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[NEW ITEM] Issues Paper on the Cultural Heritage Duty of Care Guidelines Review – submission deadline extended
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[NEW ITEM] ACT Heritage Awards 2017 – nominations open
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[NEW ITEM] Industrial Heritage questionnaire – deadline 24 June 2017
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[NEW ITEM] Deakin University Cultural Heritage Seminar, Melbourne, Wednesday 21 June
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[NEW ISSUE] Special Edition Newsletter from Old Parliament House
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[NEW ISSUE] Latest Federation of Australian Historical Societies e-Bulletin available online
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[NEW ISSUE] News from Sydney Living Museums
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[NEW ISSUE] Read Heritage Tasmania’s latest news
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[NEW ISSUE] News from ICCROM
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[NEW ISSUE] Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin
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Community Green: Rediscovering the Garden Suburb Tradition of Local Open Space – talk, Melbourne, 14 June
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Call for Expressions of Interest for the Australia ICOMOS Heritage Planning Working Group
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Call for New Members for the Australia ICOMOS Indigenous Heritage Reference Group
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AACAI NSW & ACT Wine, Cheese & Chat, 9 June, Sydney
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‘Diaolou Towers of Southern China and their Australian links’ talk, 16 June, Sydney
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Applications now open! Community Sustainability Action grants – Round 2 Heritage Conservation
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DOCOMOMO Victoria Talks and Round-Table Discussion Night, 7 June
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CHASS 2017 Australia Prizes – nominations open
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Museum Australia (Victoria) event, 13 June, Heide Museum of Modern Art
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Haunting, Memory and Place: 21-22 September 2017, Melbourne School Of Design, University of Melbourne
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Call for Expressions of Interest – ATCH 2018 Visiting Fellows Program
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Funding grants for women’s leadership development – deadline extended
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Museum Australia (Victoria) event, 16 June, NGV International
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University of Queensland Library event, 10 June
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Built Heritage Tourism Forum, 25-26 August 2017, Longford, Tasmania
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Call for Papers: Change Over Time (Fall 2018 issue)
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[NEW] SITUATION VACANT Heritage Officer, Heritage Victoria
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[NEW] SITUATION VACANT Senior Heritage Advisor, Public Works Advisory, Sydney
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[NEW] SITUATION VACANT Cultural Heritage Coordinator, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Brisbane
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SITUATION VACANT Conservation Architect, RBA Architects, Melbourne
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SITUATION VACANT Community Advocate, National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
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SITUATION VACANT Director-General, ICCROM, Italy
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1. [NEW ITEM] Issues Paper on the Cultural Heritage Duty of Care Guidelines Review – submission deadline extended
The Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships has extended the deadline for receipt of written submissions relating to the Issues Paper on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage Duty of Care Guidelines Review until Friday 16 June 2017.
For further information on the review, visit the Queensland Government website.
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2. [NEW ITEM] ACT Heritage Awards 2017 – nominations open
The scope of projects that can be nominated is broad, ranging from reports to building conservation or adaptation, and all aspects of heritage including indigenous and natural. Projects can be small or large but must be located in the ACT and have been completed within the last 3 years.
Nominations close on 7 July 2017.
Further details and nomination forms are available at the National Trust (ACT) website.
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3. [NEW ITEM] Industrial Heritage questionnaire – deadline 24 June 2017
Over recent years when Industrial Heritage has been discussed in forums such as the ICOMOS Scientific Council, Advisory Committee or Board meetings, a range of opinions has been expressed about the position of industrial heritage within ICOMOS.
After discussions in the ICOMOS Scientific Council, members of ICOMOS Ireland were asked to explore how dialogue and policy development on matters relating to Industrial Heritage would best be facilitated within ICOMOS. The Industrial Heritage Working Group (IHWG) was established during the General Assembly in Florence to look at ways and means, including the possible development of an ISC on Industrial Heritage for ICOMOS members.
The IHWG wants to get the opinions of the ICOMOS membership. An online questionnaire has been designed with questions that mainly require a yes/no answer, and in total should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. We greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete the survey, and we have set a time limit for completion before 24 June 2017.
