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Awards, competitions, and prizes

13 July. American Academy in Rome
Rome Prize Fellowships
Applications deadline: 1 November 2012

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

23 July. ICOM Russia and ICOM ICFA, Russian Federation
Call for papers: Museum Complexes: Principles of Functioning, Management and Development, 30 September- 5 October 2012, Moscow, Russian Federation
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2012

23 July. State University of New York College, Art Conservation and Design Departments and the Burchfield Penney Art Center, United States
Call for papers: The Asian Lacquer International Symposium, 20-24 May 2013, Buffalo, United States
Submission deadline for abstracts: 2  January 2013

19 July. Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC)
Conference: Regional Conference of the North West European Region of OWHC, 12-14 September 2012, Beemster, Netherlands
Registration deadline: 25 July 2012

18 July. Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy
Conference: TJahrestagung/Convegno annuale 2012: Umstrittene Denkmale/Monumenti controversi, 19-22 September 2012, Bolzano, Italy
Registration deadline: contact organizers

18 July. Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM), Australia
Symposium: The 7th AICCM Book, Paper and Photographic Materials Symposium , 29-31 August 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Registration deadline: 31 July 2012 (early bird)

18 July. Institute of Conservation (ICON), United Kingdom
Call for papers: Icon Conference 2013: Positive Futures in an Uncertain World In partnership with the University of Glasgow, 10-12 April 2013, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Registration deadline: 10 September 2012

17 July. French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) and partners, France
Call for papers: Arabo-islamic legacies in Mediterranean Europe (8th -18th centuries) – Archaeology, History, Anthropology, 11-13 September 2012, Marseille, France
Registration deadline: 11 October 2012

13 July. Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan
Event: The 36th Southeast Asia Seminar: Cities and Cultures in Southeast Asia, 20-23 November 2012, Cebu City, Philippines
Registration deadline: 1 August 2012

13 July. The Rizal Library, Philippines
Conference: 5th International Conference: Libraries, Archives and Museums: Common Challenges, Unique Approaches, 25-26 October 2012, Quezon City, Philippines
Registration deadline: contact organizers

10 July. Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage and Shell, Netherlands
Call for papers: Van Gogh's Studio Practice, 24-26 June 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 November 2012

10 July. ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Tourism (ICTC)
Conference: ICOMOS ICTC International Conference on Cultural Tourism and 2012 Annual Meeting, 7-8 November 2012, Vigan, Philippines
Registration deadline: contact organizers

9 July. International Council on Archives (ICA)
Conference: International Council on Archives Congress 2012, 20-24 August 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Registration deadline: 15 July 2012 (early bird)

9 July. UNESCO
Conference: The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation , 26-28 September 2012, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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. 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

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

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)

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

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. 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

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

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

Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers

18 July. Institute of Conservation (ICON), United Kingdom
ICON Internships
Applications deadline: 27 July 2012

13 July. American Academy in Rome, Italy
Rome Prize Fellowships
Applications deadline: 1 November 2012

18 June. African World Heritage Fund
Grant: Call for proposals: conservation grant
Applications deadline: 30 July 2012

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

Jobs

23 July. The British Museum, United Kingdom
Conservator; Organics
Application deadline: 1 August 2012

19 July. Getty Conservation Institute, United States
Senior Project Specialist (Collections)
Application deadline: 30 August 2012

18 July. Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
Senior Conservator
Application deadline: 22 August 2012

18 July. Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Collections, France
Conservation scientist/materials scientist
Application deadline: 26 July 2012

10 July. Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom
Furniture Conservator
Application deadline: 31 July 2012

10 July. Horniman Public Museum and Gardens, United Kingdom
Conservator (Ethnography Re-envisioned Project)
Application deadline: 3 August 2012

10 July. Horniman Public Museum and Gardens, United Kingdom
Assistant Curator (Ethnography Re-envisioned project)
Application deadline: 26 July 2012

Publications, e-publications, e-journals

18 July. Territori della Cultura No.8, 2012 , Centro Universitario Europeo per i Beni Culturali

17 July. The Le Corbusier Gymnasium in Baghdad: discovery of construction archives (1974 -1980), 31 May 2012 , Caecilia Pieri

10 July. Project Newsletter No.4, July 2012, War Free World Heritage Listed Cities

9 July. Survey Report on Digitisation in European Cultural Heritage Institutions 2012, EUMERATE Thematic Network

6 July. International Preservation News No. 56, May 2012, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (IFLA-PAC)

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)

Training and development

13 July. Centre for Heritage Development in Africa, African World Heritage Fund, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage - Department of Museums and Monuments of Uganda
Course: World Heritage Nomination Training Course, 15- 26 October 2012, Uganda
Application deadline: 17 August 2012

9 July. Herculaneum Centre, Italy
Course: Vesuvian Archaeology Study Programme, September 2012 and March 2013, Ercolano, Italy
Application deadline: see website

3 July. International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) - UNESCO
Workshop: 1st International Workshop on Space Technologies for World Heritage, 9-28 October 2012, Beijing, China
Application deadline: 31 August 2012

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

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

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

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

Video

19 July. Numbers, Art Babble
Richard McCoy, Conservator of Objects and Variable Art at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, discusses the restoration of Robert Indiana's /Numbers/

10 July. The heritage curse, Aljazeera
Is World Heritage designation overwhelming the very sites it is meant to protect?

Websites, online databases

6 July. POPART project – the Preservation Of plastic ARTefacts in museum collections
Twelve partners worked together to establish protocols for analyzing, examining and conserving these artefacts for the future generations to enjoy and to study.

6 July. Researching Ivory
Researching Ivory: Integrating scientific analyses, historical data, artefact studies and conservation needs.

6 July. E-Corpus
E-corpus is a collective digital library that catalogs and disseminates numerous documents: manuscripts, archives, books, journals, prints, audio recordings, video, etc.

6 July. Sottoscrizione a favore degli archivi danneggiati dal sisma, Italy
Donate to the recovery of archives damaged in the May 2012 earthquake in Emilia Romagna, Italy.

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.

updated on: 24 July, 2012