This page contains details of other events relating to heritage science that have not been organised by the Science and Heritage Programme. If you are holding a suitable event that could be featured here please contact the Programme Coordinator at debbie.williams@heritagescience.ac.uk.
Heritage Science in Scotland
Heritage Science in Scotland
A one day conference looking at current scientific research into heritage matters
Tuesday 7th September 2010,
Glasgow Science Centre
Historic Scotland will be hosting a conference this September titled ‘Heritage Science in Scotland’. This event will aim to establish that Scotland’s heritage science output is amongst the most important, productive, and highest quality in the UK.
The profile of the research currently being undertaken will be raised both within the sector, and within the wider heritage community, demonstrating the close and productive working between heritage institutions and specialist university research groups.
The speakers will be a mixture of scientists and non-scientists working in the heritage field, and the event will have three themes: i) Using science to understand the past; ii) Monitoring decay and conservation treatments; and iii) Public and wider benefits of heritage science.
A free STFC Public Engagement Symposium will take place on the19th May 2010 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. It is aimed at light source,neutron and muon users (e.g. Diamond, ESRF, CLF, ISIS and ILL) interested in developing public engagement activities that highlight their research to wider audiences.
Topics include:
• Funding opportunities at STFC, RCUK
• Talking to schools and young people
• Talking to a public adult audience
• Writing Science
• Broadcast media
Speakers include Quentin Cooper Radio 4 Material World, Dr Malcolm Love, BBC and FameLab and Dr Paul Stewart, Producer, BBC to name a few.
The Symposium is being run by STFC in association with all of the UK Research Councils, Wellcome Trust , Diamond, ILL and ESRF. Free transport will be provided from Didcot Parkway
Railway Station to RAL. Registered delegates will also be invited to design and submit a poster promoting their research to a public audience. The best poster on the day will receive a prize.
Conveners:
Lorraine Gibson
University of Strathclyde, UK
Jim Tate
National Museums Scotland, UK
In November 2007 the House of Lords published the outcome of a review by members of their Science and Technology Committee entitled ‘Science and Heritage’. The result of a year of consultation, interviews and data gathering were drawn together in a succinct and lucid report summarised in a number of recommendations.
The report, by highlighting so clearly the scope and importance that good science plays in the elucidation and preservation of cultural heritage, has created the most positive change: an area of research that developed over the second half of the 20th century, has suddenly been moved into the limelight thanks to the combined vision and investment of the AHRC and the EPSRC.
This symposium offers the opportunity to make the significance of Heritage Science and its relationship with many of the mainstream science disciplines clear to a wider scientific community. It will feature a keynote lecture by Dr Jan Wouters, a chemist with wide experience in the field and publications that have contributed significantly both to art-historical understanding and to improved conservation processes.
Papers are invited to enhance the formal session and provoke further interdisciplinary discussion and new initiatives in Heritage Science.
To submit an abstract for oral or poster
presentation please visit www.iupac2009.org.
Deadlines:
Oral presentation abstract: 16 January 2009
Poster presentation abstract: 5 June 2009
Early bird registration: 5 June 2009
Standard registration: 3 July 2009
Advances in Paper Conservation Research
Advances in Paper Conservation Research
Developing conservation research at the British Library
23rd & 24th March 2009
British Library Conference Centre
London
Recent years have seen an explosion of research and new insights into the material science of paper and paper-based collections. Understanding of the raw materials, their deterioration and conservation strategies have developed – alongside new strategies for dealing with the enormous legacy of paper.
This conference brings together key workers in the field from major collections such as the British Library and the Library of Congress to academic researchers and commercial organisations. The Mellon Paper Conservation Research Project brought together partners from libraries, archives, academic research, and commercial organisations. The contributions illustrate how these partnerships both carried forward existing work and developed new ways of working. It is intended to publish the proceedings and the results of the Project electronically on the British Library website and summaries on paper.
Conservation and care for the collections are undergoing major change at the British Library. A new state of the art Centre for Conservation and innovative robotic storage in a reduced oxygen environment were recently completed. These advances in the care for the physical collections are competing with major challenges to deal with digital collections. It is an exciting time for the future of care and conservation in Libraries and Archives.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
MEDIEVAL SYMPOSIA
The Department of Conservation and Scientific Research is holding two half-day symposia showcasing science and conservation work on objects connected with the new Medieval galleries that are opening in March 2009.
