Cultural heritage

The 8th International Conference ‘Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers’ 28 – 30 September 2018, Lucca, Italy CALL FOR PANELS AND PAPERS DEADLINE FOR PAPER PROPOSALS: 15th of July 2018

The International Conference on Cultural Policy Research aims to provide an outlet for an interdisciplinary and international exploration of the meaning, function and impact of cultural policies. The theme of ICCPR'2018 is The Cultural Governance of Global Flows: Past and Future. Keynote lectures will be delivered by Prof. J.P Singh (University of Edinburgh), Prof. Jose van Dijck (Utrecht University), Prof. Joseph Straubhaar (University of Texas at Austin), and Prof. Madina Tlostanova (Linköping University).

The Conference on Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art started in Valencia, Spain (2016) and, following its success, it is now being reconvened. The second meeting is to take place in Malta from 17th to 19th April 2018. The Conference aims to highlight the importance of Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art to the world and its influence across different regions. The Meeting will be of interest to all researchers, practitioners and government employees actively involved in the topic of Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art.

Is it possible, on the basis of various fields of knowledge and the arts, to identify special codes and narratives characteristic for the expression of postmemory? We invite all those who are seeking to answer these questions, along with all the aspects of postmemory in various historical and geographical contexts.

Join the growing network of immersive learning experts and practitioners from across the disciplines in beautiful western Montana for iLRN 2018! The 4th Annual International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network will be an innovative hands-on and scholarly meeting for an emerging global network of developers, educators, and research professionals collaborating to develop the scientific, technical, and applied potential of immersive learning.

The planned symposium, under the name of “International Symposium of Propontis and the Surrounding Cultures”, intends to evaluate the current situation of the region’s archaeology and to establish archaeological inter-regional connections with the participation of academics conducting research in a wide geographical area including cities of the Attic Delos League, Troas, Bithynia, Mysia, Northern Ionia, Balkan Peninsula, Black Sea basin together with the Greek Islands Furthermore, the promotion of the archaeology of the region, and it is clear that the proceeding publication will become one of the most significant reference sources for the region’s archaeology and culture.

The conference “Postcolonial Digital Connections” will critically assess the ways in which new forms of digitization are affecting the governance, management, and circulation of cultural heritage. Researchers from social sciences (anthropology, history, geography etc.), digital humanities, museum and cultural heritage studies, as well as museum and archive professionals are invited to discuss practices and politics of digitization in a decidedly transnational context.

The Kurultai is organized in the spirit of communion, as this is an imperative time for international scholars, independent researchers, artists, and activists to fear the potential disappearance of our individual cultural heritages and to engage in shared dialogues towards generating world-changing impact and a better future. We believe we can better understand different habits of mind when we immerse ourselves into different perspectives and unique approaches. We imagine a rich future rooted in a better understanding of our intricate history and in a multitudinous cultural present.

Over the centuries, cities across Europe and around the world have been impacted by their Jewish communities; as places of both presence and absence. Being held as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, this Conference is dedicated to addressing Urban Jewish Heritage and the multi-layered issues it faces. From tourism and sustainability to conservation and representation, the Conference will bring together academics, planners, policy makers and community leaders to examine the pasts, presents and futures for cities with Jewish Heritage, particularly in Europe.