Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

24 April. ICOM Barbados and the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum
Call for papers: 5th International Conference on the Inclusive Museum, 2-5 August 2012, Bridgetown, Barbados
Submission deadline for abstracts: 17 May 2012

24 April. ICOMOS
Call for papers: Symposium on Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage from Natural and Human-Caused Disasters, 31 October 2012, Beijing, China (during the ICOMOS Advisory Committee, Scientific Council and Executive Committee meetings)
Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2012

23 April. Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA)
Event: 31st Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 31), 17-20 October 2012, Antwerp, Belgium
Registration deadline: 9 September 2012

23 April. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Competition: Redesign of the Catedrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince
Application deadline: from 15 October to 15 November 2012

23 April. International Committee for Museums of Ethnography (ICOM-IMCE)
Call for papers: ICME Annual Conference 2012, 14-14 September 2012, Windhoek, Namibia
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 May 2012

23 April. Dubai Municipality, United Arab Emirates
Event: The 3rd International Architectural Conservation Conference and Exhibition , 17-19 December 2012, Dubai, UAE
Registration deadline: contact organizers

23 April. Roger Williams University, School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation, United States
Call for papers: Preservation Education: Sharing Best Practices and Finding Common Ground, 8-9 September 2012, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 April 2012

18 April. American Institute for Conservation – Photographic Materials Group (AIC-PMG), ICOM-CC Photographic Materials Working Group
Call for papers: AIC-PMG & ICOM-CC PMWG Photographs Conservation Joint Meeting, 11-15 February 2013, Wellington, New Zealand
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 August 2012

18 April. Stichting Ebenist, Netherlands
Call for papers: Reproduction and Reconstruction in Furniture Conservation, 9-10 November 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2012

18 April. Centro Interuniversitario di Studi sull’edilizia abitativa tardoantica nel Mediterraneo (CISEM), Italy
Call for papers: The restored Villa and New Researches on Late Antique Housing, 7-10 November 2012, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2012

18 April. ICOM Russia and ICOM International Committee for museums and collections of Fine Arts (ICFA)
Call for papers: Museums of fine arts: arial of existence, spheres of influence, 30 September - 5 October 2012, Moscow, Russia
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 May 2012

18 April. ICOM-CC Metal Working Group, Historic Scotland
Call for papers and posters: International conference on metal conservation, 16-20 September 2013, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 November 2012

18 April. Musée du quai Branly; Comité pour l’histoire et la mémoire de l’esclavage, Direction générale des Patrimoines du ministère de la Culture et de la Communication; l’Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, France
Seminar: archéologie de l’esclavage colonial, 9-11 May 2012, Paris, France
Registration deadline: contact organizers

18 April. International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICOMOS-ICAHM)
Event: 2012 Annual Meeting. Theme: World Heritage Convention on its 40th Anniversary, 27-30 November 2012, Cuzco, Peru
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2012
Registration deadline: 1 October 2012

16 April. Department of Archaeology, University of York, United Kingdom
Call for papers: Imagining conservation: the next twenty years , 6 July 2012, York, United Kingdom
Submission deadline for abstracts: 4 May 2012

11 April. International Superior Conference of Archival Studies (CISA)
Conference: The place of archives and the role of archivists in today’s and tomorrow’s societies, 12-16 November 2012, Paris, France
Registration deadline: contact organizers

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. 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. 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

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

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)

Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers

23 April. International Conservation Centre, Old City of Acre, Israel
Internship: Saving the Stones programme
Applications deadline: 15 July 2012

23 April. International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
Grants for IIC Congress
Applications deadline: 30 April 2012

18 April. Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation (FAIC), United States
Tru Vue® Optium® Conservation Grant
Applications deadline: 1 May 2012

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

Jobs

24 April. Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Professur mit dem Aufgabengebiet "Konservierung und Restaurierung von Plastiken und Bauelementen aus Stein"
Application deadline: 18 May 2012

13 April. Albanian American Development Foundation , Albania and United State of America
International Lead Expert
Application deadline: 27 April 2012

11 April. University of Gothenburgh, Sweden
Department of Conservation
Application deadline: 27 April 2012

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

24 April. Syrian archaeological heritage is in danger, Eurmed Heritage
A report on minarets, mosques and monasteries that have been damaged or robbed

24 April. SUSTCULT Newsletter No. 2, 2012, SUSTCULT
SUSTCULT stands for “achieving SUSTainability through an integrated approach to the management of CULTural heritage” and it is a 3-year project co-financed by the South East Europe programme.

