Category: Events

ICOMOS-UK AGM: 6th July 2023

The ICOMOS-UK AGM is to take place on Thursday 6th July 2023, at 2.00pm, online via ZOOM. All members are welcome to attend. For papers and the link to register for the meeting, please contact the office at: admin@icomos-uk.org We look forward to seeing you there.

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Report on Efforts to Protect Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage

The ICOMOS-UK wood committee, through its international network in the ICOMOS International Wood Committee (IIWC), has reached out and is in contact with conservators, academics and architects around the world and in Ukraine. Through these contacts I can report on current efforts to protect Ukraine’s invaluable cultural heritage. IIWC colleague Eleftheria Tsakanika is a structural […]

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STATEMENT BY ICOMOS-UK ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE

3rd March 2022 STATEMENT BY ICOMOS-UK ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE We stand in solidarity with all those involved trying to protect homes, culture and heritage in response to the on-going conflict in Ukraine that is shattering families, shattering communities and shattering the places to which they belong. Although as yet there are no reports […]

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Promoting Cultural Heritage As A Key Driver For Local Climate Action: programme insight

On this page you’ll find all the most up to date information on the speakers and presentations of our upcoming virtual conference: Promoting Cultural Heritage As A Key Driver For Local Climate Action. Speakers’ bios and presentation abstracts (list in progress – please come back for more updates) Clara Arokiasamy is the President of ICOMOS-UK and is […]

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ICOMOS-UK Statement on Black Lives Matter Protests

The recent killing of the African American George Floyd has inevitably sparked worldwide protests against racism. ICOMOS-UK is part of a global ICOMOS network extending to some 120 countries. As part of this international community we work alongside culturally diverse professionals and local people across the globe in a variety of social and economic settings. […]

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RTM SPOTLIGHT FRIDAY 22ND MAY 2020 CULTURAL TOURISM & THE SDGS

This year’s RTM spotlight focusses on the contribution that cultural tourism, whether associated with built heritage or intangible expressions of culture, can make as destinations seek to deliver the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This one-day conference for industry and academics is being run in partnership with the ICOMOS-UK Cultural Tourism Committee and will hear […]

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ICOMOS-UK STATEMENT ON THREATS TO CULTURAL HERITAGE IN IRAN FROM ARMED CONFLICT

The idea that cultural heritage in some way belongs to all of us underpins the work of ICOMOS and is the lodestone of the World Heritage Convention, 1972. The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, 1954, forbids any act of hostility to cultural property and in the […]

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Perspectives on the Board Meeting in Buenos Aires

(Annual General Assembly 3-6 December 2018) This year, the ICOMOS Annual General Assembly and Advisory Committee took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 4-8 December 2018, on the generous invitation of ICOMOS Argentina. Donald Hankey and Stephen Hughes, Vice-President ICOMOS-UK, attended and are now sharing their views on the event.  Please read extracts from their […]

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We’re now on EVENTBRITE

You can now book your tickets to our Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference Passing on Our Cultural Traditions to Future Generations on EVENTBRITE. Follow the link and reserve your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/passing-on-our-cultural-traditions-to-future-generations-tickets-56283747203?utm_term=eventurl_text 

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Exploring Intangible Cultural Heritage Report

Exploring Intangible Cultural Heritage in Museum Contexts: a pilot project Report NOW AVAILABLE. Email admin@icomos-uk.org for a pdf. The Report demonstrates the benefits of involving ICH practicing communities and artists as intermediaries between the diverse groups of bearers and cultural organisations, in order  to forge an equitable tripartite curation that might make collections and museum spaces alive […]

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