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Conference Schedule Announced for 'Heritage and Recovery: A Decade of Learning from the Gorkha Earthquake'

We are pleased to share the schedule for our upcoming conference, in partnership with the University of Stirling and Social Science Baha.

Conference Announcement: Heritage and Recovery: A Decade of Learning from the Gorkha Earthquake

The Victoria & Albert Museum’s Culture in Crisis Programme in partnership with the University of Stirling and Social Science Baha, are preparing for a major international conference to be held from 2 to 4 April 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

• Venue: Jyapu Pragya Bhavan, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Dates: 02/04/25–04/04/25

Event Announcement: Afghanistan: Breathing Life into Heritage in a Fragile State

From the deliberate demolition of World Heritage Sites to the looting and neglect of historic buildings, ancient artefacts and archaeological landscapes, Afghanistan’s recent history is characterised by stories of cultural loss and destruction.

• Venue: Hochhauser Auditorium, Learning Centre, V&A
• Date: 25/02/25
• Time: 2:00pm–3:30pm

Event Announcement: Global Challenges and Opportunities for Cultural Heritage - The 2025 World Monuments Fund Watch

Across the globe, cultural heritage faces a myriad of changing risks and threats, from the destructive power of conflict to the impact of rapid urbanisation and the growing peril of the climate crisis.

• Venue: Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, V&A
• Date: 21/01/25
• Time: 6:30pm–8:00pm

Celebrating another year of success for the Culture in Crisis Portal

As 2024 draws to a close, we're pleased to announce we're celebrating another record-breaking year for the Culture in Crisis Portal.

Call for Funding Applications - Modern Endangered Archives Funding Round 2024-5

MEAP invites applications for its seventh cohort of projects to document, digitize, and make accessible collections at risk from environmental conditions, political uncertainty, inherently unsustainable media, inappropriate storage, or communal and social change. Preliminary Applications are due on November 15, 2024.

Publication Announcement: Heritage at War: Plan and Prepare

Emerging from and building upon the international conference coordinated by the Culture in Crisis Programme and held at the V&A South Kensington in February 2023, this book addresses how the military, the heritage sector and other stakeholders in Human Security can, and must, collaborate to give primacy to people and protect tangible and intangible cultural heritage under attack.

Upcoming Conference: Timeless Archives, Timely Connections: Preserving Endangered Documentary Heritage and Inspiring Collaboration

This international conference will bring together many of the institutions, individuals and activists in documentary heritage preservation. There will be sessions on EAP, preservation strategies from key organisations and funding opportunities, and the sharing of case studies of cultural heritage protection against risks caused by climate change, conflict or war. Attendees will also be able to engage with their peers on the most urgent and incipient challenges and opportunities in the field, including the comparative costs of protecting the physical archive versus digitisation, new risks in the digital world, designing strategic approaches, and how to engage more diverse audiences with the protection of documentary heritage.

• Venue: British Library
• Dates: 31/10/24–01/11/24

Save the Date: Edited Volume of 'Heritage at War' to be Published on 15th October 2024

A new publication ‘Heritage at War – Plan and Prepare’ edited by Mark Dunkley, Lisa Mol and Anna Tulliach with a foreword by V&A Director Tristram Hunt is due to be published on 15th October 2024.

Book Your Place Now - Destruction by Design: The Legacies of Damage to Cultural Heritage

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Culture in Crisis Programme, in partnership with University of Stirling and V&A Dundee, are pleased to announce an international conference Destruction by Design: The Legacies of Damage to Cultural Heritage, taking place on 20 September at V&A Dundee, Scotland.

• Venue: Online & In Person at V&A Dundee, Scotland
• Date: 20/09/24
• Time: 10:00am–6:00pm