Australia ICOMOS E-Mail News No. 650

  1. Melbourne’s ‘Mini Australia ICOMOS Conference’, October 2014 – CALL FOR OFFERS OF ACCOMMODATION
  2. AICOMOS Symposium: ‘The Return to a New Age of Activism for Cultural Heritage?’ – REGISTRATION OPEN
  3. AICOMOS Symposium: ‘Grasping the intangible at heritage places’ – REGISTRATION OPEN
  4. The Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan – comments invited
  5. Australia ICOMOS New Membership Applications
  6. Institute for Culture and Society PhD scholarships – applications open
  7. A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land book launch, Hobart
  8. AICOMOS member recognised in recent 2014 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
  9. “Conserving ancient shipwrecks” article
  10. Heritage Council of WA’s eNewsletter out now
  11. “Cultural Heritage and Loss Prevention” conference, Portugal, 6-7 October 2014
  12. News from World Monuments Fund
  13. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) seminar, Melbourne
  14. University of Minho Historical and Masonry Structures YouTube channel
  15. Course announcement – CollAsia: Handling, Packing and Moving Collections, January 2015
  16. 2016 World Monuments Watch nominations – now open
  17. Heritage Victoria’s latest Inherit e-newsletter available online
  18. International Symposium & Training Course on the Historic Urban Landscape, China, 7-10 December 2014
  19. Trans-Atlantic Dialogues on Cultural Heritage conference, July 2015, UK – call for papers
  20. Conservation Management Planning workshop, Canberra, 27 September
  21. 19th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, Vienna, November 2014 – early bird registration closing soon
  22. International Conference on Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings, Madrid, 29-30 September 2014
  23. SITUATION VACANT Senior Heritage Consultant, Rappoport Heritage Consultants (NSW)
  24. SITUATION VACANT Senior Project Specialist (Built/20th-century Heritage), Getty Conservation Institute

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1. Melbourne’s ‘Mini Australia ICOMOS Conference’, October 2014 – CALL FOR OFFERS OF ACCOMMODATION

On 17-18 October, Australia ICOMOS is holding two all-day symposia back-to-back, along with the Australia ICOMOS Annual General Meeting. The program is as follows:

  • Friday 17 October: The Return to a New Age of Activism for Cultural Heritage?
  • The Australia ICOMOS AGM will be held after the ‘Activism’ symposium
  • Saturday 18 October: Grasping the intangible at heritage places
  • The launch of the Intangible Cultural Heritage National Scientific Committee (NSC)

More information on each event is provided in the related items below.

Accommodation

It has come to the organisers’ attention that these events coincide with a very large international convention (as well as the Caulfield Cup!), and accommodation in the city is at a premium. Rooms are still available, particularly away from the CBD, and we would encourage members to look to different options such as Airbnb.

BUT!! This circumstance provides a great opportunity for AI members to connect by providing or seeking accommodation in the city over the course of the event, and we would like to facilitate the arrangement of accommodation within our membership for these dates:

  • Thursday 16 October
  • Friday 17 October
  • Saturday 18 October

For hosts

Accordingly, if you feel that you, or someone that you know, could offer accommodation to a visiting symposium-ite, please go to our online spreadsheet and provide details requested.

People seeking accommodation will then contact you.

When your offer has been taken up, please update the spreadsheet.

For visitors

If you require accommodation for some or all of these dates, please choose from the offers on the spreadsheet, contact the offering member/s and make arrangements.

Please email Abi Belfrage if you have any difficulties with the spreadsheet.

We look forward to hearing about Australia ICOMOS members working together to help make these events the great success they promise to be.

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2. AICOMOS Symposium: ‘The Return to a New Age of Activism for Cultural Heritage?’ – REGISTRATION OPEN

The Return to a New Age of Activism for Cultural Heritage?
Conserving Heritage: Activism & Advocacy in the 21st Century

  • Friday 17 October, 9.00am-4.00pm (followed by the Australia ICOMOS AGM at 4.30pm)
  • Deakin University City Campus
    550 Bourke Street, Melbourne

This ‘Activism’ symposium asks whether we need to return to an age of activism to retain and build on what achieved in cultural heritage conservation since the 1970s.

Featuring presentations from successful activists in social media, local government, planning community action, the natural environment and the arts, it will offer us a chance to reflect and look forward.

