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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

Events

Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Events this month

27 December. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Germany
Call for papers: LIBER 42nd Annual Conference: Research Information Infrastructures and the Future Role of Libraries, 26-29 June 2013, Munich, Germany
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2013

27 December. British Library Preservation Advisory Centre, United Kingdom; International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
Call for papers: Evolution or revolution? The changing face of collection care, 14-15 October 2013, London, United Kingdom
Submission deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2013

27 December. Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan, and INTERPOL
Conference: Protection of Cultural Property in Asia, 15-18 February 2013, Thimphu, Bhutan
Registration deadline: contact organizers

19 December. Hercules Laboratory, Evora University, Portugal
Call for papers: InART-13: 1st International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology, 10-13 July 2013, Evora, Portugal
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2013

18 December. Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, Second University of Naples, Italy
Call for papers: XI International Forum Le vie dei mercanti, titled: Heritage, Architecture, LanDesign. Focus on conservation, regeneration, innovation, 13-15 June 2013, Naples and Capri, Italy
Submission deadline for abstracts: 7 January 2013

14 December. Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Call for papers: BUILT HERITAGE 2013 Monitoring Conservation Management, 18-20 November 2013, Milan, Italy
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 March 2013

14 December. European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, Austria
Call for papers: Book and Paper Conservation: Horn II conference - From Microorganisms to Mega-organisms, 23-25 April 2014, Horn, Austria
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 April 2013

6 December. Centre de recherche sur la conservation des collection (CRCC), France
Call for papers / Conference: Cultural heritage conservation science and sustainable development: experience, research, innovation, 263-25 October 2013, Paris, France
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2013
Registration deadline: 15 September 2013

6 December. State University of New York College at Buffalo (Buffalo State) Art Conservation and Design Departments and the Burchfield Penney Art Center, United States
Call for papers: Asian Lacquer Symposium 2013, 20–24 May 2013, Buffalo, United States
Submission deadline for abstracts: 2 January 2013

20 November. Inter-University Center; University of Dubrovnik; Institute of Art History; Center Cvito Fiskoviv in Split; Arts Academy of the University of Split, Croatia
Call for papers: Our Modern: Re-appropriating Vulnerable 20th century Heritage, 21–24 May 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Submission deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2013

20 November. ICOM-CC Working Group: Graphic Documents
Conference: Paper Conservation: Decisions & Compromises, 17-19 April 2013, Vienna, Austria
Registration deadline: 15 February 2013 (early bird)

12 November. Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany; International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA
Call for abstracts / Conference: 1st International Conference on Neutron Imaging and Neutron Methods in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Research (NINMACH 2013), 9-12 September 2013, Garching, Germany
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 May 2013
Registration deadline: 31 December 2012

12 November. Network for Conservation of Contemporary Art Research (NeCCAR)
Call for papers: Performing Documentation in the Conservation of Contemporary Art, 20-21 June 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
Submission deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2013

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

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

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. 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

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: Photographs conservation joint meeting, 11-15 February 2013, Wellington, New Zealand
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

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

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)

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

Grants, scholarships, internships, funding, volunteers

6 December. Sheridan Libraries and Museums; Johns Hopkins University, United States
Fellowship: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Heritage Science for Conservation
Applications deadline: 15 February 2013

22 November. Hamilton Kerr Institute, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Internship: Internships in the conservation of easel paintings, September 2013
Applications deadline: 31 January 2013

22 November. Smithsonian Institution, United States
Fellowship: Smithsonian Postgraduate Fellowships in Conservation of Museum Collections, 2013-14
Applications deadline: 15 January 2013

22 November. National Gallery of Art, United States
Fellowship: Charles E. Culpeper Advanced Training Fellowship in Conservation Science ; Advanced Training Fellowships in Conservation
Applications deadline: 31 December 2012

21 November. Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, United States
Fellowship: Levy Visiting Fellowship in Archaeological Conservation
Applications deadline: 1 February 2013

21 November. International Council of Museums (ICOM)
Travel Grants to attend ICOM Rio 2013
Applications deadline: 4 February 2013

20 November. Smithsonian Institution, United States
Fellowship: Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship: stable isotope sciences
Applications deadline: 15 January 2013

12 November. University of Kent, United Kingdom; Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
Scholarships: MA in Heritage Management (Kent-AUEB)
Applications deadline: contact organizers

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

Jobs

27 December. University of Melbourne, Australia
Lecturer in Cultural Materials Conservation
Applications deadline: 20 January 2013

Publications, e-publications, e-journals

27 December. MOSAIKON e-Bulletin
This is a free, biannual electronic newsletter produced by the MOSAIKON partners—the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, ICCROM, and the International Committe for the Conservation of Mosaics—that focuses on activities related to the conservation and management of archaeological mosaics in the Mediterranean region.

