Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

31 May. The Best in Heritage
Event: The Best in Heritage, Dubrovnik, Croatia 22 - 24 September 2011
Registration deadline: see website

31 May. International Association of Books and Paper Conservators (IADA)
Event: IADA XIIth Congress, 29 August - 2 September 2011, Berne Switzerland
Registration deadline: see website

26 May. International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Event: 17th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 27 November - 2 December 2011, Paris, France
Earlybird registration deadline: 27 August 2011

17 May. National Library Board and Wee Kim Wee School of Communications and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Call for Contributions: 8th International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects, 1-4 November 2011, Singapore
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2011

17 May.Centre Technique du Livre de l’enseignement supérieur (CTLes), France
Event: Mutualisation et coopération dans le cadre de la conservation partagée, 27-28 June 2011, Paris, France
Registration deadline: 6 June 2011

4 May. Organizing Secretariat of Costume Colloquium, Florence, Italy
Call for papers: Costume Colloquium III: Past Dress – Future Fashion , 8-11 November 2012, Florence, Italy
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2011

4 May. ICOM Costume Committee
Conference: Annual meeting: Culture of Dress between East and West, 25 - 30 September 2011, Belgrade, Serbia
Registration deadline: 30 June 2011

8 April. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and Foundation Corboud, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, and the Doerner Institut, Germany
Symposium: Let the Material Talk – Technology of Late Medieval Cologne Painting in Context, 24–26 November 2011, Cologne, Germany
Registration deadline: contact organizers

8 April. Dolj County Council, Oltenia Museum, ICOM Romania, and University of Craiova, Romania
Conference: Matter and Materials in/for Cultural Heritage, 24-28 August 2011, Craiova, Romania
Registration deadline: 10 June 2011

8 April. Cultural Center – National University of San Marcos, Peru
Symposium: 3er Simposio Latinoamericano de Métodos de Física y Química para la conservación del patrimonio cultural de Arqueología, Arte y Patrimonio Cultural (LASMAC 2011), 8-10 November 2011, Lima, Peru
Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2011
Registration deadline: 30 July 2011

4 April. British Museum and partners, United Kingdom
Conference: Pest Odyssey 2011: Ten Years Later, 26-28 October 2011, London, United Kingdom
Registration deadline: 30 June 2011 (advanced); 25 October 2011

22 March. ICOM-CC
Conference: Triennial 16th Conference, 19-23 September 2011, Lisbon, Portugal
Registration deadline: 31 March 2011 (advanced); see website

22 March. United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO and partners
Call for papers: “I Know Where I'm Going”: Remote Access to World Heritage Sites from St Kilda to Uluru, 23-24 November 2011, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Submission deadline for abstracts: 3 April 2011
Registration deadline: 30 June 2011 (advanced); 11 November 2011

22 March. European project CHARISMA (Cultural Heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures: Synergy for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Conservation/Restoration) and the British Museum
Call for papers: The Renaissance Workshop: The Materials and Techniques of Renaissance Art, 10-11 May 2012, London, United Kingdom
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 September 2011

21 March. Gobierno de la Provincia de Chaco et le Federación de Archiveros de la República Argentina (FARA), Argentina
Conference:IX Congreso Argentino de Archivistica: Demanda y Actualización de conocimientos archivísticos, el desafío del saber hacer, 7-9 September 2011, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina
Registration deadline: 15 August 2011

1 March. Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones In Antiquity
Call for papers: ASMOSIA Xth International Conference, 21-26 May 2012, Rome, Italy
Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2011

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

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

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

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

Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers

15 April. International Conservation Centre, Old City of Acre, Israel
Internship: Saving the Stones programme
Applications deadline: see website

15 April. Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC)
Scholarship : FAIC Latin American Scholarships
Applications deadline: contact organizers

Jobs

31 May. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH), Smithsonian Institution, United States
Development Specialist
Application deadline: open until filled

17 May. Gotland University, Sweden
Professor in Conservation (full and tenured)
Application deadline: 10 June 2011

Multimedia

8 April. Video: China: Cultural Heritage, World Bank
The World Bank has posted a video illustrating how protecting cultural heritage in the city of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, is contributing to sustainable development.

Publications, e-publications, e-journals

31 May. Patrimonio y Desarrollo, Boletín Digital No. 6-7 - 2011, Cuba
Electronic newsletter of CENCREM (Centro Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museología) is now available.