Download the UPDATED! Conserving Heritage – Activism & Advocacy in the 21st Century flier.

REGISTRATION

Cost: registering for either symposium on its own – $65, registering for both symposia at the same time – $120

PLEASE NOTE: Australia ICOMOS is not able to pre-issue tax invoices for these events. A tax invoice will be sent by email upon the completion of the registration process via the links below.

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3. AICOMOS Symposium: ‘Grasping the intangible at heritage places’ – REGISTRATION OPEN

This Symposium presented by the Australia ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage (NSC-ICH) will explore the connections between the intangible and the tangible aspects of heritage places and cultural heritage, drawing on a range of case studies.

Download the Grasping the Intangible Symposium flier.

Interested? Register via the NSC-ICH symposium website. To get updates click blue Follow button too.

Like to sponsor the Symposium? Look at the sponsorship options on our website and use the Contact page to make contact with the team.

And we’d love more volunteers to help out: Register using the form on the website’s Contact page.

REGISTRATION

Cost: registering for either symposium on its own – $65, registering for both symposia at the same time – $120

PLEASE NOTE: Australia ICOMOS is not able to pre-issue tax invoices for these events. A tax invoice will be sent by email upon the completion of the registration process via the links below.

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4. The Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan – comments invited

The Australian and Queensland government has released the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan, which is the overarching framework for protecting and managing the Great Barrier Reef from 2015 to 2050. The Plan is a key component of the Australian Government’s response to the recommendations of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

Public comment is now invited on the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan, and is open until 27 October 2014.

For further information, visit the Department of the Environment website.

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5. Australia ICOMOS New Membership Applications

There are many benefits in joining ICOMOS – not only the fantastic people you will meet but Membership of Australia ICOMOS brings discounts at ICOMOS functions, at many conferences in Australia and internationally and on ICOMOS publications. The E-mail News provides a weekly bulletin board of information and events in Australia and overseas, including state based events, conferences and site visits, as well as information on heritage publications, funding and grant opportunities, course details and job offers. Members also receive a number of issues annually of the Australia ICOMOS refereed journal Historic Environment. Applications for members to join the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee (EC) are encouraged from all states and territories. For Young Professional and full Members, the International ICOMOS card gives free or reduced rate entry to many historic and cultural sites.

Australia ICOMOS welcomes new members and would like to encourage students and young cultural heritage graduates to apply for membership. There are various membership categories and applications can be made to the Secretariat:

  • Those who are interested in ICOMOS but who do not meet the requirements for full membership, or else do not have heritage conservation as their core focus, could apply to become Associates of ICOMOS
  • Those at the beginning of a career in architecture, archaeology, planning or history with 3 years’ experience and who are under 30 years of age may be eligible for Young Professional membership at reduced rates

For further information go to the Membership page of the Australia ICOMOS website, or download the Australia ICOMOS 2014_MEMBERSHIP Application Form.

Membership applications are only considered at meetings of the Executive Committee – in order for your application to be considered at the February 2014 Executive Committee meeting, please submit it to the Secretariat by COB Monday 29 September 2014.

If further information is required, email the Membership Secretary, John Wadsley.

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6. Institute for Culture and Society PhD scholarships – applications open

The Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) invites applications from outstanding applicants for PhD study. Funding is available for a number of scholarships. Applications close 10 October, 2014.

About the Institute

ICS is internationally recognised for its high quality, innovative research on the transformations in culture and society in the global era. Headed by Director, Distinguished Professor Ien Ang, and Research Director, Professor Brett Neilson, the ICS is especially interested in PhD proposals that connect with the themes of the ICS research program:

  • Cities and Economies
  • Diversity and Globalisation
  • Heritage and Environment
  • Digital Life

For further information, visit the Institute for Culture and Society website.

Applications close 10 October 2014.

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7. A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land book launch, Hobart

Text Publishing and Fullers Bookshop invite you to celebrate the publication of the following title, to be launched by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart:

A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land
by Simon Barnard

Date & Time: Saturday 27 September, 11.00am – 1.00pm

Venue: Penitentiary Chapel, Campbell St, Hobart

RSVP: to Stephanie Speight by Friday 19 September – RSVP to Stephanie by email or call (03) 8610 4512

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8. AICOMOS member recognised in recent 2014 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

Australia ICOMOS member John Taylor’s efforts toward heritage conservation were recognised recently in the 2014 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation programme.

