Archaeological Iron Conservation Colloquium
Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart, Germany
Starting date: 24 June 2010
Aim of the International Conference:
Preservation of the masses of iron finds is still a problem. Although somewhat neglected in the last decades, now there are many current research projects going on in Germany and worldwide. Summer 2010 will be the right time to give an overview of their outcome and the state of the art in general. A number of invited researchers already agreed to present their work.
Submission of Contributions:
Researchers who want to contribute need to send an abstract (ca 200 words) until 31 December 2009 per e-mail to Gerhard Eggert. Contributors will be notified until 31 January 2010 about acceptance.
There will be no conference publication. Speakers are free to submit talks and papers elsewhere as they like. We do not expect exclusivity.
To help non-native English speakers to understand the contents, speakers are asked to submit an extended abstract of 3 pages in English until 31 March 2010 (ready for print without editing, will be collected in a photocopied conference reader for all attendants and put on the web)
Programme:
Lectures (20 min + 10 min discussion) on June 24th and June 25th.
Excursion (optional) to places of interest in art history/archaeology: June 26th
Keynote address (Thursday evening): ‘Iron and the Microscope’: David A. Scott, USA
Conference Language
All lectures have to be given in English. No simultaneous translation, we want to keep fees as low as possible.
Fees:
Conference fee 50 EUR (waived for speakers and conservation students)
Audience
Mainly Central European conservators and students, max. 120 (lecture hall capacity)
Organizer:
State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart, Objects Conservation
Contact: gerhard.eggert@abk-stuttgart.de
Co-organizers:
- Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
- AIAE ‘Archaeological Iron after Excavation’, sub-WG of ICOM-CC WG Metals
- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
- Landesmuseum Sachsen-Anhalt / KUR-Project