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Job Opportunity: WMF seek Ukraine Heritage Crisis Specialist

World Monuments Fund (WMF) is seeking a Ukraine Heritage Crisis Specialist for a 12-month, fixed term position.

Workshop: Reading Tawfiq Canaan: Against Statelessness as Method, Towards Statelessness as Technology, led by Khaled Malas and Nadine Fattaleh.

Take part in this 3-day workshop, led by researchers Khaled Malas and Nadine Fattaleh, that examines the possible meanings of an assemblage of ‘talismanic objects’ collected in the first decade of the twentieth century by Dr Tawfiq Canaan (1882-1964) and currently housed in a British museum.

• Venue: The Mosaic Rooms
• Dates: 25/03/22–27/03/22

Global Heritage Fund: Support Ukraine's cultural heritage defenders by donating today!

Global Heritage Fund is joining forces with Europa Nostra to support the defenders of cultural heritage in Ukraine as well as those working in the cultural heritage world who have been rendered refugees in their escape from Russia's brutal aggression.

Museums worldwide called on to support colleagues in Ukraine

Appeals made for logistics partners, sponsors, equipment and materials

Insitutue of Art and Law: Heritage and Sustainability Seminar

We are pleased to announce that our postponed seminar called ‘Heritage & Sustainability: Legal issues in protecting cultural and natural heritage for future generations’ will now be running online on 29 March 2022. This seminar will cover all the major issues that touch upon sustainability and the historic environment.

• Venue: Zoom
• Date: 29/03/22
• Time: 12:00pm–4:00pm

2022 WORLD MONUMENTS WATCH ANNOUNCED

World Monuments Fund (WMF) today announced the 2022 World Monuments Watch, a selection of 25 heritage sites of extraordinary cultural significance facing global challenges and whose preservation is urgent and vital to local communities. These sites illuminate the effects of global issues such as climate change, imbalanced tourism, underrepresentation, and recovery from crisis, underscoring the need for greater action to support heritage places and the people who care for them.

Shubbak: Against Disappearance 2022 Events

Against Disappearance is a series presented by Shubbak in partnership with the Cultural Protection Fund which explores cultural heritage and contemporary culture.

Applications Open: UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize.

We are pleased to inform you that UNESCO is now accepting applications for the 9th edition of the UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize.

Centre for Cultural Value Report: Culture in Crisis: impacts of Covid-19 on the UK cultural sector and where we go from here

The research project was led by the Centre for Cultural Value in collaboration with The Audience Agency and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre and was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Smithsonian CRI Launch: Resources for the Public and Historic Property Owners

The guidance within will help you stabilize your treasured heirlooms and buy you time to make an educated decision on further treatment and handling of your keepsakes.