The symposia, to be held on 30th January and 12th February 2009, will focus on the examination, conservation and analysis of material for the Medieval galleries and the list of speakers is given in the programme below. These events will take place in the Sackler Rooms in the Clore Centre, directly beneath the Great Court. The is no fee for attending, but seating is limited and we therefore ask that you contact Becky Dean (0207 323 8279 conservation@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk) to reserve a place. Booking will be on a first come, first served basis.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
3-5pm on 30th January 2009
Chair: James Robinson
Introduction: James Robinson and David Saunders
Lynne Harrison and Caroline Cartwright - Icons: study and conservation
Caroline Cartwright - Scientific examination of the 13th century reliquary of St Eustace
Katy Sanders - Shield of Parade
Maickel Van Bellegem - Vera Cruz altar set
3-5 PM on 12th February 2009
Chair: David Saunders
Clare Ward and Jane Hamill – Conservation Approach to the Treatment of Early Medieval Ivories
Philip Kevin and James Robinson – The Citole Exposed
Stefan Roehrs and Bet McLeod – Ciborium
Susan La Niece and Bet McLeod - The Asante Ewer and Related Metal Jugs
Rachel Swift and Maureen Mellor - Chertsey Abbey: Revisiting the Medieval Tiles
AHRC Landscape and Environment Programme
LIVING LANDSCAPES
The AHRC Landscape and Environment Programme Conference 2009
Aberystwyth University
18th – 21st June 2009
This four-day trans-disciplinary conference attends to the manifold and diverse relationships – actual and potential – between landscape, environment and performance; it draws together artists, practitioners and academics from such fields as geography, archaeology, anthropology, performance, music and dance studies, media studies, museology, cultural and environmental policy, folklore studies, art history.
The Conference organisers invite proposals for papers, presentations, dialogues, showings, interventions, performances and workshops in all formats.
The conference committee welcomes participation from all disciplines and from varying research approaches, both scolarly and practice-led.
DEADLINE: 1 DECEMBER 2008
Please send proposals and abstracts of no more than 300 words to: landscape@aber.ac.uk
or to the organisers at:
Living Landscapes
Parry-Williams Building
Penglais Campus
Aberystwyth SY23 3AJ
UK
Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 31 January 2009
Registration details for the Conference will be posted on site in early December 2009
Archaeometry and Heritage Science
School of History and Archaeology,Humanities Building,
Colum Drive, Cardiff University,
Room 4.18
9th – 10th July 2008
The ICON Science Group have organised an exciting two-day seminar on Archaeometry and Heritage Science. Presentations include:
Research priorities for preventative conservation of archaeological materials
CT scanning of a 21st Century Sacophagus
Preserving the biomolecular component in fluid-preserved natural history collections
New approaches to early glass
Conservation and characterisation of early iron: establishing a guide to good practice
For full details of the event, please go to the ICON website to download the programme and booking form.
Closing date for registrations 30 June 2008.
National Science and Engineering Week 2008
National Science and Engineering Week (7th - 16th March 2008) is an opportunity for people of all ages, areas and organisations to take part in science, engineering and technology activities.
National Science and Engineering Week is coordinated by the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) in partnership with the Engineering and Technology Board. It is funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
The BRITISH MUSEUM will be holding the following events during National Science and Engineering Week:
Monday March 10th
Dr David Saunders (Keeper, Conservation, Documentation & Science) free lunchtime lecture (in the Stevenson Lecture Theatre, BM) Lecture title: "China: a closer look at materials, technology and exchange "
Tuesday 11th March
Lunchtime gallery talk: Susan la Niece 'Chinese metalworking techniques' Room 33
Wednesday 12th March
Lunchtime gallery talk: Margaret Sax 'Methods of jade carving in China' Room 33b
Thursday 13th March
Lunchtime gallery talk: Janet Ambers and Giovanni Verri 'Some early Chinese pigments' Room 33
