)
Applications deadline: 29 March 2010
12 February. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Internships
Applications deadlines: 1 July (autumn session September – December); 15 October (spring session January – May); 1 February (summer session June – August)
9 February. National Library of Australia
Harold White Fellowships
Application deadline: 30 April 2010
8 February. The Clothworkers’ Foundation, United Kingdom
5 February. Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), Maastricht, Netherlands
Internship: Architectural Paint Research, Historic Interiors, Wallpaintings, Paintings
in Interiors, Stucco conservation (pdf)
Application deadline: contact organizers
2 February. British Academy, United Kingdom
Grants: LUK-Latin American/Caribbean Link Programme
Applications deadline: 20 April 2010
14 January. New York University and the University of Delaware, United
States
Fellowships: Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Conservation Education
Applications deadline: see announcement
2 January. National Gallery, United States
Fellowships: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Charles E. Culpeper Foundation
Applications deadline: see website
31 July. The Getty, United States
Getty Conservation Grants
Applications deadline: see website
6 May.International Conservation Centre, Old City of Acre, Israel
Internship: Saving the Stones programme
Applications deadline: see website
Jobs
31 March. ARS Progetti, Italy
Key Expert Training Manager, Kosovo
Application deadline: 23 April 2010
23 March. Nida Art Colony, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania
Director
Application deadline: 3 May 2010
23 March. Horniman Museum, United Kingdom
Conservation Officer
Application deadline: 9 April 2010
20 March. Smithsonian Institution, United States
Book Conservator
Application deadline: 1 April 2010
10 March.The Leather Conservation Centre, Northampton, United Kingdom
Book Conservator (pdf)
Application deadline: 19 March 2010
9 March. National Maritime Museum, London, United Kingdom
Organic Conservator
Application deadline: 21 March 2010
9 March. National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Assistant Restorer
Application deadline: 26 March 2010
9 March. Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
Conservator (Rootstein Hopkins Audio Arts Project)
Application deadline: 22 March 2010
9 March. Archaeological Institute of America, Boston, United States
Executive Director
Application deadline: 31 March 2010
1 March. Harvard College Library (HCL), United States
Collections Conservator, Preservation and Imaging Services
Application deadline: open until filled
1 March. Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG), Australia
Conservator Objects
Application deadline: 26 March 2010
1 March. Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore
Assistant Conservator or Conservator
Application deadline: 25 March 2010
1 March. Antarctic Heritage Trust, New Zealand
Conservators
Application deadline: 26 March 2010
5 February. Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), Maastricht, Netherlands
Associate Educator & Conservator in Modern and Contemporary Art (pdf)
Application deadline: 31 May 2010
14 November. Grand Egytian Museum, Egypt
Petition and donations
9 February. Donations for the Bibliothèque de l’Institut des Belles Lettres Arabes de Tunis (IBLA)
Website of the Groupe de recherche islamo-chrétien for donations following the devastating fire in the Bibliothèque de l’Institut des Belles Lettres Arabes de Tunis (IBLA).
1 February. Online petition to stop the expulsion of the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR) from their headquarters
Open letter to Giorgio Napolitano, President of Italy, in support of the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (recently renamed Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro).
Publications
19 March. Damaged Books
Just published by the Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library
16 March. Visual Resources, Vol. XXVI, No. 1, 2010
Just published: the special issue of 'Visual Resource: Urban Image Now', an international journal of documentation.
26 February. John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" at the Boston Public Library, edited by by Narayan Khandekar, Gianfranco Pocobene, and Kate Smith
This book, comprehensively illustrated, examines and documents Sargent Hall as an art installation (constructed between 1890 and 1919) and describes its restoration history, culminating in the authors’ 2003–4 restoration.
23 February. ICOM-CC Working Groups
23 February. Cultural Heritage on line. Empowering users: an active role for user communities
Proceedings of the 2009 Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale conference.
16 February. Museum and Heritage
The December edition of Museums & Heritage has now been published, in this edition we look at ways venues can cut their carbon footprint and adopt sustainable practices.
9 February. Accessibility to Cultural Heritage: Nordic Perspectives
Accessibility to cultural heritage is about consciousness, knowledge, creativity and balance. Heritage has meaning only through its encounter with people. This report shows how accessibility questions are being addressed through practical examples drawn from across the Nordic countries.
2 February. New PDF publications of the Getty Conservation Institute, United States
Radio programme
1 March. Radio of the Universidad Autónoma de la Universidad de Morelos, UAEM, Mexico
Architecture and cultural heritage commemorating 200 years of Mexican independence and 100 years of the Revolution,
Weekly programme: Wednesdays from 12:00 to 13:00 (Mexican time)
Survey
25 February. Questionnaire on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Strategies in
Museums and Archives, Rathgen Research Laboratory, Germany
Submission deadline: 31 May 2010
Training and development
24 March. Sezione Basilicata della Società Italiana Protezione Beni Culturali (SIPBC), Italy
Training: Primo corso per operatori in emergenza per la salvaguardia dei beni culturali, 19 - 21 May 2010
Application deadline: see website
19 March. Centre for Sustainable Heritage, University College London, United Kingdom
New Masters Programme: Heritage Science, starts in September 2010
Application deadline: see website
19 March. Museum Studies, University of Queensland, Australia
Professional development: MUSM7020: International legal standards and practices for heritage protection, 13 - 17 July 2010
Application deadline: see website
19 March. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Training: Understanding and caring for bookbindings, 20 April 2010
Application deadline: see website
17 March. AIC: conservation Wiki!
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) has launched a conservation Wiki.