27 December. Actes des XXIIIèmes Journées des restaurateurs en archéologie, novembre 2007, Laboratoire de conservation de Draguignan, France

19 December. Research and Technical Studies Postprints, American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)

18 December. Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies: Voices in (and around) the Museum Seminar Series, Vol 10, No 1 (2012)

12 December. CD-Rom para ayudar a los museos a trabajar con comunidades locales, Oficina de UNESCO en Costa Rica y el Instituto Latinoamericano de Museos (ILAM)

6 December. AP: Online Journal in Public Archaeology, JAS Arqueología S.L.

6 December. Newsletter 23, World Heritage Institute of Training and Research-Asia and Pacific (WHITRAP)

6 December. Project Newsletter No. 5, War Free World Heritage Listed Cities

6 December. Salvaging library and archive collections, Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom

Survey

19 December. International Survey on Paper Conservations Methods, Department of Library Science and Information Systems, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece
Aims at determining the level of acceptance and implementation--at the international level--of the various paper conservation methods found in literature.

12 November. Earth Architecture and Earth Building, National University of Malaysia
The aim of this survey is to investigate the conditions needed for the earth building and earth architecture. It investigates the building industry’s understanding of earth architecture and earth buildings.

12 November. Selection for Preservation Action, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
Prioritization for Preservation Treatment Decision Making in a Collaborative Library Environment

Training and development

27 December. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Workshop: Promoting good handling, 7 February 2013, London, United Kingdom
Application deadline: contact organizers

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

24 December. Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, Italy and CLUE-VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Course: Challenging Eternity: Heritage, Urbanistic Interventions and the City of Rome, 3- 13 June 2013, Rome, Italy
Registration deadline: 20 January 2013

18 December. Haute Ecole de Conservation-restauration Arc, Switzerland
Workshop: Workshop on the CLAMTEC analytical tool, 16 January 2013, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Registration deadline: 6 January 2013

14 December. European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, Austria
2013 courses, Horn, Austria
Application deadline: see website

12 December. Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and Lunder Conservation Center, United States
Workshop: Cleaning of Acrylic Painted Surfaces (CAPS), 30 April – 3 May 2013, Washington DC, United States
Application deadline: 21 January 2013

6 December. Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Course: Maritime Archaeology, 11-15 March 2013, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Application deadline: contact organizers

6 December. Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Course: Underwater Cultural Heritage, 20-24 May 2013, Florence, Italy
Application deadline: contact organizers

6 December. Getty Conservation Institute, United States
Workshop: Advanced-Level Photograph Conservation, 15–26 July 2013, Zagreb, Croatia
Application deadline: 28 January 2013

23 November. University of Minho, Portugal; Technical University of Catalonia, Spain; Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic; University of Padua, Italy; Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
Course: Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions, September 2013, Portugal
Application deadline: 20 January 2013

22 November. Institut national du patrimoine (INP), France
Seminar: La conservation préventive : principes fondamentaux, 30-31 January, Paris, France
Application deadline: contact organizers

22 November. Institut national du patrimoine (INP), France
Course: Prévention du risque chimique. Approche globale, 15 January, Paris, France
Application deadline: contact organizers

22 November. Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (FAIC), United States
Course: Digital Imaging for Conservators and Museum Professionals, 12-15 March 2013, Washington DC, United States
Application deadline: contact organizers

20 November. Image Permanence Institute, United States
Development: Calendar of free webinars 2013
Application deadline: contact organizers

12 November. Institut National du Patrimoine (INP), France
Training: Formation permanente et colloques, programme 2013, Paris, France
Application deadline: contact organizers

12 November. Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library, United Kingdom
Workshop: Preservation Assessment Survey, 30 January 2013, London, United Kingdom
Application deadline: contact organizers

12 November. University of Evora, Portugal; Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; European Commission, Erasmus Mundus
Course: Erasmus Mundus Master in Archaeological Materials Science (2 years), starting September 2013; Evora, Portugal; Rome, Italy; Thessaloniki, Greece
Application deadline: 15 January 2013

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

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

Video

6 December. Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object, TED
A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object.

6 December. The Art and Science of Conservation: Behind the Scenes at the Freer Gallery of Art
What's possibly the most calming yet nerve-racking job in the world? Come behind the scenes of the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art to find out!

6 December. Maurizio Seracini: The secret lives of paintings, TED
Art history is far from set in stone. Engineer Maurizio Seracini spent 30 years searching for Leonardo da Vinci’s lost fresco “The Battle of Anghiari,” and in the process discovered that many paintings have layers of history hidden underneath. Should they be part of the viewing experience too?

6 December. Intervista con Stefano De Caro Direttore Generale ICCROM
RADIO ITALIA IRIB Hamid Masoumi Nejad corrispondente della RTV Iraniana in Italia.

Websites, online databases

27 December. The Big Internet Museum
The interactive collection about the Internet.

19 December. The Winchester Palace Roman Wall Paintings
The excavation and restoration of the Winchester Palace Roman wall painting was an extremely important project that owed its success to the expertise of Sean A. MacKenna (Tony MacKenna), who was the conservator for the Department of Greater London Archaeology.

12 December. Open Glam
Open Glam is an initiative run by the Open Knowledge Foundation that promotes free and open access to digital cultural heritage held by Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM).

updated on: 27 December, 2012