The project was the restoration of the Cape Inscription Lighthouse Keepers’ Quarters. In an innovative process some 18 ton of building materials required for the works were assembled at Geraldton, hence barged by ocean-going vessel to Shark Bay, and then helicopter lifted to the site from an anchorage in the lee of Dirk Hartog Island – to avoid further handling and to eliminate environmental damage associated with cartage across a fragile landscape. The UNESCO citation includes:

The restoration and repair of the Cape Inscription Lighthouse Keepers’ Quarters set new standards for heritage efforts in Australia. Overcoming the remote setting was in itself a noteworthy conservation achievement as the building is located on Dirk Hartog Island, off the most westerly point of Australia within the boundary of the World Heritage site of Shark Bay. Prior to initiation of the project in 2005, the early twentieth-century property was in a severe state of neglect—subject to vandalism and the effects of its harsh marine environment. The meticulously staged conservation effort … demonstrated a consistent respect for the constraints of the area and fragile ecology of the protected area.

Dr Taylor previously won an Award of Distinction in the 2004 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for conservation works to the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Mullewa, WA.

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9. “Conserving ancient shipwrecks” article

Click on the link below to read an article from Chemistry in Australia, mentioning ICOMOS’ role in developing the 2001 UNESCO Convention. The article was authored by Graeme Henderson.

First published in Chemistry in Australia.

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10. Heritage Council of WA’s eNewsletter out now

Read the latest edition of the Heritage Council’s eNewsletter, Heritage Matters.

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11. “Cultural Heritage and Loss Prevention” conference, Portugal, 6-7 October 2014

“Cultural HELP – Cultural Heritage and Loss Prevention” conference
6-7 October 2014
Porto, Portugal

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and the International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness (ICORP) of ICOMOS are honoured to invite you to attend the “Cultural HELP – Cultural Heritage and Loss Prevention” conference.

Recent disasters around the world have shown that, in addition to human losses, cultural heritage losses are also considerable. It is without question that minimizing human losses is the first and foremost priority when developing disaster mitigation strategies. Still, efforts must also be assigned to preserve cultural heritage given its fundamental role in every nation and community.

Currently, cultural heritage is still not given sufficient consideration in disaster risk management strategies. Furthermore, few heritage properties have appropriate disaster risk management plans and procedures. Therefore, the Cultural HELP 2014 conference offers an opportunity to raise awareness and discuss initiatives being developed on this matter.

For more information and to download the Preliminary Programme, visit the conference website.

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12. News from World Monuments Fund

To read the latest news from the World Monuments Fund, click here.

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13. Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific (CHCAP) seminar, Melbourne

The next CHCAP seminar at Deakin University will be a presentation by Prof Tim Winter, Deakin University on “Just wear more jewellery darling, big rings, up the arm, the heavier the better: Heritage Diplomacy and the crafting of international conservation policy”.

Abstract

This talks explores the idea of heritage diplomacy. At a time of shifting economic power and resurgent nationalism, both culture and nature are being rapidly propelled into today’s international political economy. Ample evidence for this can be found in the arena of World Heritage, both on the ground and across UNESCO’s management structures. In observing such trends, numerous commentators have expressed concern about a growing ‘crisis’, and the descent of world heritage into a quagmire of politicisation and geopolitics.

Building on recent studies of World Heritage Committee meetings, this presentation seeks to move beyond ideas of ‘politicisation’, towards a reading of those subtle and complex diplomatic entanglements that sit both within and beyond the system. Accordingly, it is suggested that world heritage provides a uniquely important forum for diplomatic gestures, cooperation and the active participation of smaller nations on the international stage. The funnelling of diplomatic expertise into world heritage is also yielding new and important forms of soft-diplomacy that rest upon long-standing structures of international cooperation.

Heritage diplomacy thus seeks to both complicate the picture and allow us to ask more fine-grained questions about the possible futures of World Heritage and the governance of culture and nature more generally.

