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Awards, competitions, prizes
20 April. Council for British Archaeology and Oxbow Books, United Kingdom
Archaeological Photo Competition 2010
Application deadline: 31 May 2010
19 April. Europa Nostra
Europa Nostra Awards 2011
Application deadline: 1 October 2010
14 April. 2010 World
Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize
The prize will be given to a design professional or firm in recognition of an innovative design solution that preserves or enhances a Modern landmark.
Submission deadline: 1 May 2010
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
Citizenship
21 April. Campaign! Make an Impact
Campaign! Make an Impact is an innovative initiative that uses history to inspire young people into active citizenship. Find out more about Campaign! Make an Impact and download a summary leaflet in the Teachers & Museums section.
Conservation centre
1 April. 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 >
Conservation project
9 April. Heritage Values, Stakeholders and Consensus Building
This Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) project aims to advance the ability of heritage professionals to constructively engage with stakeholders by bridging conservation and public dispute resolution practices through a program of research, application, and dissemination.
Events
Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month
29 April. IIC/AIC
Roundtable discussion: Environmental Guidelines for Museums, 13 May 2010
Registration deadline: see website
28 April. University of Heidelberg, Germany
Conference: International Workshop on Angkor/Cambodia "Archaeologising" Angkor?, 2 - 4 May 2010
Registration deadline: see website
26 April. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States
Conference: Surface Metrology, 25 - 27 October 2010
Deadlines - abstract for tutorials: 30 July 2010; abstracts for oral presentations: 31 August 2010; abstracts for posters: 12 October 2010
22 April. Life Beyond Tourism
Calendar of events: 2010 and 2011
Registration deadline: see website
21 avril. Global Risk Forum, Switzerland
Event : IDRC Davos 2010 conference, Davos, 30 May - 3 June 2010
21 April. European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCTACT)
Seminars: Cultural Innovation
- Where is the driving force for cultural change in society?, Göteborg, 12 May 2010
- From Cultural Diplomacy to Cultural Cooperation, Brussels, Belgium, 19 May 2010
- What should be the key determinants of a city/region/
state’s cultural policy?, Göteborg, 27 May 2010
- Museum Literacy Project Final Conference, Bolzano, Italy, 7 - 9 June 2010
- Digital Extra" Project Final Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 16-17 September 2010
- Designing simulation games to cultural management training, Brussels, Belgium, 24 September 2010
Registration deadline: contact organizers
19 April. Best in Heritage and EUROPA NOSTRA
Event: Best in Heritage, Dubrovnik, 23 - 25 September 2010
Registration deadline: 30 August 2010
15 April. European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCATC)
Debate: From cultural Diplomacy to Cultural Co-operation, 19 May 2010
15 April. Islamic Arts Museum, Malaysia
Exhibition: Behind the Scenes: Conservation in Focus at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 10 March 2010 - 10 June 2010
15 April. World Monuments Fund-Britain
Events: Spring 2010 calendar
Submission deadline: see website
7 April. University of Texas at Austin, School of Information, United States
Call for papers: Engaging in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (EPOCH) student symposium, 24 - 25 September 2010, University of Texas at
Austin
Submission deadline: 14 May 2010
8 April. Surface Metrology Laboratory, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Call for abstracts: Surface metrology, 25 - 27 October 2010
Submssion deadline: 30 July, 31 August 2010
8 April. Collegi
d´Aparelladors, Tècnics i Enginyers d´Edificació de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Call for papers: Rehabilitation and Sustainability. The Future is
possible, 4 - 6 October 2010, Barcelona
Submission deadline: 30 April 2010
7 April. University of Texas at Austin, School of Information, USA
Call for papers: Engaging in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage (EPOCH) student symposium, 24 - 25 September 2010, University of Texas at
Austin
Submission deadline: 14 May 2010
7 April. International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
Registration: 23rd biennial IIC Congress, 20 - 24 September 2010, Istanbul, Turkey
Getty Foundation offers: grants for attendance
Registration deadline: see website
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. 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
22 February. WAC Inter-Congress
Call for papers: Museums and Indigenous People, 23 - 26 June 2010
Submission deadline: 10 May 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. 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, volunteers
