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Call for Papers: Ninth Islamic Manuscript Conference

“Manuscripts of the Mamluk Sultanate and its Contemporaries”
The Ninth Conference

Magdalene College
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2-4 September 2013

The Islamic Manuscript Association is pleased to announce that the Ninth Islamic Manuscript Conference will be held at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, 2-4 September 2013. The Conference will be hosted in cooperation with the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation and the HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge.

The Association invites the submission of abstracts on topics related to the study of Islamic manuscripts, particularly codicology, and the care and management of Islamic manuscript collections. Preference will be shown to submissions pertaining to the Conference’s theme: “Manuscripts of the Mamluk Sultanate and its Contemporaries”.

The Conference seeks to explore the full range of manuscript production that occurred from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries

CE: from books produced under royal patronage, such as the Mamluk and Ilkhanid Qur’an manuscripts that are almost unmatched for splendour, opulence, and size in the history of the Islamic arts of the book, to simpler, less lavish manuscripts that are no less essential to increasing our understanding of Islamic codicology and palaeography.

The Conference will be organised around the Association’s four key working areas: cataloguing, conservation, digitisation, and research and publishing; and papers falling into these broad categories will be included in the relevant panel. The Association will also consider submissions on topics that do not fall directly under the purviews of these areas but are yet concerned with scholarship on Islamic manuscripts or the care and management of Islamic manuscript collections.

This invitation is open to members and non-members of the Association. The languages of the Conference will be Arabic and English, and submissions will be accepted in both languages. The deadline for submissions is 0900 GMT on Monday, 22 October 2012.

Late submissions will not be considered. The duration of each conference paper is 30 minutes inclusive of 10 minutes of questions and answers. Please note that preference will be given to speakers who have not presented papers at the Association’s previous conferences. All authors’ research and analysis should be sufficiently advanced that they can include concrete findings in their abstracts.

The Association will pay for round-trip economy class travel to Cambridge, accommodation in Magdalene College, and College-based meals for authors whose papers are accepted. Please send an abstract of 250 words, a 250 word biographical statement, and a cover sheet, available at www.islamicmanuscript.org/conferences/2013Conference/CallForPapers.html

to the Association’s executive committee at

The Islamic Manuscript Association Ltd
c/o 33 Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1QY
United Kingdom

Fax: +44 1223 302 218
admin [at] islamicmanuscript__org

The Association’s selection committee will inform applicants of its decision by mid-November. 2012.

Charlie Walker-Arnott
Bilingual Events and Membership Coordinator
The Islamic Manuscript Association c/o The Lotus Gallery
33 Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1QY
UK

+44 1223 303177
Fax: +44 1223 302218
Mobile: +44 7711 391 940

‎26th Annual National Archives Preservation Conference: “2012 A Preservation Odyssey: Paths to the Future”

2012 A Preservation Odyssey: Paths to the Future
26th Annual National Archives Preservation Conference

www.archives.gov/preservation/conferences/2012

Date: The conference will be held on Friday, October 19, 2012

Cost: $125.00 standard and $75.00 for students

Location:
National Archives Building
William McGowan Theater
7thStreet and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20504

About the Conference

2012 A Preservation Odyssey: Paths to the Future

The conference will address how new challenges and opportunities are shaping preservation strategies. Within this framework, speakers will focus on conservation, reformatting, storage technology, and the ways in which these program activities are evolving toward new solutions. A session on education and outreach will highlight innovative methods to share information and engage users through social media and training.

We expect the conference to draw attendees from diverse fields including collections care and preservation management, administration of archives, historical collections, libraries and museums; archivists, curators and librarians; and conservators and preservation specialists and students in all these areas.

NARA’s 26th Annual Preservation Conference, 2012 A Preservation Odyssey will explore:

Environment and Storage Technology

Conservation: Big and Small

Reformatting

Outreach
Please visit the Program Schedule web page for the speaker’s list and exhibitors that will be participating.