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4. [NEW ITEM] Deakin University Cultural Heritage Seminar, Melbourne, Wednesday 21 June
Deakin University’s next Cultural Heritage Seminar will be a presentation by Tim Edensor (Manchester Metropolitan University), on “Stony Histories of Melbourne”.
Abstract
In this presentation, I will discuss the material composition of Melbourne in terms of the geological resources that have been used to build the city: stone, brick, cement. The paper will identify key sources from which these materials are derived to underline that cities are always composed from matter from elsewhere, forging, dispensing with and reforging connections. An examination of building materials can testify to the politics and tensions involved in these connections at various scales – colonial, pre-colonial, global, national and regional. By drawing on historical and contemporary research, I will discuss how Melbourne’s building stone and bricks have been subject to diverse, often contesting values that have fluctuated over time.
Biography
Tim Edensor teaches cultural geography at Manchester Metropolitan University and is a visiting fellow at Melbourne University. He is the author of Tourists at the Taj (1998), National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life (2002) and Industrial Ruins: Space, Aesthetics and Materiality (2005), as well as the editor of Geographies of Rhythm (2010) and co-editor of Spaces of Vernacular Creativity (2009). Tim has written extensively on national identity, tourism, industrial ruins, walking, driving and urban materiality. Minnesota University Press will publish his forthcoming book, Light and Dark, in Spring 2017. He runs a blog on light and darkness: Light Research at MMU.
Date: Wednesday 21 June
Time: 5.00pm
Venue: Deakin Downtown, 727 Collins St, Tower 2, Level 12
Venue Tip: Deakin’s new city centre campus is between Southern Cross Station and Docklands, on tram routes 11 and 48 (Stop D15). Entry is via Tower Two. The reception desk directs you to an escalator to a bank of lifts and Deakin Downtown is on Level 12.
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5. [NEW ISSUE] Special Edition Newsletter from Old Parliament House
To read the latest newsletter from the Old Parliament House, click on the link below.
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6. [NEW ISSUE] Latest Federation of Australian Historical Societies e-Bulletin available online
To read the latest Federation of Australian Historical Societies e-Bulletin, click on the link below.
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7. [NEW ISSUE] News from Sydney Living Museums
To read the latest news from the Sydney Living Museums, click here.
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8. [NEW ISSUE] Read Heritage Tasmania’s latest news
To read the latest news from Heritage Tasmania, click on the link below.
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9. [NEW ISSUE] News from ICCROM
To view the latest news from ICCROM, click here
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10. [NEW ISSUE] Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin
To read the latest Cambridge Heritage Research bulletin, click on the following link.
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11. Community Green: Rediscovering the Garden Suburb Tradition of Local Open Space – talk, Melbourne, 14 June
Community Green: Rediscovering the Garden Suburb Tradition of Local Open Space
Presented by Robert Freestone, Professor of Planning, UNSW Sydney
Where: Malaysia Theatre, Melbourne School of Design Building, University of Melbourne
When: Wednesday 14 June, 12:30-2:30pm
Register here (free of charge)
The planned provision of small enclosed open spaces in residential communities dates from the heyday of the global garden city and suburb movement at the turn of the last century. Progressive reformers at that time left a legacy of internal parks which have enjoyed mixed fortunes, but the idea continues to resurface in contemporary housing developments.
These spaces thus have a past, a present and a future presenting both challenges and opportunities for local communities and municipal authorities concerned with advancing goals of livability, sustainability and productivity in suburban areas.
This presentation aims to help resuscitate such secretive reserves from history as not only a distinctive small park morphology with as heritage in their own right but one whose problems and potentialities are relevant to many other green community spaces. In so doing new connections are opened up between the past and the future, localism and globalism, and connecting local collective action to broader global challenges of cohesion, health, food, and climate change.
Rob Freestone is currently a visiting professor in the Melbourne School of Design where he is working on various collaborative research projects, including with Dr David Nichols (MSD) on the history of the garden suburb.
