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Awards, competitions, and prizes

25 October. World Monuments Fund (WMF)
2014 World Monuments Watch nominations
Launched in 1996, the World Monuments Watch calls international attention to cultural heritage around the globe that is at risk from the forces of nature and the impact of social, political, and economic change. The 2014 Watch continues this tradition of identifying places with compelling opportunities for positive change.
Applications deadline: 1 March 2013

8 October. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Spain; Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Trust; University of Notre Dame School of Architecture, United States
Premio Rafael Manzano Martos de Arquitectura Clásica y Restauración de Monumentos
Applications deadline: see website

8 October. American Library Association
George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Award
Applications deadline: 1 December 2012

24 September. Fondation Marc de Montalembert and the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INAH), France
2013 Marc de Montalembert Prize
Applications deadline: 1 November 2012

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

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

29 October. Rathgen Research Laboratory, National Museums Berlin, Germany
Call for papers and posters / Workshop: Heritage Science and Sustainable Development for the Preservation of Art and Cultural Assets - On the Way to the Green Museum, 11-12 April 2013, Berlin, Germany
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2013
Registration deadline: 15 February 2013 (early bird)

25 October. University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Kunsthistorische Museum, Austria
Conference: International Conference on IPM in museums, archives and historic houses, 5-7 June 2013, Vienna, Austria
Registration deadline: 31 December 2012 (early bird); 1 May 2013

25 October. International Scientific Commitee LASMAC, Brazil, Mexico and Peru
Call for papers: IV Latin American Symposium on Physics and Chemistry Applied to Archaeology, Art and Cultural Heritage Conservation, 16-18 October 2013, Bogotá, Colombia
Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 May 2013

25 October. Centre de recherche sur la conservation des collections (CRCC), France
Call for papers: Cultural Heritage Conservation Science & Sustainable Development: Experience, Research and Innovation, 23-25 October 2013, Paris, France
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2013

22 October. Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Norway
Call for papers: Public paintings by Edvard Munch and his contemporaries. Change and conservation challenges, 28−30 June 2013, Oslo, Norway
Submission deadline for abstracts: 28 November 2012

22 October. Fundación del Patrimonio Histórico de Castilla y León, Spain
Symposium: Evaluación de la Eficiencia de las Instituciones Culturales, 8 November 2012, Valladolid, Spain
Registration deadline: 5 November 2012

22 October. CNR- Institute for Conservation and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage, Italy; National Research Council of Italy
Conference: Waterfronts Revisited : Transformation of Port Cities and the UNESCO Recommendation on Historic Urban Landscapes, 9 November 2012, Rome, Italy
Registration deadline: contact organizers

5 October. ICOM-CC Working Group Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decorations
Call for papers: Interim meeting -- Polychrome Sculpture: Decorative Practice and Artistic Tradition, 28-29 May 2013, Tomar, Portugal
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 December 2012

5 October. Special Libraries Association-Asian Chapter; Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines
Call for papers: Special Libraries towards Achieving Dynamic, Strategic, and Responsible Working Environment, 10-12 April 2013, Pasay City, Philippines
Submission deadline: 30 November 2013

5 October. Herity, Italy
Conference: How is cultural heritage communicated?, 5-7 December 2012, Rome, Italy
Registration deadline: 30 November 2012

2 October. ICOM-CC Working Groups (Wood, Furniture, & Lacquer, Scientific Research, and Sculpture, Polychromy, & Architectural Decoration)
Call for papers: Heritage Wood: Research & Conservation in the 21st Century, 28-30 October 2013, Warsaw, Poland
Submission deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2013

2 October. ICOM-DEMHIST, international committee for historic house museums, ICOM-CC
Conference: The Artifact, its Context, and their Narrative: Multidisciplinary Conservation in Historic House Museums, 6-9 November 2012, Los Angeles, United States
Registration deadline: contact organizers

2 October. Users' Group for Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (MaSC)
Call for papers: Sixth MaSC Workshop and Meeting, 3-7 June 2013, Pisa, Italy
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2013

2 October. National Museum of Denmark
Call for posters: Conservation in the Nineteenth Century , 13-16 May 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 November 2012