29 April. ICON, United Kingdom
Internships in various fields of conservation
Applications deadline: 7 June 2010
26 April. The British Museum, The British Library, University College London, United Kingdom
2 PhD Studentships: Heritage Smells!
Applications deadline: contact organizers
26 April. UCLA Library Preservation Department , United States
Internship: summer 2010
Applications deadline: 3 May 2010
26 April. Sam Rayburn House Museum, United States
Internship: summer 2010
Applications deadline: 28 May 2010
26 April. Conservation Department, Yale University Art Gallery,
United States
Fellowship: mural and ceiling paintings conservation
Applications deadline: 1 June 2010
26 April. Department of Conservation and Preservation, Johns Hopkins University,
United States
Kress Fellowship in Book and Paper Conservation
Applications deadline: 15 June 2010
26 April. Chinati Foundation, United States
Internships 2011
Applications deadline: 1 December 2010
22 April. World Heritage Centre
Volunteers: World Heritage Volunteers 2010, 1 May 2010 - 1 March 2011 (a project that brings together 18 to 30 year-olds from different cultures to work on a common preservation project at a World Heritage site)
Applications deadline: see website
20 April. Ministry of Culture, Spain
Grants: Iberarchivos: Programa ADAI 2010 (for Latin American archives)
Applications deadline: 31 July 2010
12 April. The Menil Collection, Houston, TX, United States
Samuel H. Kress Fellowship in Paper Conservation (pdf)
Application deadline: 9 May 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
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
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
1 January. The Getty, United States
Getty Conservation Grants
Applications deadline: see website
Jobs
29 April. Fashion Institute of Technology, United States
Assistant Conservator
Application deadline: see website
29 April. English Heritage, United Kingdom
Archaeological Conservator
Application deadline: 25 May 2010
29 April. Faculty of Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Senior Lecturer in Conservation, particularly conservation of cultural heritage objects
Application deadline: 9 May 2010
29 April. Victoria & Albert Museum, United Kingdom
Furniture Conservator
Application deadline: 9 May 2010
28 April. ARS Progetti, Italy
Technical Assistance for the “National Heritage Programme”, Eritrea
Application deadline: 17 May 2010
26 April. National Gallery of Art, United States
Scientist
Application deadline: 14 May 2010
26 April. National Archives, United Kingdom
Conservation Research Scientist
Application deadline: 4 May 2010
19 April. Australian National Maritime Museum, Australia
Project Coordinator
Application deadline: 30 April 2010
16 April. Miguel Abreu Gallery, United States
Director
Application deadline: see website
16 April. Museums Sheffield , United Kingdom
Curator of Metalwork
Application deadline: 30 April 2010
16 April. Morgan Library & Museum, United States
Moore Curatorial Fellowship in Drawings and Prints
Application deadline: 10 May 2010
16 April. The Getty, United States
16 April. Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Associate (alt. assistant) professor in medical science communication and/or medical heritage production
Application deadline: 25 May 2010
16 April. Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada
Curatorial Projects Manager
Application deadline: 30 May 2010
13 April. National Gallery of Art, United States
Senior Photograph Conservator (pdf)
Application deadline: 30 April 2010
12 April. National Gallery of Art, United States
Scientist (pdf)
Application deadline: 14 May 2010
6 April. National Library of New Zealand
Digital Preservation Analyst
Application deadline: 7 May 2010
6 April. Glasgow University, Scotland, United Kingdom
Project Conservator
Application deadline: 30 April 2010
6 April. Art Gallery of Western Australia
Senior Conservator
Application deadline: 3 May 2010
23 March. Nida Art Colony, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania
Director
Application deadline: 3 May 2010
1 March. Harvard College Library (HCL), United States
Collections Conservator, Preservation and Imaging Services
Application deadline: open until filled
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
Multimedia
27 April. National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), United States
Technology: NCPTT developing iPad and iPhone applications for the preservation field
Landscapes, an iPhone application currently in development, will allow site staff to inventory features in an historic landscape and perform condition assessments. It will also easily allow managers to prioritize current and future maintenance tasks.
1 April. Radio of the Universidad Autónoma de la Universidad de Morelos, UAEM, Mexico
Radio programme: 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)
Publications, e-publications, e-journals
28 April. Call for papers: Portus plus (pdf)
RETE -
Association for the Collaboration between Ports
and Cities will publish the first issue of a new online magazine Portus plus, on the
relationship between city and port and the
rehabilitation of urban waterfronts. It will be published on their website in December
2010.
22 April. EU Bookshop
22 April. ILAM (Instituto Latinoamericano de Museos)
- Manual de Registro Básico (pdf in Spanish), by Lina Nagel, Chile
This downloadable publication addresses the need to create a process of permanent ongoing catologuing and documentation.
- Diversos Patrimonios de América Latina y el Caribe (pdf in Spanish), Fundación ILAM
Document on the diversity of heritage, its protection and preservation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Charters are also included.
19 April. ICOM-CC new PDF publications
15 April. Museum & Heritage Magazine, vol 1 2010, United Kingdom
The new edition of Museums & Heritage is now available, it includes:
Museums & Heritage show preview;
your museum in the digital era; nNew solutions to visitor management.
9 April. INTI-Celulosa y Papel
Boletín sobre Conservación
y Restauración (pdf), Argentina
The July edition of the online newsletter on paper conservation in Spanish.
7 April. New PDF publications of the Getty Conservation Institute, United States
1 April. Tagli e Strappi nei Dipinti su Tela: Metodologie di Intervento, by Luigi Orata, Nardini Editore, 2010
Cuts and tears on canvas paintings, methodologies of intervention.
1 April. Significance 2.0, Collections Council of Australia, 2009
Significance 2.0 is a publication that encourages the assessment of cultural and scientific collections against identified criteria.
