Within
the framework of the celebrations of the International Day of Cultural
diversity the Competition of murals "Painting diversity"
is launched
"Painting cultural diversity" is the Competition of murals
that the Regional Office of Education of UNESCO, Municipality of
Conchalí and the National Commission of Co-operation with
UNESCO, will launch next June 6 in the School Pedro Aguirre Cerda
of this commune, initiative that counts on the auspice of Anilinas
Mont Blanc. The Competition is aimed at students from fourth to
eighth grade from municipal schools of Conchalí. The idea
is that each group makes a fabric mural of 2 x 2 meters, made up
of pieces dyed with aniline and joined by means of the patchwork
technique, representing the meaning of cultural diversity.
UNESCO. Santiago. Publicated: 24-6-2008
Photo
contest on "The Changing Face of the Earth"
UNESCO’s Earth Sciences Programme is running a photo contest
on the theme of The Changing Face of the Earth, to raise awareness
among youth of the state of the planet. There are several cameras
and 40 book prizes to be won. Entries close on 30 June 2008. Contestants
may enter in one of the two following categories: 15-20 year olds
and
contestants aged 21 years and over. Each contestant is invited to
submit a single colour photo depicting her or his personal testimony
to the Earth’s rapidly changing landscape in a positive or
negative way. The photo should illustrate one of the ten themes
from the International Year of Planet Earth. Photos may portray
rural or urban scenes and should depict changes to the landscape
caused by natural phenomena or resulting from human intervention.
UNESCO. Natural Sciences. Contest. Publicated:
18-6-2008
2008
Photo Competition. Tourism Responding to the Challenge of Climate
Change: A call for action to a climate neutral planet
This competition is organized by the United Nations World Tourism
Organization on the occasion of World Tourism Day 2008, a thematic
event that takes place every year on 27 September. This year our
theme is Tourism: Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change
and our host country is Peru. We are looking for photographs that
showcase Climate Solutions in tourism. Examples include good practices
that reflect how we adjust to protecting our planet from climate
change and how we can alleviate its effects on the environment...
UNWTO. World Tourism Organization. Publicated:
18-6-2008
MA
Cultural Tourism at the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change,
Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Offering Four 50% Tuition Fee Scholarships. Cultural Tourism is
one of the most important and rapidly expanding economic and social
phenomena of the contemporary world. The Centre for Tourism and
Cultural Change (CTCC) at Leeds Metropolitan University is a global
leader in research and education regarding tourism and its relationships
to culture(s)...
Leeds Metropolitan University. Master.
Publicated: 18-6-2008
Celebrating
The Best of Europe’s Heritage: European Heritage Awards Ceremony
2008. Durham Cathedral, 12 June 2008
Laureates of the annual European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage
/ Europa Nostra Awards were honoured at the annual European Heritage
Awards Ceremony, which took place on 12 June 2008 in the magnificent
setting of Durham Cathedral in the United Kingdom. Award winning
projects, studies, individuals and groups originate from 15 European
countries. The awards were presented by S.A.R. la Infanta Doña
Pilar de Borbón, President of Europa Nostra, and Mr Vladimir
Sucha, Director for Culture, Multilingualism and Communication at
the European Commission's DG Education and Culture. Dame Liz Forgan,
Chair of the UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund, gave the closing
address: ‘One Hundred Thousand Brush Strokes’. While
congratulating the laureates, the 3 speakers talked of the need
to engage the wider public in the protection of Europe’s cultural
heritage in order to effectively maintain and enhance our built
and natural environment. Europe’s cultural heritage is one
of its most valuable assets with regards to sustainable economic
development and cultural tourism, social cohesion and our quality
of life...
Europa Nostra. Awards 2008. Publicated:
13-6-2008
Arab
Fund for Arts & Culture (AFAC) Grants Programme. Call for Applications
Aiming at simulating and supporting artistic creativity and freedom
of cultural expression in the Arab World, the Arab Fund for Arts
& Culture (AFAC), a non profit organization providing direct
financial assistance to independent artists and cultural institutions
across the Arab region, invites project proposals to its grants
programme from individuals, NGOs, cultural and educational organizations,
governmental bodies and private companies working in culture and
arts in the Arab World in the fields of independent filmmaking,
performing arts, visual arts, literature, research, capacity building
and training, and regional cultural events and regional exchange.