For further information please contact the Conference Coordinator:

Richard Schneider
301-837-3617
richard.schneider@nara.gov

“Designing Presentations” Online Meeting Series

Sarah Lowengard is pleased to announce the next offering of the “Designing Presentations” online meeting series, scheduled in time to assist conservators meet the deadline for AIC2013 abstract and proposal submission. Participation is not limited to those who plan to do so, however.

The meetings are:

A. Writing an Abstract or Other Short Proposal

Thursday 30 August 2012
12:00-1:30pm US Eastern Time
This 90-minute session will show you how to describe your workshop, presentation or talk clearly and succinctly. Use what you learn to improve your conference proposals or your presentations to current and
prospective clients. Will talk about what you do and don’t need to include, how to format your proposal to improve reader comprehension, and more.
Download a 1-page information sheet at http://bit.ly/DP-A-2

B. Designing a Hands-On Workshop

Thursday 6 September 2012
12:00-2:00pm US Eastern Time
A 2-hour session that leads you through planning, design and organization of a presentation that includes audience participation. If you’ve been thinking about teaching your clients, your boss, your board of directors, or others just what it is you //really// do, Designing a Hands-on Workshop will give you the start you need.
Download a 1-page information sheet at http://bit.ly/DP-B-2

The fee for the 2-meeting series is $70, $40 to attend a single meeting. (I offer discounts to affiliates and groups of five or more.)

As with all Research and Writing workshops and meetings, there will be time (and special after-meeting opportunities) for continued interaction and personalized assistance.

For more information, and to register please go to http://bit.ly/DP-2-2012

Or contact me:

Sarah Lowengard
Research and Writing
sarah@researchandwriting.net

IRUG Raman Spectroscopy Two-day Workshop

The Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG) is pleased to announce a two-day Raman Spectroscopy Workshop to be held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) on September 27-28, 2012. The workshop is the first of its kind to be offered by IRUG (www.irug.org) and will feature lectures on practical issues and strategies in the Raman analysis of cultural heritage artifacts and materials, as well as an introduction to the IRUG Raman spectral database. Topics covered will be: the history of the use of Raman spectroscopy in the museum field; theory and instrumentation; SERS; and analysis of minerals, pigments, dyes, gems, glass, plastics, paintings, photographs, works of art on paper, and cross-sections. All are invited to attend although space is limited. Workshop registration fee is $75 for professionals and $35 for students. The registration deadline is August 31, 2012. For more information, please contact IRUG at . The Workshop is being sponsored by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Register >>

Call for papers for North American Textile Conservation Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS and POSTERS

Conserving Modernity: the Articulation of Innovation

9th North American Textile Conservation Conference
San Francisco, California
November 12th – 15th, 2013

The ninth biennial North American Textile Conservation Conference (NATCC) will focus on topics that concern
modern materials. Topics include, but are not limited to:

Technical descriptions, analyses, and conservation treatments involving modern materials, including new textile technologies applied to fiber-based objects such as contemporary dress, wearable art, fiber art and contemporary fabrics, either in total or in part;
The ethics of using unstable modern materials in works of art and heritage artifacts and/or respect for the artist’s intention;
Research into the impact of the environment on these materials and/or the artifacts created from them;
The synergy between natural/synthetic materials when they coexist in an artifact;
The use of modern materials, such as adhesives, consolidants and supports in conservation treatments;
New approaches to “old” treatments and/or dilemmas in conservation.

Conservators, curators, conservation scientists, collection managers, archaeologists, anthropologists and others engaged with these topics are invited to submit proposals for presentations. Collaborations among any of the above professions or with others are encouraged.

Abstracts for papers and posters (300 words maximum), accompanied by a short biography (100 words maximum) of the author(s) may be submitted in English, French, or Spanish. Abstracts may not have image attachments. Projects already presented and/or published will not be considered. Contact information should include: name, postal and email addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers. NATCC will support one
complimentary registration per accepted paper. A discounted rate will be offered for all accepted posters.

Please submit your abstract by September 1, 2012 to natcc2013@gmail.com.