Biography

Tim Winter is Research Professor at the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Deakin University, Melbourne. He has published widely on heritage, development, modernity, urban conservation, tourism and heritage diplomacy in Asia. He has been a consultant for the World Bank, Getty Conservation Institute, World Monuments Fund and Japanese Team for Safeguarding Angkor, and been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge, The Getty and University College London, Qatar. His recent books include The Routledge Handbook of Heritage in Asia and Shanghai Expo: an international forum on the future of cities.

Date: Wednesday 24 September 2014

Time: 5.30pm

Venue: Meeting Room 3, Deakin Prime, City Campus, 3/550 Bourke Street, Melbourne

DINNER: The seminar will be followed by dinner around 7 pm at Bar Humbug. Please RSVP to Yamini Narayanan by email for dinner booking.

Email list: To be included in the CHCAP email newsletter distribution list, email Yamini Narayanan

NEXT CHCAP SEMINAR (29 October 2014): ‘Holocaust exhibitions and the ‘myth of silence’: The 1961 Warsaw Ghetto Commemoration Exhibition’, Dr. Steve Cooke, Deakin University

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14. University of Minho Historical and Masonry Structures YouTube channel

The Historical and Masonry Structures from University of Minho has a new YouTube channel.

On the channel you will find several videos about their activity, such as laboratory tests, interviews or research projects.

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15. Course announcement – CollAsia: Handling, Packing and Moving Collections, January 2015

The CollAsia programme aims at conserving Heritage Collections in Southeast Asia, through conservation training and research activities to shape sound and sustainable conservation actions for the Asia-Pacific Region. The course objective is to enhance the preservation of moveable heritage, to encourage the well-informed use of materials and skills, helping those who care for moveable collections to make effective and wise choices in selecting materials for handling, packing, and transporting objects and collections. The course will integrate/encourage learning from both living cultural practices and scientific principles.

Dates: 12-30 January 2015

Venue: Kuching, Malaysia

Application deadline: 26 September 2014

For further information, click here.

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16. 2016 World Monuments Watch nominations – now open

2016 World Monuments Watch nominations are now being accepted. Deadline for nominations is 1 March 2015.

Every two years, World Monuments Fund (WMF) accepts new nominations to the World Monuments Watch. The World Monuments Watch calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is at risk from the forces of nature and the impact of social, political, and economic change. From archaeological sites to iconic architecture, cultural landscapes to historic urban centers, the Watch identifies places of significance in need of timely action.

Nearly 700 sites on all seven continents have been included in the ten Watch cycles since 1996. Watch listing provides an opportunity for sites and their nominators to raise public awareness, foster local participation, advance innovation and collaboration, and demonstrate effective solutions. The 2014 Watch has been covered by more than 1000 news outlets in over 80 countries, with circulation to over 500 million people worldwide. By capitalizing on the attention raised by Watch listing, local entities have leveraged support for Watch sites totaling over $200 million. WMF has contributed an additional $100 million toward projects at Watch sites in more than 80 countries.

Nominating a site to the Watch is a two-part process. Please submit an initial inquiry, after which a username and password will be provided to access the secure Online Nomination Form.

Information about the 2016 World Monuments Watch can be found at the World Monuments Fund website.

Questions about the nomination process should be directed via email to World Monuments Fund.

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17. Heritage Victoria’s latest Inherit e-newsletter available online

To download the latest issue of Inherit, click here.

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18. International Symposium & Training Course on the Historic Urban Landscape, China, 7-10 December 2014

International Symposium & Training Course on the Historic Urban Landscape
Shanghai, China
7–10 December 2014

Application deadline: 25 September 2014

The Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) is an updated heritage management approach based on the recognition and identification of a layering and interconnection of values – natural and cultural, tangible and intangible, international as well as local – present in any city. It is also based on the need to integrate the different disciplines for the analysis and planning of the urban conservation process, in order not to separate it from the planning and development of the contemporary city. The Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, an international policy instrument adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference on 10 November 2011.

The International Symposium will be preceded by a concise Training Course open to international professionals. The course programme aims to update professionals on the what, why & how of HUL with the latest developments in the field. It will last 2½ days, which will include 2 days of in total 8 training lectures (of 2½ hours each, divided between a lecture and a group discussion) and a half day site visit to one of the HUL project sites in China, i.e. the Hongkou district in downtown Shanghai. Participants in the training course will automatically register for the international Symposium, which is offered by WHITRAP as a package, in order to benefit directly from the training by enabling to follow the international projects and debates.

