Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

23 May. 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 : 15 June 2012

23 May. Montada, Morocco
Call for papers: 2e Conférence régionale euro-méditerranéenne : La ville, patrimoine vivant, 11-12 October 2012, Salé, Morocco
Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 June 2012

23 May. Getty Conservation Institute, United States
Symposium: The Siqueiros Legacy: Challenges of Conserving the Artist's Monumental Murals, 16-17 October 2012, Los Angeles, United States
Registration deadline: 24 September 2012

23 May. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Conference: World Library and Information Congress 2012, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Registration deadline: 9 August 2012

23 May. University of Texas at Austin School of Information, United States
Conference: ICHORA 6: International Conference on the History of Records and Archives 6 , 2-4 August 2012, Austin, Texas, United States
Registration deadline: 15 June 2012 (early bird)

23 May. Chinese Academy of Science; UNESCO
Call for papers: 4th International Conference on Remote Sensing for Archaeology, 24-26 October 2012, Beijing, China
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 June 2012

23 May. CIMAM – International Committee of ICOM for Museums and Collections of Modern and Contemporary Art
Conference: 2012 Annual Conference ‘Museums Beyond the Crises’, 12-15 November, Istanbul, Turkey; Beirut Lebanon
Registration deadline: 30 September 2012

21 May. Laboratory of Conservation-Restoration and Research (LC2R), Draguignan, Provence, France
Call for papers: Conservation-Restoration & Health/Security of People and the Environment, June 2013, Draguignan, Provence, France
Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 September 2012

21 May. The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF); Arts Network Asia (ANA); European network Trans Europe Halles (TEH)
Call for proposals: Creative Encounters: Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe
Submission deadline: 30 June 2012

18 May. CICOP Confederation, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Call for papers: 5th International Conference on Hazards and Modern Heritage, 22-24 April 2012, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 July 2012

18 May. The Best in Heritage and Europa Nostra
Event: The Best in Heritage, 27 - 29 September 2012, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Registration deadline: 31 August 2012 (early bird)

11 May. Department of Planning and Community Development, Victorian Government, Australia
Conference: 5th International Urban Design Conference: Opportunistic Urban Design, 10-12 September 2012, Melbourne, Australia
Registration deadline: 18 July 2012 (early bird)

11 May. European Association for Heritage Interpretation
Conference: Interpret Europe Conference 2012: Caring for nature and culture: interpretation as a management tool, 19-22 May 2012, Pisa and Parco Naturale Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli, Italy
Registration deadline: see website

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: see website

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

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. 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-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. 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

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

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

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 May. International Committee for Museums and Collections of Ethnography (ICOM-ICME)
Fellowship: ICME Fellows
Applications deadline: 31 May 2012

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

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

Jobs

23 May. Council of Europe, Division of Cultural Heritage and Technical Assistance
Project Manager (Grade A1/A2/A3)
Application deadline: 4 June 2012

22 May. University of Kent, United Kingdom
Lecturer in Heritage and Archaeology
Application deadline: 14 June 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

23 May. Management of heritage sites and artefacts, Euromed Heritage
Documents from the Second thematic workshop organised by RMSU-Euromed Heritage 4.

11 May. World Heritage Review n°62 - World Heritage and Indigenous Peoples, UNESCO World Heritage Centre

11 May. UNESCO Iraq Office Newsletter 2012, Vol.2, No. 1, UNESCO

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.

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

23 May. Universidade Nova of Lisbon, Portugal; University of Tehran, Iran
Workshop: Landscape Quality Assessment and Spatial Planning - Exploring Significance Interfaces, 3 - 13 September 2012, Lisbon, Portugal
Application deadline: 30 June 2012

23 May. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course: Maestría en Patrimonio Artístico y Cultura en Sudamérica Colonial
Application deadline: 15 July 2012

23 May. Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Course: Direction of Conservation-Restoration Projects , September 2012, Barcelona, Spain
Application deadline: 10 July 2012

18 May. Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, Netherlands
Workshop: Modern Resins for Varnishing and Retouching, 19 June, Maastricht, Netherlands
Application deadline: 1 June 2012

11 May. Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative (MEPPI)
Workshop: MEPPI Abu Dhabi 2012, 11 – 19 November 2012, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Application deadline: 27 May 2012

11 May. 20|21 Conservação e Restauro de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal
Course: Masterclass on Varnishes for Paintings, 26-28 June 2012, Porto, Portugal
Registration deadline: 15 June 2012

9 May. Diadrasis
Workshop: Martos project, 20 August - 30 September, Andalusia, Spain
Registration deadline: 5 June 2012

9 May. UNESCO Chair on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, Program on Disaster Mitigation of Cultural Heritage and Historic Cities, Rits-DMUCH, Japan
Course: International Training Course on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage, 8-22 September 2012, Kyoto, Kobe, and Tohoku, Japan
Application deadline: 31 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

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

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

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

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

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 2013, 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

23 May. Ivan Karp's Publications: An Online Archive, United States
Emory University recently launched an online archive of Ivan Karp’s (1943–2011) published papers in order to keep his work widely available. Karp was a social anthropologist and a leading scholar of social theory, museum and heritage studies, and African studies. Karp wrote extensively about power, personhood and agency, about African societies and systems of thought, and he published groundbreaking work about museums and exhibitions.

23 May. Cultural Security
The initiative of Cultural Security derives from interdisciplineary thinking of the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and technology. The team includes scholars and professionals who represent the disciplines through international experience.

22 May. Lewisvale Park Roman remains, United Kingdom
In March 2010 AOC Archaeology Group was undertaking routine archaeological investigations in advance of the erection of a new cricket pavilion in Lewisvale Park, Inveresk, East Lothian, when two large sandstone slabs were uncovered.

11 May. Archivists Without Borders, Spain
AwB is a non-profit organisation, made up of volunteers that collaborate in the development of cooperation projects and solidarity in the field of archival science and documentary heritage.

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. 

updated on: 1 June, 2012