Survey
6 April. Questionnaire on archaeological conservation, UCLA/Getty Conservation Program', United States
Submission deadline: contact organizers
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
26 April. University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
Master of Science programme: Sustainable Heritage
NEW Master of Research programme: Heritage Research (starts September 2010)
Application deadline: see website
26 April. Lincoln School of Media, Lincoln University, United Kingdom
Master programme: Digital Imaging and Photography
Application deadline: see website
23 April. Ecole de Chaillot, France
Post-Master programme: Architecture & patrimoine 2010 - 2012
Application deadline: 4 June 2010
21 avril. Global Risk Forum, Switzerland
Event : IDRC Davos 2010 conference, Davos, 30 May - 3 June 2010
Continuous Education Courses:
21 April. Cultural Resource Management, University of Victoria, Canada
Course: Professional Specialization
Certificate in Heritage Conservation: Conservation in Context, 7 - 12 June 2010
Application deadline: 10 May 2010
16 April. Centre for Sustainable Heritage, University College London, United Kingdom
16 April. Università degli Studi di Torino, Politecnico di Torino, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Master programme: World Heritage at Work 2010 - 2011, 15 June 2010 - 14 June 2011
Application deadline: 1 May 2010
15 April. Chicago History Museum, United States
Workshop: Care and Identification of Photographs, 15 - 18 June 2010
Application deadline: see website
14 April. Institut National du Programme (INP), France
Professional development: 2010 programme
12 April. School of History and Archaeology, University of Cardiff, United Kingdom
New Masters Programme: Conservation Practice, starts in September 2010
Application deadline: see website
8 April. Ligatus Summer School, Herzog August Bibliothek,
Germany
Summer course: European Bookbinding 1450-1830, 2 - 6 August 2010 and Identifying and recording Byzantine bookbinding structures for
conservation and cataloguing, 9 - 13 August 2010.
Application deadline: 11 June 2010
8 April. Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts,
United States
Workshop: Photograph identification and preservation, 29 - 30 June, 2010, Baltimore, MD
Application deadline: 15 June 2010
8 April. Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority and Institute for Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts, Australia
Professional development courses
8 April. International Academic Projects Ltd (IAP), United Kingdom
Professional Development Programme 2010
Application deadline: see website
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. 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
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
4 March. Montefiascone Project, Italy
Training: Summer 2010 programme - book conservation,
Registration deadline: see website
1 March. National Conservation Centre, National Museums Liverpool, United Kingdom
Course: Introduction to Laser Cleaning in Conservation, 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: 30 April 2009
11 February. University of Bologna, Italy
Training: Master degree course on Science for
conservation
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. 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
1 January. Fundación Ortega y Gasset, Argentina
Training and scholarships: Gestión Cultural Patrimonio y Turismo Sustentable
Application deadline: see website
1 January. .Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology, Turkey
Spot Tests for Material Characterization workshop, 5 - 8 July 2010
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. American Association of Museums (AAM)
AAM professional development programme in 2010
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. The Campbell Center, United States
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies 2010
Application deadlines: see webite
1 January. Cultural Resource Management Program, School of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, Canada
Upcoming courses and workshops 2010
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. Australian National University, Australia
New graduate programme: Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Canberra
Application deadline: see website
1 January. ABER-SENAI (Associação Brasileira de Encadernação e Restauro), Brazil
Training: 2010 Courses
Application deadline: see webite
1 January. Fundación ILAM (Instituto Latinoamericano de Museos)
Talleres virtuales ILAM 2010
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. Society of American Archivists (SAA), United States
SAA Continuing Professional Education in 2010 and 2010 Conferences/Workshops
Application deadlines: see website
1 January. 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
1 January. ar.emagister.com
Lista de cursos de restauración de bienes culturales
Application deadline: see website
Websites, online databases
27 April. Parker Library manuscripts at Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College and the Stanford University Libraries welcome you to Parker on the Web - an interactive, web-based workspace designed to support use and study of the manuscripts in the historic Parker Library at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
19 April. WebWorld Knowledgebase to simplify access to online contents
UNESCO’s Communication and Information Sector (CI) has launched a new online service, Knowledgebase, which has been developed to simplify access to different online contents and to enable users of its website to find quick answers to their questions.
19 April. Museums and the Election
Museums Association launches 'Museum and the Election': offering advice on ways to use the pre-election period for a museum’s benefit, by raising its profile and influencing those looking to gain political support.
15 April. HEREIN-European Heritage Network multilingual thesaurus
The Euromed Heritage 4 programme hosts on its website a partial application of the Thesaurus contributing the Arabic translation of some 550 words or phrases. This version is presented in four languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish.
13 April. The World's Ancient Cultures in Danger Map
SAFE (Saving Antiquities for Everyone) presents a wall map designed for elementary school children will highlight the most endangered sites and cultures around the world.
13 April. The World's Ancient Cultures in Danger Map
SAFE (Saving Antiquities for Everyone) presents a wall map designed for elementary school children will highlight the most endangered sites and cultures around the world.
13 April. Art Conservation Research
A blog offering online resources that you didn't know about!
7 April. Virtual Sistine Chapel
The Holy See has posted an 360° virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel offering a rare view of this treasure.
7 April. Préserv'Art
Préserv'Art is an interactive database of products and equipment used for the conservation and protection of artifacts, works of art and archival documents.
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.
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