26 September. American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Photographic Materials specialty group (AIC-PMG) and the International Council of Museums Conservation Committee's Photographic Materials Working Group (ICOM-CC-PMWG)
Conference/Call for posters: Photographs conservation joint meeting, 11-15 February 2013, Wellington, New Zealand
Submission deadline for posters: 2 November 2012
Registration deadline: contact organizers

21 September. ICOM - INTERCOM: International Committee on Management
Conference: INTERCOM 2012 - #museumchallenges, 25-29 November 2012, Sydney, Australia
Registration deadline: contact organizers

5 September . The Radio-Past Project
Event: Non-destructive approaches to complex archaeological sites in Europe: a round-up, 10-17 Janauary 2013, Ghent, Belgium
Registration deadline: contact organizers

3 September . The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM) Australia
Symposium: The meaning of materials in modern and contemporary art, 10-11 December 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Registration deadline: contact organizers

23 August. The Canadian Association for the Conservation of Cultural Property (CAC), Canada
Conference: 39th Annual Canadian Association for Conservation (CAC) Conference and Workshops, 21-25 May 2013, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Registration deadline: contact organizers

20 August. Eastern Analytical Symposium, United States
Symposium: Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition (EAS) 2012 , 12-15 November 2012, New Jersey, United States
Registration deadline: contact organizers

20 August. Centro Nacional de Conservación y Restauración (CNCR), Chile
Call for papers: Edición 2013 de la Revista Conserva
Submission deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2012

17 August. Australasian Registrars Committee, Australia
Event: Managing the Unexpected: collection management and disasters, 13-22 November 2012, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia and Dunedin and Auckland, New Zealand
Registration deadline: contact organizers

13 August. Institute of Conservation (ICON), United Kingdom
Conference: Conserving Context: relating object treatment to collections & settings, 14 March 2013, London, United Kingdom
Registration deadline: 14 February 2013 (early bird)

3 August.The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, United States
Call for papers: The Archaeology Channel Conference on Cultural Heritage Film, 8-10 May 2013, Oregon, United States
Submission deadline for abstracts: 21 November 2012

31 July. Cathedral and Church Buildings Division, United Kingdom
Event: Heating Without the Hot Air, 3 December 2012, London, United Kingdom
Registration deadline: contact organizers

30 July. Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale, Italy
Conference: 3rd edition of the Cultural Heritage on line - Trusted Digital Repositories & Trusted Professionals, 11-12 December 2012, Florence, Italy
Registration deadline: contact organizers

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

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

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

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

Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers

5 October. Fondation Marc de Montalembert, France
Grant: Appel à projets culturels Méditerranéens
Applications deadline: 31 December 2012

16 August. The Getty Conservation Institute, United States
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Science
Applications deadline: 1 November 2012

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

Jobs

25 October. Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology, Turkey
Position at Kaman-Kalehöyük excavation 2013: Archaeological Field Conservator
Application deadline: 15 November 2012

25 October. University of Cambridge Museums (UCM), United Kingdom
Conservator of Organic Materials
Application deadline: 12 November 2012

22 October. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States
Assistant Paintings Conservator
Application deadline: 12 November 2012

9 October. Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States
Director
Application deadline: 9 November 2012

2 October. Rathgen Research Laboratory, National Museums Berlin, Germany
Conservation Scientist
Application deadline: 29 October 2012

27 August. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Unted States
Assistant Photograph Conservator, Paper Conservation
Application deadline: contact organizer

24 August. United Nations
Young professionals programme
Application deadline: see website

Publications, e-publications, e-journals

22 October. News in Conservation, vol. 32, October 2012, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)

22 October. Planning and Constructing Book & Paper Conservation Laboratories, Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), United States

22 October. International Journal of Heritage in the Digital Era, No.3, Multi Science Publishing, United Kingdom

22 October. International Preservation News No. 57, Mass Storage and Preservation Issues, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

9 October. World Heritage: Benefits Beyond Borders, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
Due to be published on the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, November 2012, this thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage sites and their Outstanding Universal Value in the context of sustainable development.