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12. Call for Expressions of Interest for the Australia ICOMOS Heritage Planning Working Group
The Heritage Planning Working Group is a newly formed Australia ICOMOS Working Group. The need for such a group was noted by the Executive Committee in 2016 given the extensive statutory planning changes occurring throughout Australia at present, much of which has significant potential impacts for cultural heritage. The purpose of the Group is to examine planning policy and provisions and current proposed changes to this across Australia in relation to cultural heritage and its conservation; and to identify issues for heritage conservation as well as actions that could be taken by Australia ICOMOS alone, or in partnership, to address or mitigate identified issues.
The Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee is looking for members for this new group. Members of the Working Group will need to have expertise and experience with cultural heritage planning, however they do not need to be practising planners. We are also looking for broad Australian representation in the Working Group.
If you are interested in being part of this Working Group, please complete the Heritage Planning Working Group EOI – May 2017 form and email it to the Australia ICOMOS Secretariat. The closing date for EOIs is the 30 June 2017.
If you have any queries in relation to the working Group please contact Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee member, Anne McConnell by email.
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13. Call for New Members for the Australia ICOMOS Indigenous Heritage Reference Group
The purpose of the Indigenous Heritage Reference Group is to provide advice as needed to the President and the Executive Committee on any issues that arise in relation to the conservation of Indigenous cultural heritage. Issues may relate to specific sites as in the case of Indigenous issues in World Heritage Monitoring Missions or ‘framework’ issues as in the case of preparing submissions on legislation reform.
This reference group, initially a Working Group, has existed since 1998. The Group does not hold regular meetings, but is called into action as issues arise. Members are required to have high level qualifications and/or experience in Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage.
The Indigenous Heritage Reference Group currently has eight members, but in line with Australia ICOMOS policy, the Group is seeking to refresh its membership. We are therefore interested to hear from Australia ICOMOS members who are interested in becoming new members of the Indigenous Heritage Reference Group. Please note that members will be selected based on demonstrated expertise and experience.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Indigenous Heritage Reference Group please email an EOI to the Convenor, Anne McConnell. The closing date for EOIs is the 30 June 2017.
For more information on the Indigenous Heritage Reference Group or Australia ICOMOS Reference Groups and other groups and committees more generally click here.
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14. AACAI NSW & ACT Wine, Cheese & Chat, 9 June, Sydney
Date & Time: Friday 9 June, 6.00pm
Venue: The Big Dig Centre YHA, The Rocks, Sydney
Topic: Digital Archaeology
AACAI (Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists) NSW/ACT are pleased to invite you to this event.
Cost: Members FREE, Non-members & Student $10 (pay at the door)
Queries/RSVP: to Michelle by email
For more information, see the AACAI NSW-ACT Wine and Cheese June 2017 flyer.
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15. ‘Diaolou Towers of Southern China and their Australian links’ talk, 16 June, Sydney
The State Library of NSW Foundation, in collaboration with the, Chinese Australian Historical Society Inc, invite you to the forthcoming lecture ‘The UNESCO World Heritage Diaolou Towers of Southern China and their Australian links’ being presented by Associate Professor Dr Jin Hua Tan, on Friday 16 June at the Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW at 6pm.
For more information, see the Diaolou Towers of Southern China flyer.
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16. Applications now open! Community Sustainability Action grants – Round 2 Heritage Conservation
Round 2 – Heritage Conservation of the Queensland Government’s Community Sustainability Action grants is now open for funding.
Grants of up to $50,000 are available for projects which seek to conserve and restore Queensland’s heritage-listed sites. Grants of up to $15,000 are also available for the preparation of new, or review of existing Conservation Management Plans.
Activities funded under the grant program may include urgent repair works, roofing, stumping, painting, point work and other similar repair works.
To receive funding, the site must be registered on the Queensland Heritage Register or on a local government heritage register.
Funding will be provided to individual owners of heritage-listed sites and organisations that are responsible for managing the sites.
