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AFRICA 2009: regional course Kenya
29 July. The last regional course on conservation and management of immovable heritage was launched in Kenya on 17 July 2009. |
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News from AFRICA 2009
27 July. ICCROM is pleased to announce the launching of the website of the Centre for Heritage Development (CHDA). CHDA is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that deals with the preservation, management and promotion of cultural heritage in Africa. |
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Course announcements
23 July. Impact study: tools for heritage management, Côte d’Ivoire
7 July. Disasters and climate change, China
6 July. Wood conservation 2010, Norway
10 March. Built Heritage 2010, Italy |
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Heritage news in the media worldwide
23 July. Archaeologists discover five Roman shipwrecks
Click link above to see all items. |
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New publication AFRICA 2009 : 'Protection juridique du patrimoine culturel immoblilier'
22 July. This book, published as part of the AFRICA 2009 Programme, presents the legal frameworks for immovable cultural heritage protection in French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Classifieds: events, grants, jobs, websites, etc.
24 July. Training: Conserving Heritage in Southeast Asian Cities, Getty Conservation Institute
1 July. Survey: Conservation Areas at Risk – English Heritage Survey Results
1 July. Events: Conservation events this month.
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Activities of the Director-General this month
10 July. Florence, Italy. |
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Study tour: Stone Conservation Course
1 July. The participants of the International Stone Conservation Course took part in a three-day study tour to Florence and Rome. |
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Intern at ICCROM
1 July. Catalina Bateman Vargas, from Colombia, is undertaking a two-month internship, from June to August 2009. |
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Obituary
30 June. It is with great sorrow that ICCROM has learned of the death of a long-time collaborator and friend, Derek Linstrum. He was 84 years old. |
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New publication: 'Conserving Textiles'
30 June. This compilation of articles honours Ágnes Timár-Balázsy, a renowned teacher of chemistry and the scientific background of textile conservation. |
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New publication AFRICA 2009 : 'Cultural Heritage and the Law'
30 June. This book, published as part of the AFRICA 2009 Programme, presents the legal frameworks for immovable cultural heritage protection in English-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Partnership: National Authority for Preah Vihear, Kingdom of Cambodia
22 June. On 3 June, a Letter of Agreement between ICCROM and the National Authority for Preah Vihear (NAPV) was signed by the Director-General of ICCROM, Mounir Bouchenaki and the Director-General of NAPV, H.E. Hang Soth. |
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News from the stone course
15 June. The international course on stone conservation was relaunched on 16 April, after a long period of review and evaluation, and is currently taking place in Venice, Italy. |
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Obituary
12 June. It is with great sorrow that ICCROM has learned of the death of a long-time collaborator and friend, Joseph Davidson Kweku Nkrumah of Ghana. He was 70 years old. |
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Public lecture on Lambese, Algeria
5 June. On 25 May, Mrs Amina-Aïcha Malek, researcher, Laboratoire d'Archéologie d'Orient et d'Occident, and Head of the Algero-French Archaeological Mission in Lambese, Algeria, gave a lecture on the project in Lambese. |
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New SOIMA website: audiovisual preservation
2 June. The SOIMA (Sound and Image Collections Conservation) programme has introduced a website aimed at highlighting the issues and challenges that some cultural and research institutions face in preserving their sound and image materials. |
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Interactive lecture: Siem Reap, Cambodia - Salerno, Italy
2 June. On 29 May, the Director General gave an interactive lectio magistralis on
'Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region: cultural factors in the Euro-Mediterranean relationship'. |
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Visiting fellow at ICCROM
1 June. Dr Shivashish Bose, a former ARC94 course participant from India, is now at ICCROM until the end of June as a visiting fellow. |
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