Contest

6 June. Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco - Life Beyond Tourism, Italy
Awards for promoting the Life Beyond Tourism Non-Profit Portal
Applications deadline: 30 June 2012

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

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

22 June. Hornemann Institute, Germany
Call for papers: Separated – reunited! Conservation and Restoration in Central Europe during the time of the iron curtain and today, 25- 28 September 2013, Hildesheim, Germany
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 August 2012

8 June. Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage and Shell, Netherlands
Event: Symposium: Van Gogh's Studio Practice, June 2013

8 June. Department of Archaeology, University of York, United Kingdom
Conference: Imagining Conservation: the next twenty years, 6 - 7 July 2012, York, United Kingdom
Registration deadline: contact organizers

8 June. International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
Conference: 2012 IIC Vienna Congress, 10-14 September 2012, Vienna, Austria
Registration deadline: contact organizers

6 June. HERITY Italia
Call for papers: 4th International Conference, "How the cultural heritage is communicated?", 5-7 December 2012, Rome, Italy
Submission deadline for abstracts: 14 July 2012

6 June. Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco - Life Beyond Tourism, Italy
Event: Costume Colloquium III: Past Dress – Future Fashion, 8-11 November 2012, Florence, Italy
Registration deadline: 30 June 2012 (early bird); 1 July 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. 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)

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

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
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

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

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

22 June. Pacific Islands Museums Association (PIMA), Museums Association of the Caribbean (MAC), Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
Pacific Island and Caribbean Islands researcher exchange programme
Applications deadline: 1 July 2012

18 June. African World Heritage Fund
Grant: Call for proposals: conservation grant
Applications deadline: 30 July 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

Publications, e-publications, e-journals

22 June. Climate Change Starter's Guidebook, UNESCO, UNEP

22 June. Journal of Open Archaeology Data (JOAD), Ubiquity Press

22 June. IFLA Principles of Engagement in library-related activities in times of conflict, crisis or disaster, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

22 June. Abstract book 2012. Connecting Conservation: Outreach and Advocacy , American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)

4 June. ICOMOS' 17th General Assembly Scientific Symposium proceedings, ICOMOS
Available for free dowload.

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

Training and development

22 June. University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia; Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy
Course: economics and techniques for the conservation of the architectural and environmental heritage, October 2012, Venice, Italy
Application deadline: 30 September 2012

22 June. 20|21 Conservação e Restauro de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal
Course: 9th Masterclass 20|21: Dry Cleaning Methods for Unvarnished Paintings, 1-2 October 2012, Porto, Portugal
Application deadline: 15 September 2012

22 June. University of Balamand, Lebanon; Lord Cultural Resources
Course: Master of Museum Studies and Cultural Heritage Management, September 2012, Lebanon
Application deadline: contact organizers

22 June. University of Bologna, Italy
Course: MOMART summer school: Preservation and Study of Modern Materials and Contemporary Art , July 2012, Ravenna, Italy
Application deadline: 29 June 2012

8 June. Institut National du Patrimoine and Centre Culturel des Irlandais, France
Course: Ligatus Summer School 2012, 3 - 14 September 2012, Paris, France
Application deadline: 1 July 2012

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

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

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

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

22 June. Alliance for Response, United States
Alliance for Response is a national program on cultural heritage and disaster management. Through a series of local Forums, it builds bridges between the cultural heritage and emergency response communities before disasters happen. The Forums lead to new partnerships, policies, and cooperative planning efforts.

1 June. Google World Wonders Project
From the archaeological areas of Pompeii to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Google’s World Wonders Project aims to bring to life the wonders of the modern and ancient world.

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.

updated on: 2 July, 2012