8 October. IPI’s Guide to Sustainable Preservation Practices for Managing Storage Environments, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States

8 October. e-conservation magazine, Issue No. 24, Autumn 2012, Portugal
Available for free download

5 October. AV Insider 2: Preservation in Times of Precarity, Presto Centre, Netherlands
Addresses the various challenges of audiovisual organisations in the context of the current global financial crisis.

2 October. Journal of Paper Conservation VOL. 13 (2012), No. 3

2 October. Archeomatica, Italy
Archeomatica is an Italian journal devoted to the dissemination of advanced methodologies and technologies for cultural heritage.

24 September. METAL 2010, ICOM-CC Metal Working Group
Proceedings of the Interim Meeting of the International Council of Museums- Committee for Conservation Metal Working Group that took place in Charleston, SC, USA on October 11-15, 2010.

21 September. Blog: Cultural Property & Archaeology Law, Kimberley Alderman, United States

18 September. Training manual for the UNESCO foundation course on the protection and management of underwater cultural heritage in Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO Bangkok

18 September. Technical Bulletin 33, National Gallery, United Kingdom

18 September. 2012 IIC Vienna Congress - Paper and poster summaries and fully published student posters, International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)

Survey

2 October. Profiling and Evaluating Digital Preservation, APARSEN Project
Aimed to produce a study which evaluates digital preservation in terms of importance, value, benefits, currents activities, costs and future involvement.

Training and development

25 October. Archives Association of British Columbia, Canada
Workshop: Managing Archival Photographs (Distance Education), 7 January - 14 March 2013
Application deadline: 30 November 2012

22 October. Significance International, Australia
Workshop: Risk Management for Collecting Organisations, 7 February 2012, Canberra, Australia
Application deadline: contact organizers

22 October. Significance International, Australia
Workshop: Significance Assessment for Collections, 26-27 November 2012, Canberra, Australia
Application deadline: contact organizers

22 October. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Workshop: Preventing pests by IPM, 10 January 2013, London, United Kingdom
Application deadline: contact organizers

22 October. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Workshop: Environment: effective monitoring and management, 5 December 2012, London, United Kingdom
Application deadline: contact organizers

9 October. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Workshop: Who cares? Advocating collection care, 8 November 2012, London, United Kingdom
Application deadline: contact organizers

5 October. Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), United States
Workshop: The Next Chapter: Rare Books in Modern Times, 13-14 November 2012, Philadelphia, United States
Application deadline: 30 October 2012

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

Video

9 October. Thomas P. Campbell: Weaving narratives in museum galleries, TED 2012
As the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Thomas P. Campbell thinks deeply about curating—not just selecting art objects, but placing them in a setting where the public can learn their stories.

9 October. The Art of Conservation, United States
Video portrait of Leyla Lau-Lamb, Senior Conservator of Books and Papyri at the University of Michigan Library.

9 October. The Portico de la Gloria: Work in Progress, Spain

9 October. The Art of Conservation, United States
Video portrait of Leyla Lau-Lamb, Senior Conservator of Books and Papyri at the University of Michigan Library.

Websites, online databases

29 October. MetPublications, Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States
MetPublications is a portal to the Met’s comprehensive publishing program. Beginning with nearly 650 titles published from 1964 to the present, this resource will continue to expand and could eventually offer access to nearly all books, Bulletins, and Journals published by the Metropolitan Museum since the Met's founding in 1870. It will also include online publications.

22 October. ConservationSpace
The goal of ConservationSpace is to develop an open-source software application that will address a core need of the conservation community for a shared solution to the problem of documentation management.

9 October. Khartasia, Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Collections (CRCC), France
The database Khartasia combines historical and technological information on components of the papermaking plants, papermaking manufacturing, paper names and characteristics of papermaking fibers. The texts are illustrated with photographs or drawings. The information comes from literature surveys carried out in collaboration with partner institutions in China, Korea and Japan.

5 October. Fondation Marc de Montalembert
The Foundation, established in memory of Marc (1972-1993), strives to promote cultural understanding among the young generations and encourage intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean world.

21 September. Underwater Cultural Heritage in Vietnam
Raising awareness and building capacity.

18 September. Her.cul.es Project
Strengthening the attractiveness of European higher education in Heritage and Cultural Tourism.

updated on: 31 October, 2012