31 May. Bulletin de l'ISPAN 23 (pdf), Haiti
The latest edition of the Bulletin de l'ISPAN is now available.

31 May. The Picture Restorer, United Kingdom
The journal is aimed at Paintings Conservators, students of conservation, conservation scientists, art historians and researchers. It aims to unite those working in museums, heritage institutions, and the private sector.

Patrimonio y Desarrollo, Boletín Digital No. 4 - 2011, Cuba
Electronic newsletter of CENCREM (Centro Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museología) is now available.

17 May. World Art
The inaugural issue of World Art is now available online.

17 May. e-conservation magazine No. 19
The latest issue of e-conservation magazine is now online and can be downloaded for free.

17 May. The carbon footprint of museum loans: a pilot study at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, by Simon Lambert and Jane Henderson
By using carbon footprints, museum staff can manage the impact of their loan programs on climate change. Article from Museum Management and Curatorship, Vol. 26, No. 3, August 2011, 1-27.

Training and development

31 May. European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, Horn, Austria
Courses 2011
Application deadline: see website

17 May. Université de Bourgogne (UB), France, and Gjøvik University College (GUC), Norway
PhD Thesis: 3D multispectral imaging for cultural heritage: Multimodal data analysis for the characterization of objects acquired by a 3D multispectral scanner, October 2011 - October 2014
Application deadline: 15 June 2011

17 May. Public Administration International, United Kingdom
Course: Heritage and Culture: challenge and innovation in policy and practice, 27 June - 1 July 2011, London, United Kingdom
Application deadline: contact organizers

17 May. Gotland University, Sweden
PhD Position in Conservation
Application deadline: 10 June 2011

5 May. Humboldt Field Research Institute, United States
Seminar: Lichens and Gravestones, 17-23 July 2011, Maine, United States
Application deadline: contact organizers

4 May. University of Kent and Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) collaborative programme
Course: MA in Heritage Management, September 2011, Athens, Greece
Application deadline: 1 June 2011

4 May. Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, Canada
Course: Conserving Historic Structures, 5-9 July 2011, Victoria, Canada
Application deadline: 6 June 2011

15 April. Singhad College of Architecture, Pune, India
Course: M.Arch in Architectural Conservation, July 2011, Pune, India
Application deadline: contact organizers

15 April. Zurich University of the Arts (ZHDK), Switzerland
Course: Master of Advanced Studies in Curating; Certificate in Curating, September 2011, Zurich, Switzerland
Application deadline: 30 June 2011

15 April. Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Course: MSt in Historic Environment, September 2012 to July 2014, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Application deadline: applications will be accepted from 1 September 2011 to 30 March 2012

4 April. CIDOC, ICOM International Committee for Documentation, Museum of Texas Tech University
Course: CIDOC Summer School: Museum Documentation, Principles and Practice, 25 June - 1 July 2011, Lubbock, Texas
Registration deadline: contact organizers

22 March. MOMART Summer School, Università di Bologna, Italy
Course: Preservation and study of modern materials and contemporary art, 18-23 July 2011, Comacchio , Italy
Registration deadline: contact organizers

10 March. University of Kent, School of Arts in partnership with ENCATC (European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centers)
Training: International Arts Professionals Summer School, 18-22 July 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Registration deadline: see website

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. 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

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

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

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

Websites, online databases

31 May. The Silk Road in Stereo, by Kara Van Malssen, United States
The Silk Road in Stereo will be an audio exploration of Europe, Central Asia, and Mongolia, presented as a series of curated audio pieces.

31 May. National Heritage List for England, United Kingdom
For the first time, details of all protected places such as listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered parks, are available to search online in one place.

17 May. National Portal to Historic Collections, United States
Search the most comprehensive national collection of historic artifacts, photographs, paintings, and documents in the U.S.

17 May. National Archives, United Kingdom
The National Archives is home to millions of documents, files and images that cover 1,000 years of history.

4 May. International Museum Day 2011: Museum and Memory, ICOM
From America and Oceania to Europe, Asia and Africa, International Museum Day aims to increase public awareness of the role of museums in developing society.

4 May. Euromed Heritage 4
Euromed Heritage regional programme has committed a total of 57 million euros to fund partnerships between conservation experts and heritage institutions from the countries of the Mediterranean region.

updated on: 1 June, 2011