AFAC. Grants Programme. Publicated: 13-6-2008
JOB
OFFER: AWHF project specialist
Programme Specialist: African World Heritage Fund Midrand South
Africa Agencies Unit. The successful applicant will be based in
Midrand South Africa. He/She will report to the Director: African
World Heritage Fund and will be responsible for, amongst others,
the following: KEY ROLE: The role of the Programme Specialist is
to lead and manage the design, develop and implementation of the
programmes and activities of the African World Heritage Fund. KEY
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- The PS will manage the approved AWHF programmes.
- Co-ordinate the implementation of the programmes and activities
of the African World heritage Fund.
- Assist in the development of projects proposal from State Parties.
- Monitoring and follow-up the Funds project
- Assist in the Fund raising efforts of the Fund
Development Bank of Southern Africa. Vacancy
Notice. Publicated: 13-6-2008
Winners
of the Clio Prize of archaeology 2007 3rd prize: The site of Ermant
in the High Egypt
This team comes essentially from the University of Montpellier III
and is gathered around Christophe Thiers, egyptologist of the CNRS,
who undertook the systematic excavation of the site Ermant, former
headquarters of the governor of the fourth region before Tebas achieved
its supremacy. The ancient ptolemaic Hermonthis, whose name meant
"the Heliopolis of Montou" underwent an evolution comparable
to the neighboring site Tôd, started under the 11th dynasty,
at the time of Montouhotep II, soon followed by Sesostris I, Thoutmosis
III and Amenophis III, until the site found at the greco-roman time
all its importance before Tebas, at that time decayed of its glory…
Clio.fr. Prize. Publicated: 13-6-2008
University
of Barcelona - Postgraduate Programmes 2008- 09
After creating the Cultural Management master program in 1989,
the University of Barcelona´s educational offer has been enlarged
during the past years to meet new demands. Thus, the Post- Graduate
Program in Cultural Management and Policies enables the participation
of experienced professionals from Spain and Latin America. The Post-Graduate
Program in International Cooperation and Cultural Management has
become an important platform of exchange and cooperation between
cultural managers and institutions from both sides of the Atlantic
Ocean. The Post-Graduate Program in Cultural Tourism bridges the
tourism world with both heritage and art projects. Lately, the Post-Graduate
Program in Show Production and Management, carried out in collaboration
with the Theatre Institute in Barcelona and the Romea Foundation,
addresses to new show managers. Success in these training activities,
added to increasing possibilities of new technologies, led the Directing
Team to offer a couple of these courses through the Internet. Thus,the
Master in Cultural Management can also be completely attended online,
and the Post-Graduate Diplomas in Cultural Tourism, Cultural Management
and Policies, and International Cooperation and Cultural Management
are half presential.
University of Barcelona. Postgraduate Programmes.
Publicated: 13-6-2008
Successful
CPRA application process!
ENCATC experienced a very successful application process for the
5th Version of the Cultural Policy Research Award 2008. We thank
the numerous candidates who applied with various issues regarding
academic and applied cultural policy research!. Designed to stimulate
academic and applied cultural policy research and to explore, through
comparative cross-national research, issues at stake in contemporary
Europe, and possibly anticipate new cultural policy orientations,
the Cultural Policy Research Award (CPRA) has the ambition to contribute
to the process of creating an "infrastructure", a network
of scholars who are competent in doing comparative research projects
in cultural policy. The European Cultural Foundation, the Riksbankens
Jubileumsfond and the European Network of Cultural Administration
and Training Centres (ENCATC) are promoters of this award. All candidates
will be informed about their status by the end of July 2008. The
winner of the CPR Award 2008, worth Euro 10,000, will be publicly
announced on the 16th of October at the International ENCATC Annual
Conference taking place in Lyon, France.
