Awards, competitions, prizes

18 January. World Monuments Watch
2012 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.
Nomination deadline: 15 March 2011

12 January. UNESCO Bangkok
2009 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards
In its twelfth 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 2011

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

15 February. Rencontres Internationales Monaco et la Méditerranée (RIMM), Monaco
Conference: Sixième édition des Rencontres Internationales Monaco et la Méditerranée, 17-19 March 2011, Monaco
Registration deadline: see website

14 February.International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage (ISCEAH) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP)
Call for papers: XIth International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage, Terra 2012, 22-27 April, Lima, Peru
Submission deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2011

14 February. UNDP Croatia and partners
Conference: Energy Management in Cultural Heritage, 6-8 April, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Registration deadline: 20 March 2011

8 February. Palais des Papes, Avignon, France
Exhibition: Blessures d'archives, rêve d'éternité, 17 January - 28 October 2011, Palais des Papes, Avignon

8 February. British Library, United Kingdom
Conference: The Science of Objects and Collections, 11 April, London, United Kingdom
Registration deadline: see website

28 January. University of Pardubice, Faculty of Restoration, Czech Republic
Call for papers: University training of restoration within the European educational context
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2011

28 January. Department of Conservation, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
Conference: 4th symposium on Preserving Archaeological Remains in situ (PARIS4), 23 - 26 May 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark
Registration deadline: see website

18 January. UNDP Croatia, GIZ Open Regional Fund (ORF-E), UNESCO, Italian Ministry of Economic Development, UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina, City of Dubrovnik, City of Venice, the Ministry of Economy, Labor and Entrepreneurship, the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, the Croatian Chamber of Architects, the Croatian Architects’ Association, and the Zagreb Croatian Architects’ Society
Conference: Energy Management in Cultural Heritage, 6-8 April 2011, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Registration deadline: 20 March 2011

12 January. Mediterranean Scientific Association of Environmental Protection
Symposium: 16th International Symposium on Environmental Pollution and its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region, 27-27 September 2011, Ioannina, Greece
Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2011

5 January. University of Naples, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italian National Commission for UNESCO, U.S-Italy Fulbright Commission.
Forum : "S.A.V.E. Heritage" Safeguard of Architectural, Visual, Environmental Heritage, 9-11 June 2011, Capri, Italy
Registration deadline: 10 May 2011

5 January. Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), Netherlands
Call for papers: Filling and Retouching: Paintings and Painted Surfaces, 23 May 2011, Maastricht, Netherlands
Submission deadline for abstracts :  1 March 2011

28 December. Ethnologisches Museum, Rathgen Research Laboratory, National Museums Berlin, Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Collections (CRCC), Image Permanence Institute (IPI), Technische Universität München (TUM)
Symposium: Preserving Endangered Audio Media –Rethinking Archival Strategies for Conservation of Analogue Audio Carrier, 9-10 June 2011, Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Museen Dahlem, Berlin, Germany
Submission deadline for abstracts :  15 February 2011
Earlybird registration deadline:  20 May 2011

14 December. Asian Academy for Heritage Management (AAHM)
Conference: Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage, 8-12 November 2011, Manila, Philippines
Registration deadline: see website

14 December. German national committee of ICOMOS in cooperation with the HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Faculty of Preservation of Cultural Heritage, the Directorate-General for Cultural Heritage in Rhineland-Palatinate, and the "Liegenschafts- und Baubetreuung LBB Niederlassung Trier"
Conference: Wall paintings exposed to outdoor weathering, 7-9 April 2011, Trier, Kurfürstliches Palais, Germany
Registration deadline: contact organizers

10 December. University of Hadramut and Da'Wan Mud Brick Architecture Foundation, Yemen
Conference: Earth Architecture: mud, stone and shale, 28 February - 4 March 2011, Say’un, Wadi Hadramut, Yemen
Registration deadline: contact organizers

25 November . European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, Horn, Austria
Conference: New Approaches to Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, 9 –11 May 2011, Horn, Austria
Registration deadline: contact organizers

19 October. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Events Calendar
Registration deadline: see website

28 September. University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Conference: Why Does the Past Matter?, 4 – 7 May 2011, Amherst, United States
Registration deadline: see website

22 April. Life Beyond Tourism
Calendar of events:2011
Registration deadline: see website

Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers

8 February. The Getty Foundation, the International Council of Museums (ICOM)
Travel Grants for the 16th ICOM-CC Triennial Conference, 19 - 23 September 2011, Lisbon, Portugal
Applications deadline: 28 February 2011

5 January. New York University, New York, United States
Fellowship: Leon Levy Visiting Fellowship in the Conservation of
Archaeological Materials
Applications deadline: 1 March 2011

11 October. Clothworker's Foundation, United Kingdom
Fellowship : Clothworker Conservation Fellowship
Applications deadline: 4 March 2011

Jobs

24 February. Science Museum, London, United Kingdom
Collections Care Conservator
Application deadline: 15 March 2011

24 February. Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, United States
Senior Project Specialist (Built/20th-century heritage)
Associate Project Specialist
Application deadline: 15 April 2011

10 January. Grand Egyptian Museum of Cairo, Collections and Conservation Department, Cairo, Egypt
Director, Conservation Centre
Application deadline: 31 March 2011

Multimedia

28 January. Video: Japanese Atlantis, Journeyman Pictures, Australia
Australian documentary about the mysterious underwater pyramid complex off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.