Funding will also be provided to Local Government Agencies identified under Category 1 of the Remuneration Schedule of the Local Government Remuneration and Discipline Tribunal Report 2016.
Applications close 4:00pm, 20 June 2017.
More information about the grant program, including program guidelines and the application form can be found on the Queensland Government website.
For more information, email the Community Sustainability Action grants team.
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17. DOCOMOMO Victoria Talks and Round-Table Discussion Night, 7 June
Wednesday 7 June @ 6.00 pm
Boyd House, Walsh Street, South Yarra (Boyd Foundation)
Please join us for two short talks:
- Andrew Murray : “From Concrete to Quokkas: the work of Gus Ferguson”
- Giorgio Marfella: “Late 20th century skyscrapers: problems of memory, heritage and interpretation”
PLUS A round-table discussion and input on short-listing entries for the proposed edited book:
MODERN: Australian Modernism in architecture, landscape and design
All DOCOMOMO friends and members welcome (please distribute invite). Usual gold coin donation for drinks and nibbles.
RSVP: by email to Hannah Lewi
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18. CHASS 2017 Australia Prizes – nominations open
The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) invites nominations for their 2017 Australia Prizes.
The annual CHASS Australia Prizes are a great opportunity for the sector to showcase the excellent work being done in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) in Australia.
Kindly note nominations are currently open for four categories:
- Book: non-fiction – cash prize of $3,500 sponsored by Routledge >> 2017 CHASS Australia Book Prize
- Distinctive Work: an artistic performance, exhibition, film, television show, play, composition or practical contribution to Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences policy – cash prize of $3,500 sponsored by Routledge >> 2017 CHASS Australia Distinctive Work Prize
- Future Leader: an individual under 30 demonstrating leadership skills and potential in the Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences – cash prize of $2,000 sponsored by Future Leaders >> 2017 CHASS Australia Future Leader Prize
- Student: an essay, project or performance in any Humanities/Arts/Social Sciences area – $500 voucher sponsored by Co-Op >> 2017 CHASS Australia Student Prize
Terms and conditions apply, please refer linked flyers above and the CHASS website for more information. Download the 2017 CHASS Australia Prizes – Nominations Open flyer.
Nominations are open from anyone regardless of their years of training/study in the field, as long as the nominated work fits within the specified criteria.
Please note there is no nomination fee for any category, and self-nominations are welcome. Applications can be made online via the CHASS website.
This year, the Australia Prizes will be awarded on 10 October in Melbourne. If you’re interested, there are photos from last year’s event on the CHASS Facebook page and more information about past winners is available at this link.
Kindly note nominations will close at 5pm, 30 June 2017 and we strongly encourage applicants to apply early.
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19. Museum Australia (Victoria) event, 13 June, Heide Museum of Modern Art
Masterclass: 101 Legal Things Every Museum Worker Needs to Know
Facilitated by Ian McDonald, Special Counsel, Simpsons Solicitors, this masterclass will cover a number of the legal and ethical issues that museums face from time to time – governance, philanthropy, conflicts issues and other miscellaneous risks (such as defamation). How such issues are approached – and what risk management strategies are adopted – will depend in large part on the nature and ethos of the particular museum, including its legal structure. This masterclass will give museum workers a chance to review and consider such issues, including as they arise in an age of social media and unrelenting news cycles.
Date: Tuesday 13 June
Time: 10am – 4:30pm
Venue: Heide Museum of Modern Art
Cost: Members $160, Non Members $220
> Book now to secure your place
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20. Haunting, Memory and Place: 21-22 September 2017, Melbourne School Of Design, University of Melbourne
We are currently inviting applications for the annual symposium of the Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH), based within the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne – more details on keynote speakers to follow.
Submit your abstract of no more than 500 words by 10 June 2017 to Dr Gareth Wilson by email. Successful applicants will be invited to present a 15 minute paper. Applications from early career researchers and PhD students are strongly encouraged.
About the Symposium
We are haunted, we architects and historians; seeking knowledge in ephemeral traces and altered landscapes. We become intimately bound by the ghosts that we chase through the archives, longing for understanding through fragments of the practices and projects that are left behind. We seek resonances in the space, buildings and objects of the past.