Presentations will be 20 minutes long; there will be time for questions. All speakers will be required to submit the full publication-ready version of their paper in the language in which it will be presented (English, French or Spanish), by April 1, 2013. The papers will be published in CD format and distributed at the conference along with printed abstracts in English, French and Spanish. An advance copy of each presentation submission
will be required by October 14, 2013 for purposes of simultaneous translation. Please email any questions to natcc2013@gmail.com and visit our website for continual updates at: http://natcconference.com.

Abstracts will be peer reviewed by the NATCC board. Authors of selected papers and posters will be notified by December 3, 2012. Authors are responsible for rights and permissions to publish photographs and/or graphics.

Training Program for Save Pennsylvania’s Past Program

Save Pennsylvania's Past is a statewide effort to preserve the millions of objects and historic artifacts that shape the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's history and define our nation.  Now in its second year, this two-year initiative is preparing staff to
address the challenges threatening Pennsylvania's world-class collections through training programs and online resources.

Essential Policies and Procedures for Cultural Institutions

This program will provide an overview of the policy and planning documents that are essential for collections care, such as collections management policies, handling guidelines, and maintenance policies.

Schedule:

September 11, 2012
Erie

September 12, 2012
Pittsburgh

September 19, 2012
Johnstown

September 20, 2012
Boalsburg

October 9, 2012
Allentown

October 10, 2012
Scranton

October 18, 2012
York

October 22, 2012
Philadelphia

Fundraising for Preservation and Conservation

This workshop will examine the planning process that funders want to see in place and the elements of a successful grant proposal.  With examples drawn from success stories at museums, historic sites, libraries, and archives, program participants
will gain an understanding of how to effectively develop and implement a funding strategy to raise money for their collections.

Schedule:

November 7, 2012
Johnstown

November 8, 2012
Boalsburg

December 11, 2012
Allentown

December 12, 2012
Scranton

January 8, 2013
Philadelphia

January 10, 2013
York

May 21, 2013
Erie

May 22, 2013
Pittsburgh

Protecting Collections: Disaster Prevention, Planning, and Response

This two-part program will guide participants in risk mitigation, emergency planning and preparedness, response, and recovery.

Schedule:

March 13, 2013 and April 23, 2013
Erie

March 14, 2013 and April 24, 2013
Pittsburgh

March 19, 2013 and May 1, 2013
Philadelphia

March 26, 2013 and May 8, 2013
Johnstown

March 27, 2013 and May 9, 2013
Boalsburg

April 9, 2013 and May 14, 2013
Allentown

April 10, 2013 and May 15, 2013
Scranton

April 30, 2013 and June 11, 2013
York

Please visit <URL:http://www.cvent.com/d/pcq7y3> for more
information and to register.

Save Pennsylvania's Past is an initiative led by CCAHA in partnership with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PA Museums, and LYRASIS. The project is supported by an Institute of Museum and Library Services Connecting to Collections Statewide Implementation Grant, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Arthur Ross Foundation, Inc.

About CCAHA: The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) is the country's largest nonprofit conservation facility serving cultural, research and educational institutions, as well as individuals and private organizations.  CCAHA's mission is to provide expertise and leadership in the preservation of the world's cultural heritage.  CCAHA specializes in the treatment of works of
art on paper, such as drawings, prints, maps, posters, historic wallpaper, photographs, rare books, scrapbooks, and manuscripts, along with related materials like parchment and papyrus. CCAHA also offers digital imaging services, on-site consultations, educational programs, fellowships, and emergency conservation services.

For information on additional educational opportunities, visit <URL:http://www.ccaha.org> or find us on Facebook.

Kimberly Magyar
Preservation Services Assistant
264 S. 23rd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103
215-545-0613
Fax: 215-735-9313

NARA’s 26th Annual Preservation Conference – “A Preservation Odyssey: Paths to the Future”

The Conference will be held on Friday, October 19, 2012. The venue will be the William McGowan Theater, National Archives Building, 7th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Attendees enter and leave the venue from the Constitution Avenue side of the building only.