ENCATC. News. Publicated: 12-6-2008
Erasmus
Mundus: more than 2,000 Master's students to receive scholarships
According to the communication published by the European Commission
end of May, more than 2,000 students and 450 teaching staff from
outside Europe have been selected to receive an Erasmus Mundus scholarship
for the academic year 2008/09. These scholarships will allow them
to study in Europe for one or two years and obtain a Master's degree
from one of the 103 top-quality Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses offered
by consortia of European higher education institutions. In 2008,
a total number of 17 new partnerships of Erasmus Mundus Masters
Consortia with higher education institutions in non-European countries
were selected. Altogether, they encompass 62 universities from 28
different third countries. The second phase of Erasmus Mundus (2009-13)
is expected to start in 2009 with a planned total budget of 950
million euros. Its main new features are the inclusion of joint
doctoral programmes, increased scholarships for European students
and an intensified structural cooperation with third-country higher
education institutions. In addition, the new proposal integrates
a mobility scheme for all levels of higher education. One of the
characteristic features of the Erasmus Mundus programme is that
student grantees follow their courses in at least two universities
located in different European countries. This gives them the additional
opportunity to learn about European cultures, languages and academic
systems.
EU/EDUCATION. Press Room. Publicated: 5-6-2008
Invitation
to enter competition for a measured drawing of a Georgian building.
The deadline for entries is Friday 19 September 2008
In celebration of HRH The Prince of Wales's sixtieth birthday
in November, The Georgian Group, in association with The Prince's
Drawing School and the Traditional Architecture Group of the Royal
Institute of British Architects, is organising a prize competition
for a measured drawing of a Georgian building. The aim of the competition,
which is open to British, Commonwealth and US citizens under 40,
is to promote and reward excellence in measured architectural drawing
and to encourage close study and understanding of Georgian buildings.
For the purposes of the competition, the term 'Georgian building'
means any building completed in the period 1660-1840, whether in
Britain or elsewhere. First prize is £1000, second prize is
£750 and third prize is £500. Winning and shortlisted
entries will be exhibited in London.
The Georgian Group. Grants. Publicated:
12-6-2008
Festival
of Postgraduate Research
Thursday 26th June Charles Wilson Building, University of Leicester
The University of Leicester's Festival of Postgraduate Research
develops research postgraduates' ability to communicate research
effectively to non-specialist audiences. The event engages employers
and other external organisations, and helps to build the profile
of PhDs. Recruitment for the next Festival of Postgraduate Research
will start in January 2008
University of Leicester. Student Learning
Centre. Publicated: 11-6-2008
Association
for the European and International Cultural development - ADCEI
Created by professionals in European affairs, the Association works
in the territory of Provenza-Alps-Côte d’Azur region.
Their main missions are to inform, orient and accompany Culture
professionals in the development of their European and international
projects through their newsletter, website, information days, individual
orientations and support… promoter of the EUROMEDINCULTURE
Network with the support of Provenza-Alps-Côte d’Azur
region…
ADCEI. Newsletter. Publicated: 11-6-2008
Winners
in the Tenth Annual, 2008, international Berkeley Undergraduate
Prize for Architectural Design Excellence Competition are announced
Winners of the Tenth Annual Berkeley Prize Competition are announced
today by Professor Raymond Lifchez, Chair of the Berkeley Undergraduate
Prize for Architectural Design Excellence. Since its founding, the
international Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design
Excellence competition encourages undergraduate architecture students
to write about issues central to the understanding of the social
art of architecture and the social role of the architect in today’s
world. What is that role? What should it be? By asking students
to grapple with just such problems, the Prize brings to the forefront
of students’ thinking the reality that Architecture is a Social
Art...
Berkeley Prize. News. Publicated: 11-06-2008
------------------------ Newsletter Nº 29
2009
EU Prize for Culture Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards. Call for Entries
and Entry Forms. Deadline for Entries: 1 October 2008
The EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards are granted
annually to identify and promote best practices in the conservation
of tangible cultural heritage, to stimulate the exchange of knowledge
and experience throughout Europe, to enhance public awareness and
appreciation of Europe's cultural heritage, and to encourage further
exemplary initiatives through the Power of Example. Outstanding
heritage achievements will be awarded in the following categories:
Conservation, Research, Dedicated Service by Individuals or Organisations
and Education, Training and Awareness-Raising.
Europa Nostra. News. Publicated: 5-6-2008
The
German Guggenheim Museum offers three to four internships places
per year in the Public Relations and Exhibition organisation area
The four-weekinternships aim to show interns a view to the work
in art exhibitions: press relations, frame programme for exhibitions,
exhibition management, among others. Interns should bring at least
a BA studies level, very good German and English knowledge (written
and spoken) and computer skills (Word, Excel, Access). Please send
your CV and relevant application documents per post to:Deutsche
Guggenheim -Praktikum- Unter den Linden 13-15. D-10117 BERLIN. Germany.