Visit the website

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19. Trans-Atlantic Dialogues on Cultural Heritage conference, July 2015, UK – call for papers

The organisers of the International Conference: Trans-Atlantic Dialogues on Cultural Heritage: Heritage, Tourism and Traditions, 13-16 July 2015, Liverpool, UK are calling for papers – deadline: 15 December 2014

Call for Papers

Trans-Atlantic dialogues on cultural heritage began as early as the voyages of Leif Ericson and Christopher Columbus and continue through the present day. Each side of the Atlantic offers its own geographical and historical specificities expressed and projected through material and immaterial heritage. However, in geopolitical terms and through everyday mobilities, people, objects and ideas flow backward and forward across the ocean, each shaping the heritage of the other, for better or worse, and each shaping the meanings and values that heritage conveys. Where, and in what ways are these trans-Atlantic heritages connected? Where, and in what ways are they not? What can we learn by reflecting on how the different societies and cultures on each side of the Atlantic Ocean produce, consume, mediate, filter, absorb, resist, and experience the heritage of the other?

This conference is brought to you by the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage (IIICH), University of Birmingham and the Collaborative for Cultural Heritage Management and Policy (CHAMP), University of Illinois and offers a venue for exploring three critical interactions in this trans-Atlantic dialogue: heritage, tourism and traditions. North America and Europe fashioned two dominant cultural tropes from their powerful and influential intellectual traditions, which have been enacted in Central/South America and Africa, everywhere implicating indigenous cultures. These tropes are contested and linked through historical engagement and contemporary everyday connections. We ask: How do heritages travel? How is trans-Atlantic tourism shaped by heritage? To what extent have traditions crossed and re-crossed the Atlantic? How have heritage and tourism economies emerged based upon flows of peoples and popular imaginaries?

For further information, download the Trans-Atlantic Dialogues on Cultural Heritage – call for papers and visit the conference website.

Abstracts of 300 words with full contact details should be sent by email as soon as possible but no later than 15 December 2014.

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20. Conservation Management Planning workshop, Canberra, 27 September

Conservation Management Planning:
the What, Why and How for Historic Gardens, Landscapes and Buildings

A workshop organised by the Australian Garden History Society, ACT Monaro Riverina Branch

Date & Time: 8.45am to 2pm, Saturday 27 September 2014 – this date is during Floriade so it may suit people from outside the region to combine the workshop with a visit to Canberra.

Venue: St John’s Anglican Church precinct, 45 Constitution Avenue, Reid

The term Conservation Management Plan (CMP) is frequently used in the “heritage business” but is foreign to most of us. Just what are CMPs? How do they work? Why do we need to know about them?

The ACT Monaro Riverina Branch of the AGHS has put together a workshop to help answer some of these questions. Appropriately, the workshop will be at St John’s Reid, one of Canberra’s most historic sites.

For further information, including the program and registration form, download the Conservation Management Planning registration brochure.

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21. 19th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, Vienna, November 2014 – early bird registration closing soon

The 19th International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies (CHNT) will take place from 3-5 November, 2014 in the City Hall of Vienna, Austria.

Early bird registration will close on 3 October 2014.

A few places are still available for the Trainings-Workshops, Round Table, Excursions and Social Events – visit the conference website for further information.

If you need a hotel – click here.

Please join also the Forum – be informed and connected.

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22. International Conference on Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings, Madrid, 29-30 September 2014

International Conference on Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings
29-30 September 2014
Madrid, Spain

Attend this conference to:

1. Know more about energy saving in historic buildings in five main areas:

  • Techniques, materials, methodologies and solutions
  • Governance, mediation and management
  • Legal and technical regulations
  • Financing: profitability and costs
  • Promotion and information

2. Arrange interviews with specialists and network with other agents involved in the process of reducing energy consumptions and costs.

The provisional full program is now available and is divided into five different areas representing the mains issues and needs on Historic Buildings panorama.

These sessions will have the participation of specialized researchers in historic buildings rehabilitation, managers of heritage sites and historic buildings as well as broadcasters and promoters of knowledge on energy savings and historic buildings.

Several representatives of the Director General for Energy, DG for Research and Innovation and European Investment Bank (EIB), will also participate with lectures and in the round tables during the Conference.

