Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

26 March. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Conference: IFLA International Newspaper Conference, 11-13 April 2012, Paris, France
Registration deadline: 6 April 2012

26 March. ICOM International Committee of Education and Cultural Action (CECA)
Call for papers: ICOM/CECA Annual Meeting, 30-25 October 2012, Yerevan, Armenia
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2012

26 March. Europa Nostra
Conference : European Heritage Congress 2012, 30 May - 2 June 2012, Lisbon, Portugal
Registration deadline: 16 April 2012

26 March. Centre for Art Technological Studies and Art Conservation, National Gallery of Denmark, and University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Conference : Copying, Replicating & Emulating Paintings in the 15th-18th Century, 21-22 May 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark
Registration deadline: 1 May 2012

26 March. Sakip Sabanci Museum Conservation Department, Turkey
Symposium: Rembrandt or Not? Scientific Research on Art, 12-13 April 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
Registration deadline: contact organizers

26 March. European Commission, International Scientific Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA), International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), ICOMOS
Call for Participation: 4th International Euro-Mediterranean Conference (EUROMED 2012), 29 October - 3 November 2012, Limassol, Cyprus
Submission deadline : 28 May 2012

21 March. Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal and the Complexe des sciences Pierre-Dansereau de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Seminar: [S']Approprier la ville. Le devenir-ensemble, du patrimoine urbain aux paysages culturels, 16-18 April 2012, Montreal, Canada
Registration deadline: contact organizers

21 March. Humboldt Field Research Institute and Eagle Hill Foundation, United States
Seminar: Lichens, Biofilms, and Gravestones, 8-14 July 2012, Steuben, Maine, United States
Registration deadline: contact organizers

2 March. Transylvanian Historic Building Conservationists Society, The Transylvania Nostra Foundation, Technical University from Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Romanian National Committee of ICOMOS
Event: Historic Structures Conference: The Protection of Historic Load-bearing Structures and the Society, 20-22 September 2012, Cluj, Romania
Registration deadline: 30 August 2012

2 March. ICOM-CC Glass and Ceramics Working Group and the Forum of the International Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Stained Glass (Corpus Vitrearum-ICOMOS)
Call for papers: Recent advances in glass, stained glass, and ceramics conservation, 7-10 October 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2012

28 February. International Scientific Committee on Earthen Heritage (ICOMOS/ISCEAH) and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)
Event: International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Architectural Heritage, TERRA 2012 // The Ibero-American Seminar on Earthen Architecture and Construction (XII SIACOT) // SismoAdobe 2012, 22-27 April 2012, Lima, Peru
Registration deadline: contact organizers

24 February. 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

22 February. American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
Conference: 40th Annual Meeting - Connecting to conservation: outreach and advocacy, 8-11 May 2012, Albuquerque, United States
Registration deadline: 31 March (advanced)

13 February. Queen Rania Institute for Tourism and Heritage, Hashemite University, Jordan
Conference: Seventh World Archaeological Congress (WAC-7), 14-18 January 2013, Dead Sea, Jordan
Registration deadline: see website

13 February. International Forum Bosnia
Event: Seventh International Conference on Unity and Plurality in Europe (ICUPE), 29-31 July 2012, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Registration deadline: contact organizers

2 February. American Institute for Conservation – Photographic Materials Group (AIC-PMG), ICOM-CC Photographic Materials Working Group
Event: AIC-PMG & ICOM-CC PMWG Photographs Conservation Joint Meeting, 11-15 February 2013, Wellington, New Zealand
Registration deadline: contact organizers

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. 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
Registration deadline: 1 June 2012

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
Registration deadline: see website

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

Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers

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

Jobs

Petition

2 March. Cultural heritage research must be included in the 8th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (HORIZON 2020), From: European cultural heritage research community / To: European Parliament and European Council

Publications, e-publications, e-journals

26 March. e-conservation, Issue No. 23, March 2012
e-conservation magazine is now online and available for free download!

26 March. Intervención 3, Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (ENCRyM- INAH), Mexico

15 March. Patrimonio y Desarrollo, Boletín Digital No. 16 - 2011 (pdf), CENCREM (Centro Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museología), Cuba

14 March. Imperial Outpost in the Gulf. The Airfield at Sharjah (UAE) 1932-52, Nicholas Stanley-Price

Survey

26 March. Survey of Museums in South Africa and Africa, Albany Museum, South Africa
The information gathered will assist in understanding the museum landscape in the country and perhaps may serve as a basis to influence the policy direction of museums.

