News & events

Conference: INTO Online 2021

Building resilience in the global heritage community

• Venue: Online
• Dates: 20/04/21–22/04/21

Conference: UNESCO 2nd Memory of the World Global Policy Forum

This 2nd Forum aims to build the momentum towards articulating a global policy framework for disaster risk reduction and management as a means to sustainable preservation of documentary heritage.

• Venue: Hybrid Event (online and in-person)
• Dates: 21/09/21–22/09/21

Lecture Series ‘Mastery: Great Minds in Heritage & Historic Houses’

Presented by the Centre for Historic Houses, JSAA, OP Jindal Global University, Institution of Eminence, Sonipat, India

• Venue: Online Event
• Dates: 15/03/21–19/03/21

Conference: British Council: Heritage of Future Past

Join us from 29th – 31st March for a three-day online event which will highlight the value of cultural heritage and its contemporary relevance.

• Venue: Online Conference
• Dates: 29/03/21–31/03/21

Conference: Violated National Heritage: Theft, Trafficking and Restitution

The Society for the History of Collecting present: 'Violated National Heritage: Theft, Traffic & Restitution'

• Venue: Online Conference
• Date: 23/03/21
• Time: 4:30pm–9:30pm

Historic England: High Streets Heritage Action Zones’ Cultural Programme Launches with 'High Street Tales'

Historic England launches a podcast series and accompanying ebook called 'High Street Tales'. These are the first outcomes of a four-year-long national Cultural Programme led by Historic England, in partnership with the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England.

New MSc aims to connect heritage to the future

Offered by the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, the MSc in Heritage Evidence, Foresight and Policy will equip graduates to think critically and strategically about the long-term future of what matters.

World Monuments Fund launches Virtual Series; 'Heritage from Home'

We’re delighted to announce the launch of Heritage from Home, a virtual tour series featuring some of World Monuments Fund’s (WMF) most iconic sites around the globe, guided by the world-class specialists that safeguard them for the future.

Conference Announcement: PastForward National Preservation Conference

Celebrate the power of place, at PastForward. Join thousands of preservationists and preservation lovers at the nation’s premier conference for those who work to save, sustain, and interpret historic places. PastForward 2021 is scheduled to take place November 2-5, 2021.

• Venue: Online
• Dates: 02/11/21–05/11/21

Online Talk: Against Disappearance | Talk 2

Join writer and historian Marina Warner, writer and activist Hammour Ziada and writer and publisher Abu Amirah as they explore the different legacies of cultural and commercial exchange and how some stories of migration, power and trade are told. Their discussion will be centred around the cultural context of African, Arab and European influences in Sudan and the Swahili coast.

• Venue: Zoom
• Date: 09/03/21
• Time: 2:00pm–3:00pm