Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

20 December. ICOM-DEMHIS and ICOM-CC
Call for papers: Multidisciplinary Conservation in Historic House Museums, 6-9 November 2012, Los Angeles, United States
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2012

20 December. Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Italy
Event: Monitoring of Great Historical Structures, 19-20 January 2012, Florence, Italy
Registration deadline: contact organizers

20 December. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Event: Modern and Contemporary Mural Paintings: technique, conservation and access, 4-5 May 2012, Valencia, Spain
Registration deadline: see website

20 December. ICOM-CC Working Group Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decorations
Symposium: Polychrome Sculpture: Artistic Tradition and Construction Techniques, 13-14 April 2012, Glasgow, Scotland
Registration deadline: 10 April 2012

12 December. Université de Savoie, France, and partners
Call for papers: International Conference on Surface Metrology, 21-23 March 2012, Annecy, France
Submission deadline for abstracts: see website

12 December. Metropolitan Museum of Art; Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts of New York University; Winterthur Museum; Cornell University; and Brookhaven National Laboratory
Conference: Synchrotron Radiation in Art and Archaeology, 5-8 June 2012, New York, United States
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2012
Registration deadline: 1 June 2012

12 December. University of Gothenburg, Sweden, International Journal of Heritage Studies
Call for abstracts : Association of Critical Heritage Studies Inaugural Conference: The Re/theorisation of Heritage Studies, 5-8 June 2012, Gothenburg, Sweden
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2011 (sessions, workshops and panel discussions); 31 January 2012 (papers or performances)

12 December. University of Florence, Center for Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (CAMNES), and General Association of Mediterranean Archaeology (GAMA)
Event: 16th SOMA - Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, 1 – 3 March 2012, Florence, Italy
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2012
Registration deadline: 12 February 2012

5 December. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Workshop: Preservation Assessment Survey Workshop, 10 January 2012, London, United Kingdom
Registration deadline: contact organizers

5 December. International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) and the Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa
Conference: 49th IFLA World Congress, 5 – 7 September 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
Submission deadline for abstracts: 29 February 2012
Registration deadline: see website

21 November. Faculty of Architecture, Second University of Naples, Italy
Call for papers: Less/More Architecture, Design, Landscape, 31 May - 2 June 2012, Naples and Capri, Italy
Submission deadline for abstracts: 5 January 2012

21 November. Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation - Life Beyond Tourism, Florence, Italy
Conference: Domes in the World, 19 – 23 March 2012, Florence, Italy
Registration deadline: 29 February 2012

21 October. Docomomo, Finland
Conference: 12th International Docomomo Conference: the survival of modern - from coffee cup to plan, 7-10 August, Helsinki, Finland
Registration deadline: 31 May 2012 (early registration)

21 October. International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
Conference: IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2012, 11 – 13 April 2012, Paris, France
Registration deadline: contact organizers

21 October. University of Barcelona, Spain
Event: 10th Biennial International Conference of the Infrared and Raman Users' Group (IRUG), 28-31 March, Barcelona, Spain
Registration deadline: 25 January 2012 (early registration)

25 July. Historic Preservation Program, Columbia University, United States
Event: 12th International Conference on the Deterioration and Conservation of Stone, 4-8 June 2012, New York City, United States
Registration deadline: contact organizers

28 June. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Future events
Registration deadline: see website

Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers

21 November. Fondation Marc de Montalembert, Paris, France
Grant For The Realization Of A Cultural Project Concerning The Mediterranean World
Application deadline: 31 December 2011

21 October. Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, United States
Research Fellowships in the Humanities
Applications deadline: 1 February 2012

21 October. Clothworker's Foundation, United Kingdom
Conservation fellowship
Applications deadline: 2 March 2012

21 October. Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC), United States
Grants and Scholarships
Applications deadline: see website

Jobs

20 December. ARS Progetti, Italy
Technical assistance for the establishment of a regional heritage centre in Senjski Rudnik Old Mine (Serbia)
Application deadline: 10 January 2012

12 December. Rathgen Research Laboratory, National Museums Berlin, Germany
Conservation Scientist
Application deadline: 30 December 2011

12 December. University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, United States
Assistant Professor / Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
Application deadline: 15 January 2012

Project

21 November. Save Our Culture, Foundation for Cultural Heritage and Art Research, Japan 
Save Our Culture aims to raise domestic and international resources while identifying and assisting efforts at the local level to preserve and restore cultural heritage damaged by the events of March 11, contributing to rebuilding of afflicted communities.

Publications, e-publications, e-journals

20 December. Parution de CeROArt n°7, revue électronique consacrée à la conservation, la restauration et l'exposition des objets d'art. magazine is now online and available for free download

12 December. e-conservation magazine, Issue No. 22, November 2011 of e-conservation magazine is now online and available for free download

5 December. Actualités de la conservation, Newsletter of the Department of Preservation in Bibliothèque nationale de France

5 December. Universal Declaration on Archives, International Council on Archives (ICA)

24 November. IFLA Newsletter: Water, International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)

Training and development

20 December. Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Switzerland
Training: Bachelor of Arts SUPSI in Conservazione, Fall 2012, Lugano, Switzerland
Application deadline: 31 July 2012

12 December. University of Victoria, Canada
Training: Heritage, Cultural and Museum Studies programmes, Spring 2012, Victoria, Canada
Application deadline: 6 January 2012

12 December. European Research Centre, Horn, Austria
Course: Identification of Asian Paper – you only see what you know, 10-14 June 2012, Horn, Austria
Application deadline: contact organizers

12 December. European Research Centre, Horn, Austria
Course: Identification of European Paper – you only see what you know, 4-8 June 2012, Horn, Austria
Application deadline: contact organizers

5 December. University of Kent, United Kindom and the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), Greece
Course: MA in Heritage Management, September 2012, Eleusis, Greece
Application deadline: 15 July 2012

24 November. Academy for Cultural Diplomacy, Germany
Course: MA in International Relations and Cultural Diplomacy, February 2012, Berlin, Germany
Application deadline: 20 January 2012

24 November. Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, Swedish Institute in Rome, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Department of Conservation of the University of Gothenburg, VU University Amsterdam
Course: Archaeology, Heritage Management and Urban Planning in Rome, 3 - 17 June 2012, Rome, Italy
Application deadline: 15 January 2012

21 November. Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (SRAL), Netherlands
Course: Adhesives, Consolidants and Coatings, 28-30 March 2012, Maastricht, Netherlands
Application deadline: 9 January 2012

21 November. Erasmus Mundus
Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions
Application deadline: 20 January 2012

21 October. Erasmus Mundus
Master of Cultural Landscapes, France, Italy and Germany
Application deadline: 31 January 2012

20 September. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Training Calendar
Application deadline: see website

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

Websites, online databases

5 December. Initiative for Heritage Conservancy
The Initiative for Heritage Conservancy was established in November 2008 as a not-for-profit charity with the aim of promoting best practice in archaeological site management and planning in Greece as well as abroad.

5 December. Save Vernazza
The mission of Save Vernazza ONLUS (an Italian nonprofit organization) is to rebuild, restore and preserve the town of Vernazza after the flooding on October 25th.

24 November. Wiki on “Salt-based Damage”
A specialist Wiki will be able to contribute to make the present specialist knowledge available to all free of charge in a competent and easy-to-understand manner.

21 November. Net Heritage
European network on Research Programme applied to the Protection of Tangible Cultural Heritage

21 November. Connecting to Collections
To help smaller museums, libraries, archives, and historical societies quickly locate reliable preservation resources.

updated on: 3 January, 2012