What of the spectres of history and geography that have haunted architecture’s production, and the dark shadows of influence and authority drawn between Europe and its colonies? And what of the architects we study; what reverberations of bankruptcy and inferior workmanship, self-doubts, critiques and unfulfilled visions are they plagued by?
Symposium Themes
We invite contributors to consider:
- Specular and spectral colonial comparisons.
- Knowledge lost and recovered, archives absent and exhumed.
- The ghosts of misadventure, forgotten rituals, routines and procedures, and lost opportunities.
- Multiple pasts, the incongruities and dissonances of history; unsettled abject and uncanny spaces, places and narratives.
- Recurrent apparitions of architectural figures, whether canonical or outlying, within history and practice.
- Writing, drawing and photography as vehicles for figuring architecture’s spectres.
- How particular architectural typologies, spaces or cities are haunted by confluences of fiction, myth, memory and popular culture, and acts of commemoration or desecration.
- The influence of the historic imagination in contemporary culture; its impact on our reverence of place and inhabitation, in the treatment of heritage fabric and ruins, and attempts to resuscitate and interpret through digital means.
- The pursuit of affect, reverberation and atmosphere in historical architectural sites.
It is intended that selected papers from this conference will be published in the format of an edited book or special edition journal.
Registration Fees
A fee of $50 will apply, to cover catering expenses.
Further information
For further details, please contact Gareth Wilson by email, ACAHUCH Research & Project Officer.
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21. Call for Expressions of Interest – ATCH 2018 Visiting Fellows Program
The ATCH (Architecture Theory Criticism History) Research Centre invites Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for the Visiting Fellows Program 2018. The program welcomes Expressions of Interest from scholars with varying levels of experience who are carrying out critical research in architecture.
ATCH is located within the School of Architecture at The University of Queensland (UQ), in Brisbane, Australia. The Centre supports innovative and interdisciplinary research on the history, theory and criticism of architecture. Architecture and its place within a larger history of ideas is a strong focus within the Centre. Bringing together Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Fellows, Postgraduates and Academics from UQ’s School of Architecture, the centre offers a stimulating and rich environment for enquiry and debate. An active program of seminars, lectures, symposia, workshops and exhibitions is run throughout the year. For a full list of people, recent fellows and events please visit the ATCH website.
The Visiting Fellows Research Program supports short term residencies of one to three months for scholars to work on innovative research on the history, theory and criticism of architecture. Projects that overlap with the work of existing ATCH scholars will be favoured. The program welcomes applicants from all levels of academia but particularly encourages proposals from new and mid-career scholars. Visiting Fellowships are not open to postgraduate students.
The Visiting Fellows Research Program will provide a return airfare to Brisbane and a workspace within the centre. All Fellows will have access to UQ libraries, including the Fryer Library and Architecture and Music Library. Support for accommodation may also be available depending on the applicant’s financial circumstances.
Visiting Fellows will be required to present their research in progress in a public lecture, participate in seminars and conferences organised during their residency, and contribute to RHD events. Published outcomes of research undertaken during the Fellowship should acknowledge ATCH and the UQ School of Architecture.
While ATCH Visiting Fellows are solicited through EOIs, the Centre also directly invites Fellows to participate in the program.
Expressions of Interest should be submitted as a single PDF file and address the following items in this order:
- Name and contact details
- Title of Research Project
- Short Research Proposal including intended outcomes (500 words)
- Short Biography including details of qualifications and 2 recent publications (200 words)
- Citizenship & Employment Status. Will the applicant be on sabbatical during the course of the Fellowship?
- Is the project supported by other sources of funding?
- Is financial assistance for accommodation requested, and if so, on what grounds
- Preferred dates and duration of Fellowship in 2018
If the EOI proceeds to the second stage, the candidate will be invited to submit additional documentation, including:
- A short statement of relevance to ATCH Centre and existing members’ work
- Relation of the project to the applicant’s past and future research
- Two samples of published written work (journal articles, pieces of criticism, book chapter, chapter from a submitted PHD thesis)
- Name and contact details for 2 referees
Please note that the Australian Academic Year runs across two semesters from March to November with inter-semester breaks from late June to July and December to February.