Training and development

26 March. UCL Qatar
Course: Conservation Studies MSc , September 2012, Doha, Qatar
Application deadline: 31 May 2012

26 March. Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Italy and the Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti, Malta
Course: Malta Art History & Conservation Programe, 2-15 July 2012, Malta
Application deadline: 27 April 2012

26 March. 20|21 Conservation and Restoration of Contemporary Art, Portugal
Course: 5th Masterclass 20|21 – Care and Conservation of Modern and Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture, 10-12 May 2012, Porto, Portugal
Application deadline: 13 April 2012

26 March . Diadrasis
Workshop: Martos project, 20 August - 30 September, Andalusia, Spain
Registration deadline: 20 May 2012

15 March . University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Course: MSt in Historic Environment, September 2012 - July 2014, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Application deadline: 13 April 2012

15 March . Electronic Media Group of the American Institute for Conservation and the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC)
Workshop: TechFocus II: Caring for Film and Slide Art, 27-28 April 2012, Washington DC, United States
Registration deadline: contact organizers

15 March . The University of Queensland, School of Social Science, Australia and Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation, Italy
Course: Cultural Heritage Management and Indigenous Cultures, 1-8 July 2012, Florence, Italy
Registration deadline: 15 May 2012

2 March . International Council of Museums (ICOM), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center
Workshop: Mediators in Art and Cultural Heritage, 10-11 May 2012, London, United Kingdom
Registration deadline: see website

23 February. Universitat de Girona, Spain
Course: Master Degree in Cultural Tourism
Application deadline: see website

13 February. LIBER Steering Committee for Heritage Collections and Preservation, Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale, Italy, National Library of the Netherlands
Workshop: Partnerships in curating European digital resources, 7-8 May 2012, Florence, Italy
Registration deadline: contact organizers

13 February. Institute of African Research and Studies, Cairo University, Egypt
Course: Professional Diploma in Management of Arab and African World Heritage (Cultural Heritage), 2 October 2012 - 31 May 2012, Cairo, Egypt
Application deadline: contact organizer

18 January. Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Switzerland
Training: Master of Arts in Conservazione e restauro, September 2012, Lugano, Switzerland
Application deadline: 30 June 2012

4 January. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Courses, workshops and events
Registration deadline: see website

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. 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

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

Video

26 March. Tikal Project 1951-1959, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, United States

13 February. Sheikha Al Mayassa: Globalizing the local, localizing the global
Sheikha Al Mayassa, a patron of artists, storytellers and filmmakers in Qatar, talks about how art and culture create a country's identity -- and allow every country to share its unique identity with the wider world. As she says: "We don't want to be all the same, but we do want to understand each other."

13 February. Cardiff University Conservation Tour
Interested in studying conservation? Students at Cardiff University produced this video tour to promote the university's programme.

Websites, online databases

26 March. Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative (MEPPI), Getty Conservation Institute, Arab Image Foundation, Art Conservation Department of the University of Delaware, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
MEPPI is a strategic initiative designed to gather information, raise awareness, and build capacity in the preservation of photograph collections throughout the Middle East—here defined as the countries of the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Gulf.

26 March. Getty Scholar Alumni Exchange, Getty Research Institute, United States
This new resource provides a platform for past and current Getty scholars to form an active community without geographic boundaries. The Getty will also use this resource to communicate more effectively with scholar alumni located throughout the world.

15 March. Closer to Van Eyck: Rediscovering the Ghent Altarpiece , Getty Foundation ; Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek ; Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) ; the Vrije Universiteit Brussel ; Universum Digitalis ; Lukasweb
It is now possible to zoom into the intricate, breathtaking details of one of the most important works of art in the world, thanks to a newly completed website focused on the Ghent Altarpiece.

15 March. Book Damage Atlas , University of Tartu, Estonia, and the European Research Centre for Book and Paper
a tool for recognizing damage to books. It presents descriptions of types and categories of damage with illustrative photos. Instructions for carrying out paper pH and double fold tests are included, along with a book condition calculator which enables you to summarize different types of damage and receive a general assessment of the object's condition.

14 March. Treasures Revealed (App), University of Melbourne, Australia
Treasures Revealed unlocks some of the prized possessions held in the University of Melbourne Library.

updated on: 3 April, 2012