Doors open at 8:00 a.m. (Registration and check-in). Program runs from 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

The list of speakers and individual topics includes:

Keynote Speaker (with an Introduction by David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States)
David M. Rubenstein
Philanthropist and Co-founder of The Carlyle Group
Bethesda, MD

Introduction to the Conference Program
Doris Hamburg – Director of Preservation Programs
National Archives and Records Administration
College Park, MD

Environment and Storage technology
Ronald D. Weiss – President
Arkival Technology Corporation
Nashua, NH

John Faundeen – EROS Center Archivist
U.S. Geological Survey
Sioux Falls, SD

Conservation: Big and Small
Amy Lubick – Senior Paper Conservator and Conservation Digitization Coordinator
Sara Shpargel – Senior Photograph Conservator
Susan Page – Senior Paper Conservator
National Archives and Records Administration
College Park, MD

Reformatting
Brad Lawrence – Computer Science Lead
Kennedy Advanced Visualization Environments
Digital Image Analysis Facility
Kennedy Space Center, FL

Outreach
Nancy E. Kraft – Head of Preservation and Conservation
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA

Beth Doyle – Head of Conservation Services Department
Duke University Libraries
Durham, NC

The Registration Fee is $125.00 (standard) and $75.00 for students. Food and beverages are included in the fee.

Please register early, as seating in the McGowan Theater is limited.

More information, including a printable registration form and flyer, is available at http://www.archives.gov/preservation/conferences/2012/

If you have any questions about this conference, please contact me directly.

Thank you and we all look forward to seeing you in October!

Sincerely,

Richard Schneider
Conference Coordinator
301-837-3617
Richard.schneider@nara.gov

PhD course: Peer-Review Publishing in Conservation, Gothenburg, Sweden, 18-20 September 2012

The Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden in cooperation with Tress and Tress GbR, Munich, Germany announces a PhD course in Peer-Review Publishing in Conservation, 2 hp/ECTS.

Traditionally, the PhD thesis in Conservation has been presented in the format of a monograph. As with other disciplines, the article-based PhD thesis format is becoming more common, and now is an option in the discipline of conservation. The article-based model consists of a number of separate, free-standing, but related, published/publishable papers in peer-reviewed journals. The Peer-Review Publishing in Conservation course prepares and guides the PhD student in all aspects of the peer-review publishing process in preparation for presenting their PhD research in the article-based format. This course provides a hands-on approach to writing a paper for an international peer-review journal, and introduces the student to all the relevant steps involved in successful paper preparation, writing, and editing. It helps the student understand the explicit and implicit rules of the peer-review and revision process and to learn how to deal with reviewers and editors. Numerous training tasks help the participant draft individual sections of her/his manuscript, and they are given concrete advice on how to overcome the various hurdles involved in the writing and publishing process. The course increases the student’s understanding of what is expected in each manuscript section, and how to write these sections efficiently. It provides answers to individual questions and gives clear instructions on how to complete and submit one’s manuscript.

<URL:http://www.science.gu.se/utbildning/forskarutbildning/tema/conservation/>

Location and dates: The course will be based on the premises of the Department of Conservation, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Course period: 3 days, 18-20 September 2012

9:00-17:00

The 2 ECTS credits course will be conducted in English, with the main target group being PhD students within cultural heritage conservation primarily in the Nordic countries, but also in Europe. There is no course fee. Participants coming from outside of Gothenburg must secure their own financing for travel and expenses. The course is open to PhD students within cultural heritage conservation. In the case of more than 12 applicants, the applicants will be ranked primarily on a first-come, first served basis, and the relevance of the applicants’ PhD project to the discipline. PhD candidates who wish to apply for a place on the course should submit a CV, a letter of recommendation from their supervisor, and a 250-word abstract of their PhD project. Selected PhD candidates will be asked to give a short oral presentation, in English, of their PhD work and research as part of the course.

Deadline for application and abstract submission is 1 August 2012.