EOIs should be submitted by email to Deborah van der Plaat by 1 July 2017. Candidates will be notified by 1 September 2017 if they have proceeded to the second stage.
For additional information please contact Centre Manager, Dr Deborah van der Plaat by email.
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22. Funding grants for women’s leadership development – deadline extended
Women & Leadership Australia (WLA) is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders across Australia’s humanities sector.
Women in the humanities sector are advised that a residual pool of scholarship funding is currently available to participate in a range of leadership development programs commencing in the second half of 2017. The funding batch has been provisioned for this financial year and must be awarded by June 30.
WLA has a vested interest in improving the health and diversity of the humanities industry, and our Charter recognises the important and positive role that women can contribute as a result of increased participation, particularly at senior/executive levels within organisations.
The fee support opportunity is not expected to be available in the foreseeable future once this funding window closes. At this stage, Expressions of Interest are being sourced until the extended deadline of 16 June 2017 via this link.
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23. Museum Australia (Victoria) event, 16 June, NGV International
Exhibition Viewing: Van Gogh and the Seasons
The National Gallery of Victoria, in partnership with Art Exhibitions Australia, presents Van Gogh and the Seasons as part of the 2017 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series. Share a drink and canapés with colleagues and hear a special introductory lecture by Michele Stockley, Senior Educator, NGV. Then enjoy this major international exhibition, and stay on for the special Friday night entertainment (included in the price). Organised in partnership with the Museums Australia Education Network Victoria (ENVi).
Date: Friday 16 June
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Venue: NGV International
Cost: $50
> Book now to secure your place
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24. University of Queensland Library event, 10 June
The University of Queensland Library invites you to a celebration of 50 years of Friendship with Alumni Friends. Please join us for morning tea and a viewing of Fryer Library materials acquired through their advocacy and generosity.
Over the last 50 years Alumni Friends of The University of Queensland Inc has been crucial in building the collection of the UQ Library, especially the Fryer Library.
Alumni Friends were instrumental in acquiring the collections of Raphael Cilento, Dick Roughsey and Percy Trezise, David Malouf, Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), Thea Astley, Janette Turner-Hospital and many more unique and rare resources.
Date: Saturday 10 June
Time: 10am
Location: Fryer Library, Level 4, Duhig Tower (2), UQ, St Lucia
RSVP: register here or (07) 3365 6362; this event is free of charge
Please note that all parking on the St Lucia campus on the weekend is free.
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25. Built Heritage Tourism Forum, 25-26 August 2017, Longford, Tasmania
Built Heritage Tourism Forum
25-26 August 2017
Longford, Tasmania
The Built Heritage Tourism Forum is in response to the Legislative Council’s Inquiry which identified a need for the heritage tourism sector of Tasmania to work together to optimise outcomes for the sector and the Tasmanian economy in general.
For more information, open the links below.
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26. Call for Papers: Change Over Time (Fall 2018 issue)
Change Over Time is a semi-annual journal publishing original articles on the history, theory, and praxis of conservation and the built environment. Each issue is dedicated to a particular theme as a method to promote critical discourse on contemporary conservation issues from multiple perspectives both within the field and across disciplines. Themes are examined at all scales, from the global and regional to the microscopic and material.
Gentrification and Heritage Conservation | Fall 2018
Guest Editors: Caroline Cheong and Kecia Fong
The term gentrification is used to describe both a process and outcome of physical, socioeconomic, and demographic neighborhood change. Its association with the displacement of low-income households by wealthier ones has overshadowed more nuanced understandings of the relationship between the historic built environment, conservation, and gentrification. This issue seeks to address this under-examined intersection. According to Rose (2001), neighborhoods with a high likelihood for gentrifying exhibit five key attributes: 1) a high percentage of renters; 2) easy access to the central business district; 3) location within a region of increasing metropolitan density; 4) high architectural value; and 5) relatively low housing values. In this schema, urban conservation is commonly considered to be a precursor to gentrification, particularly in distressed historic areas (Smith 1998; Glaser 2010).
