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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 86 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: 'Cultural Heritage and the Law'
30 June. This book 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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Activities of the Director-General this month
3 June. Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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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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Course announcements
10 March. Built Heritage 2010, Italy |
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Heritage news in the media worldwide
26 June. Dresden is deleted from UNESCO’s World Heritage List
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Events, grants, jobs, websites, etc.
29 June. Emploi : Getty Conservation Institute, United States
25 June. Job: Conservator of Objects, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
8 June. Job: Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand
3 June. Events: Conservation events this month.
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