Notification of acceptance will be: 15 August 2012.

Application should be made to:

Department of Conservation
University of Gothenburg
Box 130
SE-405 30 Gothenburg
Sweden

Course organiser

Elizabeth E. Peacock
Department of Conservation
University of Gothenburg
elizabeth.peacock [at] conservation__gu__se

“Dry Cleaning Methods for Unvarnished Paintings”, Porto, Portugal 1-2 October 2012

“Dry Cleaning Methods for Unvarnished Paintings”
Porto, Portugal
1-2 October 2012

Teacher: Maude Daudin-Schotte

English: <URL:http://www.2021.pt/en/>
Portuguese: <URL:http://www.2021.pt/>

This is the 9th conservation masterclass organized by 20-21 Conservacao e Restauro, and attached is a portfolio of past courses, for your reference.

As usual, the approach will be hands-on, allowing participants to apply the lessons learned in their own studio; theory and observation will blend with practice for optimized learning.

Registration fee: 325Euro + 23%VAT = 399,25Euro (“early bird”, valid until the end of August, 2012)

Pedro Pardinhas
20-21 Conservacao e Restauro de Arte Contemporanea, Lda.
IN SERRALVES: Rua de Serralves 954
Porto, Portugal

Atelier: Rua do Rosario 339-B 1o, Porto
+351 22 010 98 71
Mobile: +351 96 008 06 07

Conference: “International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (ICHORA 6),” Austin, Texas, USA, August 2-4, 2012

International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (ICHORA 6)

“Exploring Shared Heritage in the History of Archives with Libraries, Information Science/Documentation, Preservation/Conservation, and Museums”
Austin, Texas, USA
August 2-4, 2012

Early bird registration ends July 1, 2012

Further information: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ichora6/

Twenty-first century archivists and librarians, information scientists and documentalists, preservation administrators and conservators, and museum professionals share a common rich enterprise of managing information. Yet the fields of each through time have included work that others stake as their province. Consequently through the centuries this shared heritage often has been honored in rivalry grounded:

in the different purposes archivists and librarians, museum curators and administrators, information scientists and documentalists, and preservation administrators and conservators have claimed as their work
in the different traditions of practice grown up to deliver the special contribution of each field to society
in the education appropriate to practicing in each tradition

The papers gathered for this sixth ICHORA meeting address these questions and contextualize them by including a strong set of archival history papers. We anticipate a rich opportunity for scholarly discussion around the papers and the opportunities offered by our venues.

Abstracts of papers to be presented are now available:

<URL:http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ichora6/program.htm>

Meeting location and local archives: Most of the paper sessions will be held in the Prothro Theater in the Harry Ransom Center, home of a world-class archives of literature and publishing. Attendees will be hosted at a reception with tours at the Briscoe Center for American History, known for its broad holdings of historical manuscripts pertaining to the history of the United States. Other significant archival institutions exist on campus (the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, the Benson Center for Latin American History, the Alexander Architectural Archives) and all are prepared to welcome researchers who may have a few additional days to spend in Austin. All of these institutions can be reached through their websites, all of which are listed at:

<URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/help/librarylist.html>

This list does not exhaust the archival wealth of Austin, which is also the home of the Texas State Library and Archives, the Austin History Center (the city archives), the Catholic Archives of Texas, the Presbyterian Archives, the Texas General Land Office, and the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, to name a few within easy reach of the campus.

Registration rates:

Full Registration (Early Bird until July 1, 2012): US $200
Full Registration: US $250
Student Registration: US $100
Day Registration: US $100

Dinner only (for banquet guests; must accompany a participant in the conference and should be included in a participant’s

registration): US $55

To register by credit card see

<URL:http://utdirect.utexas.edu/txshop/list.WBX?component=0&application_name=GLINFOST&cat_seq_chosen=01>

Professor Patricia Galloway
School of Information
University of Texas at Austin
1616 Guadalupe, Suite 5.202
Austin, Texas 78701-1213
512-232-9220