Glaeser, Edward. (2010). Preservation Follies. City Journal, 20(2).
Rose, Kalima. (2001). Beyond Gentrification: Tools for Equitable Development. Shelterforce Online (May/June 2001).
Smith, Neil. (1986). Gentrification, the frontier, and the restructuring of urban space. In N. Smith & P. Williams (Eds.), Gentrification of the City (pp. 15-39). Boston: Allen & Unwin.
Gentrification drivers span from market trends to government-sponsored initiatives. In a market-led context, undervalued historic neighborhoods contain desirable attributes for incoming households, not least of which is the sense of place and continuity inherent within the historic built environment. In public scenarios, governments explicitly target historic neighborhoods for regeneration. In nearly all cases, existing, usually low or middle income households, face potential displacement. While gentrification has received ample scholarly attention, its occurrence in historic areas – and its interaction with heritage – is less thoroughly documented. This issue interrogates the relationship, past and present, between gentrification and heritage conservation. It does so by exploring questions related to heritage conservation in changing neighborhoods such as: Are historic neighborhoods necessarily targets for gentrification? What are the challenges and opportunities facing these areas, or those that are presently or have already undergone such processes? What other, more inclusive scenarios exist wherein urban conservation serves as a vehicle for neighborhood preservation? How can historians, conservation professionals, planners, and others allow for the concomitant retention of heritage and regeneration values? What variables are required in negotiating this balance? Who are the primary stakeholders and what roles do they play in the process of neighborhood change?
We welcome contributions from US and international contexts on a range of topics: researching and documenting place-based gentrification in historic contexts; exploring rural, urban, and suburban gentrification and conservation dynamics; equity issues related to changing historic areas; and solutions for managing neighborhood change in historic areas. Submissions may include, but are not limited to, case studies, theoretical explorations, and evaluations of current practices or policy programs.
Abstracts of 200-300 words are due by 1 July 2017. Authors will be notified of provisional paper acceptance by 10 July 2017. Final manuscript submissions will be due early November 2017.
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27. [NEW] SITUATION VACANT Heritage Officer, Heritage Victoria
Heritage Officer – Heritage Victoria VPSG4 – Fixed term position to 30 June 2018
Heritage Victoria is currently seeking a Heritage Officer to support the delivery of the Living Heritage Grants Program – a $35 million fund dedicated to safeguarding and reactivating heritage places and objects considered to be ‘at risk’.
The position will support the administration of the competitive grants program, providing support to owners and managers of ‘at risk’ State listed heritage places across Victoria. The position will ensure the timely delivery of projects in accordance with statutory processes under the Heritage Act 1995 and manage relationships with a range of external stakeholders.
This is a fixed term position until Thursday 30 June 2018.
Applications close at midnight Thursday 8 June 2017.
Further details are available at this link.
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28. [NEW] SITUATION VACANT Senior Heritage Advisor, Public Works Advisory, Sydney
Public Works Advisory (PWA) is a newly formed unit that provides expert advice and professional services relating to community infrastructure and environmental projects. The key focus of the PWA Heritage Asset Advisory (HAA) team is to assist agencies with building, procurement and heritage asset management capabilities and provide technical advice, innovation and heritage legislative compliance processes and to meet the Government’s objectives of being a smart buyer of assets and services. The HAA is currently seeking a Senior Heritage Advisor to join this small team based in the Sydney CBD.
Applications Close: Monday 12 June 2017 [11:59PM]. Applications must be lodged electronically – to apply and for more information, visit the i work for nsw website.
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29. [NEW] SITUATION VACANT Cultural Heritage Coordinator, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Brisbane
Do you want to make a meaningful contribution to the management of historical cultural heritage in Queensland? As Heritage Coordinator you will lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary heritage team and contribute to the delivery of development advice and statutory assessment of State heritage places across Queensland.