24 April. News in Conservation, April 2012, IIC
The Spring 2012 issue of News in Conservation is now out and ready to be downloaded.

23 April. Newsletter of the Friends of the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome
The Cemetery’s Newsletter is published 3-4 times a year in English and Italian versions. It gives news about progress in looking after the monuments and the beautiful natural setting of the Cemetery. But it also publishes a series of short articles about different aspects of the history of the Cemetery and of those who are buried there.

23 April. Experience for change within the Cultural Heritage sector (exCHange) No. 1, April 2012, Turkey and European Union Civil Society Dialogue II - Culture and Arts Grant Scheme

18 April. 11th International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics, Mosaic Research Center (AIEMA-Turkey)
Mosaics of Turkey and Parallel Developments in the Rest of the Ancient and Medieval World: Questions of Iconography, Style and Technique from the Beginnings of Mosaic until the Late Byzantine Era.

18 April. Boletín sobre Conservación y Restauración INTI-Celulosa y Papel, Marzo 2012, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial, Argentina

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

24 April. Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria, Canada
Course: Financial Management in Cultural Organizations, 4-9 June 2012, Victoria, Canada
Application deadline: 7 May 2012

24 April. Erasmus Mundus Programme
Course: Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions, September 2012
Application deadline: 20 May 2012

24 April. EU project CHARISMA: “Cultural Heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures: Synergy for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Conservation/Restoration”
Course: Itinerant course on stone conservation, 10-22 September 2012, Toruń, Poland
Application deadline: 15 June 2012

24 April. Université de Genève, Université de lausanne, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
Course: MAS en conservation du patrimoine et muséologie des Beaux-Arts , 2012-2013, Geneva, Switzerland
Application deadline: 30 April 2012

23 April. Turin School of Development, Italy
Course: Master in Wold Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development, Fall 2012, Turin, Italy
Application deadline: 3 June 2012 (early bird); 2 September 2012

18 April. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Spain
Workshop: 1st MAC International Workshop of Archaeological Geophysics MAC-IWAG, 21-25 May 2012, Girona, Spain
Application deadline: contact organizers

18 April. Getty Conservation Institute, United States
Workshop: Recent Advances in Characterizing Asian Lacquer, 22-26 October 2012, Los Angeles, United States
Application deadline: 31 May 2012

11 April. UNITAR, Japan
Workshop: The Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites 2012, 4-8 June 2012, Hiroshima, Japan
Application deadline: 7 May 2012

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

18 April. Nizamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative, India
The Urban Renewal Initiative demonstrates a prototype for urban revitalization with a not for profit Public-Private Partnership model. The project objectives include conservation of protected and unprotected monuments, public space enhancement and environmental rehabilitation works with a series of community-based socio-economic development initiatives designed to improve the quality of life and environment for the well-established communities within the project area are amongst the key interventions.

18 April. Herculaneum Conservation Project
10 Years of activities and amazing discoveries by the Herculaneum Conservation Project.

Websites, online databases

24 April . Our Place Photos
Join us in helping creating the world's largest and most comprehensive photographic database of the World's Heritage - those special locations that have been given special recognition by being inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage list.

23 April . International Wood Culture Society
International Wood Culture Society (IWCS) is a non-profit, non-governmental international network of wood enthusiasts, dedicated to the research, education and promotion of wood culture.

23 April . ERS: Emergency Response and Salvage App, NCPTT National Park Service, United States
Based on Heritage Preservation's Emergency Response & Salvage Wheel, a well-respected cultural heritage protection tool, the Emergency Response and Salvage app outlines critical stages of disaster response, such as stabilizing the environment and assessing damage.

23 April . Australian Historic Shipwreck Preservation Project
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has recently awarded a large Linkage grant to investigate the excavation, reburial and in-situ preservation of shipwrecks and their associated artefacts, which are at risk. 

18 April . KML File of World Heritage Sites, IUCN, UNEP-WCMC
IUCN and UNEP-WCMC have compiled a KML layer with key information on the natural and mixed World Heritage sites that were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as of 1 January 2012.

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: 2 May, 2012