Publications, e-publications, e-journals

14 February. eConnecting People, Places and Cultures, January 2011 newsletter

14 February. Preparing Collections for Digitization, Anna E Bülow and Jess Ahmon, National Archives, United Kingdom
This practical guide covers the end-to-end process of digitizing collections, from selecting records for digitization to choosing suppliers and equipment and dealing with documents that present individual problems. As such, it can be used as a ‘how-to’ reference manual for collection managers who are embarking on a digitization project or who are managing an existing project.

14 February. International Preservation News No. 52, December 2010, IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)

10 February. Guidelines: Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials
The Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials represents shared best practices followed by agencies participating in the [US] Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI).

28January. Bulletin de l'ISPAN 20 (pdf), Haiti
The latest edition of the Bulletin de l'ISPAN is now available.

24 January. On Board vol. 4, Winter 2010, ICOM-CC

18 January. The History and Cultural Heritage of Chinese Calligraphy, Printing, and Library Work, by Susan M. Allen, Lin Zuzao, Cheng Xiaolan and Jan Bos; IFLA Publication Series 141
At the IFLA satellite meeting Chinese Written and Printed Cultural Heritage and Library Work in Hangzhou in 2006 the richness of present day book historical research and library activities in China has been presented by more than sixty papers.

18 January. Pillars of the Community The transfer of local authority heritage assets, English Heritage, United Kingdom
Pillars of the Community is a new web-based guidance document aimed at both local authorities and community organisations. It will also be relevant to transfers from central government and other public sector bodies.

Survey

28 January. The Getty Conservation Institute is seeking your views on AATA Online. Is it is meeting your research needs? Staying current with trends in conservation management and the online environment? Please take a few minutes to complete the short survey by 18 February 2011.

Training and development

24 February. Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
Course: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage, 10-24 September 2011
Application deadline : 24 April 2011

15 February. Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Switzerland
Bachelor of Arts SUPSI in Conservazione
Registration deadline: 31 May 2011 (early enrollment); 31 July 2011

14 February. Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property
Workshops: Printmaking: Artist Meets Conservator and Advanced Issues in Emergency Preparedness and Response, 24-25 May 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Registration deadline: 29 April 2011

14 February. Cátedra Regional de Ciencias de la Conservación Integral de los Bienes Culturales y Naturales para América Latina y el Caribe de la UNESCO (CRECI), Cuba
Actividades de Superación profesional, Año Académico 2011

21 January. International Forum Bosnia (IFB), Bosnia and Herzegovina
International summer school: youth and heritage
Registration deadline: 31 May 2011

5 January. Escola SENAI Theobaldo de Nigris, São Paulo, Brazil
Conteúdos abordados nos cursos de Preservação 2011
Registration deadline: contact organizers

5 January. Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy
Strumenti e metodi per la conservazione e la valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali (Master di primo livello)
Registration deadline: 28 February 2011

10 December. Erasmus Mundus Programme
Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions
Registration deadline: see website

25 November. Hornemann Institute, Germany
Course: Globe conservation, March 2011
Registration deadline: contact organizers

25 November . European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, Horn, Austria
Workshop: Parchment – latest assessment methods, 16–20 May 2011, Horn, Austria
Application deadline: 16 April 2011

11 October. Hornemann Institute, Germany
Online course: Restoration Theories and Methods from the mid-20th century to the Present Important in Cleaning their Surfaces, March 2011
Registration deadline: contact organizers

6 September. Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), United States
Professional development: training calendar

Websites, online databases

14 February. ARCo - Associazione per il ricupero del Costruito
The ARC brings together researchers and practitioners in Europe, with the aim of setting in motion a process of discussion and debate on the main themes of restoration, renovation and enhancement of the value of historical buildings.

14 February. Preservapedia
Preservapedia focuses specifically on technical material related to cultural resource management and its allied fields.

10 February. Google Art Project
Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

28 January. Réseau Culture Haïti (RCH)
This independent network was developed under the leadership of various structures and Haitian and French cultural actors, personalities and artists, to support the Haitian culture and its creators following the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010.

21 January. Memoria Chilena, Chile
This portal contains more than 70,000 digital documents, including books, newspapers, letters, photographs, images, and audio-visual records.

18 January. Digital Agenda for Europe: Digital Libraries Initiative, European Commission
The EU's digital libraries initiative sets out to make all Europe’s cultural resources and scientific records – books, journals, films, maps, photographs, music, etc. – accessible to all, and preserve it for future generations.

18 January. Ernst Herzfeld Online Resources, Smithsonian Collections Blog, United States
The collection documents Herzfeld's archaeological activities including Samarra, Persepolis, Pasargadae, Paikuli, and Aleppo and includes correspondence; field notebooks; drawings; sketchbooks; inventories of objects; squeezes of architectural inscriptions and details; and photographs.

updated on: 1 March, 2011