We are looking for a person with expert technical skills and extensive practical experience in historical cultural heritage management. You will lead a close-knit group of technical specialists based in Brisbane, within the Heritage, Utilities and Government Organisations (HUGO) Assessment Team. The team assesses the impact of development proposals on the heritage significance of State heritage places. Applications range from minor alterations to large scale redevelopment and adaptive re-use.
The department issues exemption certificates under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 and advises the State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA) of the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning on the assessment of development applications under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009.
The Heritage Coordinator provides guidance and leads technical assessment within the department, liaises and negotiates with external stakeholders and represents the department at high level meetings with SARA.
For more information about this opportunity, visit the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection website.
Applications close 21 June 2017.
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30. SITUATION VACANT Conservation Architect, RBA Architects, Melbourne
EXPERIENCED CONSERVATION ARCHITECT
Location – Melbourne (St Kilda)
RBA Architects are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Conservation Architect to join our team of skilled professional staff. The position is full-time and offers the opportunity to become involved in a wide range of exciting and challenging projects.
RBA Architects is a well-established specialised conservation architecture practice and consultancy offering a diverse mix of services relating to the management and adaptation of heritage places. Our projects are both local and international, and we have a broad base of private, corporate and government clients. Our office culture is collegial, cutting edge and research driven.
The ideal applicant will have:
- A degree in architecture, and preferably post-graduate qualifications in heritage management
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as a conservation architect
- Knowledge of Australian architectural history
- Knowledge of 19th and 20th century construction practices and materials
- Familiarity with statutory heritage frameworks and the Burra Charter
- Ability to provide architectural conservation advice
- Ability to prepare conservation works schedules and oversee their implementation
- Ability to liaise with clients, project managers, contractors, consultants and other architects to facilitate good heritage outcomes
- Proficiency in AutoCad, Sketchup, Adobe and Revit, preferably also pencil and butter paper.
- Proficiency in sustainable design
- A good sense of humour
Interstate and international applicants welcome. Salary to be commensurate with skills and experience.
Please email your CV and a cover letter to Roger Beeston (Director). If you would like further information regarding this position please send an email to the above address.
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31. SITUATION VACANT Community Advocate, National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
Community Advocate, National Trust of Australia (Victoria), Part Time (0.6 FTE)
An exciting opportunity exists to become part of Australia’s premier heritage and conservation organisation. This role, supporting the National Trust’s Advocacy Team, provides an opportunity to further your experience in the heritage field within a friendly multidisciplinary team working towards the identification, protection and celebration of our Aboriginal, built, and natural heritage. Closing date for applications is 2 June 2017, however applications may close earlier if a suitable candidate has been sourced.
For more information on this position and other opportunities, visit the National Trust website. To submit your application in strict confidence, please send a PDF expression of interest and CV to Emily via email.
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32. SITUATION VACANT Director-General, ICCROM, Italy
Director-General for the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
Grade: D2 (United Nations Compensation and Classification Scale)
Type of contract: Fixed Term
Maximum duration of contract: 6 years
Starting date: January 2018
ICCROM is looking for a new Director-General (DG). The DG will report to the ICCROM Council and will lead approx. 40 multinational staff from its headquarters in Rome.
As our new DG you will demonstrate strong transformative capacity to shape ICCROM for the future; increasing its impact and visibility by delivering state of the art training programs, advocacy and dissemination of knowledge to member states and heritage communities.
You will focus on world concerns for cultural heritage, promoting effective disaster risk management strategies in situations of conflict, providing innovative effective responses to emerging issues and pioneering new approaches to the conservation of cultural heritage.
More information about this opportunity is available at the ICCROM website.
Applications close 25 June 2017 at 12:00 noon (CET).
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Australia ICOMOS Secretariat
Georgia Meros
Secretariat Executive Officer
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood VIC 3125
Telephone: (03) 9251 7131
Email: austicomos@deakin.edu.au
http://www.icomos.org/australia
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