The Conference and its social networks – click on the links to visit and follow

During the Conference days with the hashtag #energyheritage you will be able to follow minute by minute everything happening in it.

Access to Conference is free, but seating is limited; register to ensure your place.

The Conference wants to be a forum to exchange knowledge and to create opportunities for the future. Attendees will have the possibility to gather together in pre-established bilateral meetings, to discuss about cooperation, commercial agreements, knowledge transfer or initiatives for research projects.

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23. SITUATION VACANT Senior Heritage Consultant, Rappoport Heritage Consultants (NSW)

SENIOR HERITAGE CONSULTANT – PERMANENT NSW POSITION
MINIMUM 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN CULTURAL BUILT HERITAGE
RAPPOPORT HERITAGE CONSULTANTS

Rappoport is a specialist firm of dedicated heritage practitioners operating throughout NSW. Located in metropolitan Sydney, the firm assists town planners, architects, owners, managers and developers of heritage properties through the heritage approval process at both State and Local government levels.

Rappoport provides heritage advice to a wide range of major development projects throughout NSW and the ACT. Our in-house heritage staff has expertise in built heritage, urban planning, historians, research and architecture.

Due to an increase of work, Rappoport is seeking the right enthusiastic candidate with a degree or equivalent in heritage, town planning, architecture, urban design, history, archaeology or related fields.

The right candidate will need to be able to have the ability to take on a wide variety of tasks. The role involves, research, report writing (such as CMPs, Statements of Heritage Impact and other heritage reports) site meetings, and general office activity in order to meet deadlines, schedules, workflow and standards. You will need to be self-motivated and have attention to detail. Your role would also involve coordination and management of your own projects.

Rappoport is located in Mascot and operates throughout NSW and the ACT. Our clients are architects, town planners, private owners, project managers and developers as well as State and Local government projects.

Applicants need to have the following expertise and skills:

  • Good management and workflow control
  • Knowledge of heritage charters, legislation and guidelines
  • Understand the heritage planning framework in NSW (LEPs, DCPs etc)
  • Historical and archival research
  • Writing and producing various type of heritage reports
  • Liaising & meeting with clients, external consultants and Councils
  • Report writing skills
  • Strong communication skills, including a good command of the English language
  • Ability to manage own work and external consultants to meet deadlines
  • Self-motivated – have a proactive approach to the tasks set, organised and plan ahead to meet deadlines
  • Be part of a small team environment
  • Knowledge and use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook
  • Drivers licence

This role is permanent full-time position located at Mascot. The successful applicant will be required to have appropriate tertiary qualifications. Applicants with relevant unrestricted working rights should apply.

An attractive salary package, commensurate with experience, will be offered.

Please email your resume to Rappoport Heritage Consultants; or for a confidential discussion/enquiries regarding this position, please contact Sue Rosenberg on 0412 486 777.

Closing date for applications 10 October 2014.

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24. SITUATION VACANT Senior Project Specialist (Built/20th-century Heritage), Getty Conservation Institute

The Getty Conservation Institute is seeking a conservation practitioner to fill the position of Senior Project Specialist (Built/20th-century Heritage).

The Senior Project Specialist (Built/20th-century Heritage) will lead the Conserving Modern Architecture Initiative (CMAI), a comprehensive, long-term, and international program of the GCI. The goal of the CMAI is to advance the practice of conserving twentieth-century heritage, with a focus on modern architecture, through research and investigation, the development of practical conservation solutions, and the creation and distribution of information through training programs and publications. The CMAI works with international and local partners, including professional and organizational networks focused on modern architecture conservation, to expand the existing knowledge base.

For further information about this opportunity, download the Senior Project Specialist (Built/20th-century Heritage) position description.

Applications close 10 October 2014.

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Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in the Australia ICOMOS Email News are not necessarily those of Australia ICOMOS Inc. or its Executive Committee. The text of Australia ICOMOS Email news is drawn from various sources including organizations other than Australia ICOMOS Inc. The Australia ICOMOS Email news serves solely as an information source and aims to present a wide range of opinions which may be of interest to readers. Articles submitted for inclusion may be edited.

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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros, Secretariat Officer
Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood VIC 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Facsimile: (03) 9251 7158
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia

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