Deutsche Guggenheim. News. Publicated:
3-6-2008
Mondialogo
Engineering Award
The Mondialogo Engineering Award invites engineering students in
developing and developed countries to form local groups and international
teams to work together to develop project proposals that address
the United Nations Millennium Development Goals – proposals
to improve the quality of life in the developing world. Each international
team should consist of two (or more) student teams. The Award seeks
to encourage student engineers to develop project proposals, as
a design exercise that addresses some of the major challenges of
the 21st century. The eradication of poverty, promotion of sustainable
development and responding to climate change are key concerns of
the Mondialogo Engineering Award.
Mondialogo. Engineering Award. Publicated:
3-5-2008
CICA
Awards 2008: Docomomo Journal shortlisted thanks to Caribbean Architecture!
It gives us great pleasure to announce you that the Docomomo Journal
is shortlisted as a commended title for the Pierre Vago Journalism
CICA Awards 2008 thanks to the article “The Sinuous Path of
the Modern Movement in the Caribbean Islands” by Eduardo Luis
Rodriguez, vice-chair of Docomomo Cuba (Docomomo Journal 33: The
Modern Movement in the Caribbean Islands, September 2005). We are
also delighted to inform you that another faithful Docomomo member,
Hugo Segawa (chair of Docomomo Brazil, 2000–2007), is short-listed
for the Bruno Zevi Book CICA Award 2008 for his book on Arquitectura
latinoamericana contemporanea (Gili, Barcelona 2005). The Awards
winners will be announced at the Plenary Session at the UIA World
Congress in Turin (June 28–July 3, 2008) and at the CICA meeting
on June 30 in the Sala Londra of the Lingotto Building, Turin.
Docomomo. News. Publicated: 2-5-2008
ENAR
is recruiting an editorial and policy assistant
The European Network Against Racism ENAR is looking for a dynamic,
motivated and innovative individual with strong editing skills to
fill the full-time position of Editorial and Policy Assistant for
a period of 3 months starting 1 July 2008 with a possible extension
of 1 month. The post holder will be responsible for supporting the
ENAR network in producing 27 country-specific Shadow Reports and
one thematic European Report. The ENAR Shadow Reports provide a
unique mechanism to collect and present views of civil society on
the state of racism in EU Member States and across Europe. The Editorial
and Policy Assistant will have opportunities to develop policy briefing
papers and research material in the areas of antidiscrimination,
European Social Policy and European Migration Policy.
ENAR Network. Vacancies. Publicated: 2-6-2008
Working
at EUROCITIES
EUROCITIES, the Network of Major European Cities, is looking for
a trainee to work under the supervision of the Communications Director
for a period of up to six months, preferably starting 1 September
2008. The trainee will: assist in the preparation of key events,
assist in the updating of the database, assist in the general support
for the Communications department. The profile of the trainee should
include: xcellent English, fluent French and knowledge of graphic
design software is an advantage. EUROCITIES provides a platform
for its member cities to share knowledge and ideas, to exchange
experiences, to analyse common problems and develop innovative solutions,
through a wide range of Forums, Working Groups, Projects, activities
and events. Applicants are requested to send a letter of motivation,
together with a Curriculum Vitae by 20 June 2008 to:
Nicola Vatthauer, nicole.daels@eurocities.eu
EUROCITIES. Job Opportunities. Publicated:
2-6-2008
Postgraduate
MSc Cultural Heritage Studies at Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Caledonian University is now inviting applications to join
its postgraduate MSc Cultural Heritage Studies (full and part-time
study available), starting in late September 2008. An exciting and
unique learning experience in cultural heritage and the historic
environment, with the opportunity to undertake study with a leading
team at GCU in the Cultural Business Group. Following its successful
launch in 2005, applicants are encouraged to apply for the next
annual intake onto this innovative course. Limited number of Student
Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) studentships available to relevant
applicants; £1000 Caledonian Business School Scholarships
also available to overseas applicants.
Glasgow Caledonian University. MSc Cultural
Heritage. Publicated: 30-5-2008 |