17 March. American Association of Museums (AAM) and American Institute for Conservation (AIC), United States
Professional development:
17 March. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Seminar: Curso Superior Iberoamericano de especialización en Restauración de Metales Arqueológicos, 15 June - 30 September 2010
Application deadline: see website
9 March.Governo do Estado do Pará, Secretaria de Estado de Cultura, Diretoria de Patrimônio, Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará, Centro de Memória da Amazônia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
Seminar: 1º Seminário de preservação de patrimônio documental e acervos culturais: um desafio amazônico (pdf), 22 - 24 march 2010, Belem, Brazil
Registration deadline: contact organizers
4 March. Montefiascone Project, Italy
Training: Summer 2010 programme - book conservation,
Registration deadline: see website
1 March. University of Delaware, American Institute for Conservation, United States
Workshop: Digital Imaging for Conservators and Museum Professionals, 19 - 22 April 2010
Registration deadline: see website
1 March. National Conservation Centre, National Museums Liverpool, United Kingdom
Course: Introduction to Laser Cleaning in Conservation, 22-23 March; 21-22 June; 13-14 September; 22-23 November 2010
Registration deadline: see website
1 March. West Dean College, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Course: Conservation of Plastics, 28 June - 1 July 2010
Registration deadline: contact organizer
17 February. Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University (Rits-DMUCH), Kyoto, Japan
UNESCO Chair Program on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management: Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2010, 13 - 26 September 2010
Application deadline: 31 April 2009
11 February. University of Bologna, Italy
Training: Master degree course on Science for
conservation (pdf)
Earlybird registration: 30 September 2010
Registration deadline: 30 October 2010
9 February. Academy of Applied Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
Training: English and Czech
Registration deadline: see website
8 February. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Seminar: Monumental Objects re-displayed in the new Medieval and Renaissance
Galleries , 15 - 16 April 2010, London
Registration deadline: contact organizers
8 February. Institut National du Programme (INP), France
Professional development: 2010 programme
8 February. Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Training: BA and MA in Conservation
Inscription examination: BA: 22 June and MA: 7 July 2010
5 February. Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), Maastricht, Netherlands
Course: Synthetic Resins for Varnishing and Retouching
Application deadline: 1 May 2010
4 February. Hornemann Institute, Germany
Online courses: Continuing training
18 January. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de
Madrid and the Ministry of Culture, Spain
Course: Rehabilitación de
Jardines y Parques Históricos
Application deadline: contact organizers
30 December. Fundación Ortega y Gasset, Argentina
Training and scholarships: Gestión Cultural Patrimonio y Turismo Sustentable
Application deadline: see website
10 November. .Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology, Turkey
Spot Tests for Material Characterization workshop, 5 - 8 July 2010
Application deadlines: see website
2 November. American Association of Museums (AAM)
AAM professional development programme in 2009-10
Application deadlines: see website
2 November. The Campbell Center, United States
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies 2010
Application deadlines: see webite
2 November. Cultural Resource Management Program, School of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, Canada
Upcoming courses and workshops 2010
Application deadlines: see website
23 October. Australian National University, Australia
New graduate programme: Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Canberra
Application deadline: see website
20 October. ABER-SENAI (Associação Brasileira de Encadernação e Restauro), Brazil
Training: 2010 Courses
Application deadline: see webite
15 October. Fundación ILAM (Instituto Latinoamericano de Museos)
Talleres ILAM 2010
Application deadlines: see website
15 October. Society of American Archivists (SAA), United States
SAA Continuing Professional Education in 2010 and 2010 Conferences/Workshops
Application deadlines: see website
15 October. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Digital Preservation Management: Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term
Problems, 13 - 18 June 2010, United States
Application deadline: see website
21 September. ar.emagister.com
Lista de cursos de restauración de bienes culturales
Application deadline: see website
Websites, e-journals, e-publications
31 March. Iceman Photo Scan
The Iceman Photo Scan is an innovative project which records the complete photographic documentation of the body of the Iceman mummy.
31 March. Our vanishing heritage, Global Heritage Fund Review, Spring 2010
Global Heritage Fund (GHF) is leading a new global study 'Saving Our Vanishing Heritage': an international initiative to identify and counteract threats to cultural heritage sites in the developing world.
17 March. Pesticide mitigation in museum collection, edited by A. Elena Charola and Robert J. Koestler
Pesticide mitigation in museum collections: science in conservation : proceedings from the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) workshop series.
14 March. UNESCO's online discussion
UNESCO's online discussion on: Funding Culture, Managing the Risk: limits and opportunities for development cooperation.
12 March. IFLA Newsletter issue 86
New issue of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) newsletter.
9 March. e-conservation magazine: February 2010
Issue No. 13 of e-conservation magazine is now online and can be downloaded for free.
18 February. OUR PLACE
Website offering a photographic databank on World Heritage Sites. It is developped in partnership with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
17 February. Il Portale del Restauro
Italian website on heritage conservation and restoration. It also gives links to events, exhibitions, conservation products, etc.
16 February. Costing the Earth, BBC Radio, United Kingdom
BBC Radio programme looking at man's effect on the environment and how the environment reacts, questioning accepted truths, challenging those in charge and reporting on progress towards improving the world.
- Protecting the Past: Alice Roberts investigates the threats posed to our great historic sites by climate change.
8 February. HERITY Portugal launched
HERITY International Certification started in Portugal. HERITY is an organization that involves heritage visitors in supporting the quality of conservation, communication and services of the sites they visit.
8 February. A History of the World
A History of the World is a partnership between the BBC and the British Museum that focuses on world history, involving collaborations between teams across the BBC, and schools, museums and audiences across the UK. The project focuses on the things we have made, from flint to mobile phone.
8 February. UNESCO Communication and Information Sector is on twitter
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updated on:
224 May, 2010
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