Prof. Valerie Higgins has recently been appointed to the Advisory Committee of the journal of “Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage” published by the University of Bologna. Bologna University is home to one of the most prestigious departments of cultural heritage in Italy and several of their faculty will be presenting papers at a conference jointly organised by AUR and the British School at Rome in November entitled “Our Future’s Past: Sustainable Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century”. This will include papers from Prof. Salvatore Lorusso and Prof. Luca Zan, who will give the keynote address on his work in China.
This is only one of two major events on cultural heritage being held in Rome in November. Our neighbors, the American Academy in Rome will be hosting a conference on “Saving Cultural Heritage in Crisis Areas” which will include papers on heritage protection in war zones, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and also areas hit by natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. AUR professor, Valerie Higgins, will chair a session at this conference and, returning the compliment, American Academy trustee and former fellow, Prof Brian Rose will chair a session at our conference.
Please note – students are welcome at the conference ‘Our Future’s Past: Sustainable Heritage in the 21st Century’ but space is limited because we have more than fifty speakers. If you wish to attend you must reserve a space through the website.
More Links:
- Conference Poster in PDF: Our Future’s Past: Sustainable Heritage in the 21st Century
