ICCROM e-News 2009_06‏

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COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
CollAsia 2010 - Conservation of Underwater Archaeological Collections
23 May. Applications are now open for the Regional course on 'Conservation of Underwater Archaeological Collections”, to be held in Philippines from 8 to 29 September 2009.
Application deadline: 30 June 2009
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2009_08CollAsiaPHL_en.shtml
Regional course on preservation and restoration of wooden structures in the Asia - Pacific Region
23 April. Applications are now open for the Regional course on 'Preservation and restoration of wooden structures in the Asia - Pacific Region', to be held in Japan from 8 September to 8 October 2009.
Application deadline: 20 June 2009
http://www.nara.accu.or.jp/english/GI%20Group%202009.html
CBH 2010 - Conservation of Built Heritage 2010
10 March. Applications are now open for the CBH 2009 course on 'Conservation of built heritage', to be held in Rome, Italy from 5 March - 30 April 2010.
Application deadline: 31 July 2009
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2010_03BuiltHeritage_en.shtml
NEWS
Events, grants, job opportunities, websites, etc.
Awards, prizes
Archaeological Photography Prize
FIAMP.2009
Events
Calendar of Events compiled by ICCROM
Event: APT 2009 Conference: Preservation in the City without Limits
Events: Conference list 2009, European Foundation for Landscape Architecture (EFLA)
Event: Congreso Iberoamericano de Parques y Jardines Públicos
Call for abstracts: Multidisciplinary conservation: a holistic view of historic interiors, ICOM-CC
Event: 2nd Historic Mortars Conference HMC2010, Czech Republic
Event: XVIII International Congress on Materials Research 2009, Mexico
Conferences: Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC), Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Call for abstracts: BIBLIOARCHI 2010, Biblioteca "Fernando Ortiz", Cuba
Conference: World Heritage and Cultural Diversity - Challenges for University Education, Cottbus, Germany
Call for abstracts: Arch10 - 6th International Conference on Arch Bridges, China
ISUF 2009 - Sixteenth International Seminar on Urban Form, China
Conference: STREMAH 2009 - 11th International Conference on Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture, Estonia
International Congress: Chemistry for Cultural Heritage (ChemCH), Italy
Annual conference: MNC 2009
Films and videos

Videos of a panel discussions, Getty Conservation Institute, United States
Grants, fellowships, interships
Getty Foundation Travel Support for Latin Americans conservators: APT 2009 Conference: Preservation in the City without Limits
Internship: Saving the Stones programme
Internships: Sound Archiving Internships 2009-2010, The British Library, United Kingdom
Grant: Young Researcher, Fondation Le Corbusier, France
Fellowships:National Gallery, United States
Grants, fellowships and internships: The Getty, United States
Jobs
Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), United Arab Emirates
Director, American Academy in Rome, Italy
Petitions
Help Create an Archive of Photographic Materials from the Pre-Digital Age
Publications
GCI Newsletter 24.1
List of publications of the Fundación Caja Madrid
Scientific examination for the investigation of paintings. A handbook for conservators-restorers, edited by D. Pinna, M. Galeotti, R. Mazzeo, Ed. Centrodi, Florence, Italy
Training
MUSM7010: Vietnam Field School in Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development, Museum Studies Program, University of Queensland, Australia
Built Heritage Conservation and Development, Academia Istropolitana Nova (A.I. Nova), Svätý Jur, Slovakia
New graduate programme: Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Canberra
Heritage and Culture: Challenge and innovation in public policy and practice, Public Administration International (PAI), United Kingdom
Cultural Resource Management Program, School of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria, Canada
Fratelli Alinari Fondazione and Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy
Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France and Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Brazil
Saving the Stones, International Conservation Centre, Old City of Acre, Israel
International seminar: Cultural heritage and legal aspects in Europe, University of Primorska, Slovenia
Training: Spring and summer short courses, Sotheby's Institute of Art, United Kingdom and United States
SAHC Erasmus Mundus Masters Course: Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions 2009/2010
Training: 2009 Courses ABER-SENAI (Associação Brasileira de Encadernação e Restauro), Brazil
Workshops on historic bookbindings: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, Patmos, Greece
Institut National du Programme (INP), France
TInscriptions: Conservation Bacherlors and Masters programmes, Scuola Italiani Universitaria della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI), Canobbio, Switzerland
Summer School: Book conservation 2009, Montefiascone Project, Italy
CENCREM: 2009 course programme, Cuba
The Getty Leadership Institute: 2009 course programme, United States
Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies 2009, United States
Hornemann Institute: 2009 course programme in English and German, Germany
AAM professional development programme in 2009, United States
Talleres ILAM 2009, Costa Rica
Society of American Archivists Continuing Professional Education in 2009, United Sates
AIC: 2009 course programme, United States
Websites, e-journals, e-publications
Website: Access artists' recipe books online, GCI
Blogspot: Vivamos el patrimonio, Colombia
IFLA news brief #18
Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage
Website: Institute of Carpenters Encourages the Next Generation of Apprentices
Online: MW2009: the international conference for culture and heritage on-line
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/field_en/misc_en.shtml
To propose announcements, please feel free to contact us: webmaster@iccrom.org
New SOIMA website: audiovisual preservation
3 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.
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/various_en/06_02webSOIMA_en.shtml
Interactive lecture: Siem Reap, Cambodia - Salerno, Italy
3 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'.
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/various_en/06_02webSOIMA_en.shtml
Public lecture at ICCROM
14 May. On 15 June (11am), Mr Jacques Gaucher, architect, who has been conducting a programme of urban archaeology at Angkor, Cambodia, will give a lecture on 'Recent Archaeological Researches on Angkor Thom'.
Should you wish to attend please contact: odg@iccrom.org or + 39 06.585-53340
Activities of the Director-General this month
29 May . Salerno, Italy
22 May. Rome, Italy
18 May. Algiers, Algeria
13 May. Bosnia and Herzegovina
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/mbo_en/05mbo_en.shtml
AFRICA 2009: financial partners meeting
12 May. From 7 to 8 May 2009, ICCROM hosted the annual meeting of the financial partners of the AFRICA 2009 programme..http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/events_en/05_07meetingAfrica2009_en.shtml
Meeting at ICCROM: IIC Council meeting
12 May. From 7 to 8 May, ICCROM hosted the IIC Council meeting.http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/events_en/05_07meetingIIC_en.shtml
UNESCO Celebrates Cultural Diversity: 11 - 22 May 2009
6 May. The numerous cultural events held on the World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (21 May) are meant to underscore not only the intrinsic value of specific cultural productions, but also and above all the fertility of their diversity.http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php- URL_ID=39145&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
International museum day: 18 May
4 May. ICOM and WFFM launch International Museum Day 2009 on 'Museums and Tourism'.http://icom.museum/2009_contents.html
INTERNS AND FELLOWS
Dr Shivashish Bose
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.
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/interns_en/06_01fellowBoseIND_en.shtml
OBITUARIES
Michel Parent
18 May. Michel Parent, President of ICOMOS from 1981 to 1987, has died at the age of 93. The Director General and all the staff of ICCROM would like to present their most sincere condolences to his family and to his colleagues at ICOMOS.
http://www.international.icomos.org/secretariat/in_memoriam/michel_parent_en.htm
Claude Volfovsky
14 May. It is with great sorrow that ICCROM has learnt that Claude Volfovsky, a long-time collaborator and friend of ICCROM, has passed away in France on 12 May 2009, aged 67.
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/various_en/05_14obitVolfovsky_en.shtml
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