Ukraine's heritage in danger
We are happy to receive and would like to point out the article by Francesco Bandarin on the "Heritage of Ukraine in danger" published in the Giornale dell’Arte online
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Call for Papers – “BEYOND ALL LIMITS”
The second edition of the BEYOND ALL LIMITS conference aims to tackle the sustainability matter placing it in the current international debate marked by the many-sided response to the pandemic. For this reason, the scientific and multidisciplinary scope of the conference, which regards architecture, planning, design, energy efficiency, novel building technologies, management, construction engineering and…
Call for Papers “Urban History Journal 50th Anniversary Conference”
The State of Urban History: Past, Present, FutureUniversity of Leicester, 11-13 July 2023 In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Urban History journal invites proposals for panels at a conference on the State of Urban History: Past, Present, Future.The goal of this conference is to take stock of urban history as a discipline and consider…
Italian-German Cooperation in the field of Human and Social Sciences "2023
The initiative was conceived and implemented by Villa Vigoni on the basis of an agreement with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Below is the link to the web page of Villa Vigoni with the text of the announcement in Italian and German:
Cartographies of Catastrophes
On November 23 and 24, the Centre for Heritage Conservation and Technologies in Bamberg will host the hybrid conference Cartographies of Catastrophe.
Exhibition “Architecture and social commitment” - Which Architecture? Trends in 21st century Italian architecture
It will open Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 3:00 PM CET at MUseoSElla (Sella di Lodrignano, Strada Cedogno 3 Neviano degli Arduini, Parma) the exhibition "Architecture and social commitment" - Which Architecture? Trends of the Italian architecture of the XXI century
From e-culture to resilient formats: Let’s discuss and play with The Migrants’ chronicles 1892 Serious Game
The seminar "From e-culture to resilient formats: Let’s discuss and play with The Migrants’ chronicles 1892 Serious Game "will be held on Wednesday 27 October 2021 at 09:30.
The landscape in Europe, in the sign of Benedict twenty years after the European landscape convention
The conference "The landscape in Europe, in the name of Benedict twenty years after the European landscape convention" will be held from 4-6 November 2021 at the Congress Center - Praglia Abbey.
“Stories of science” - SISS conference
It will be held from 15 to 17 October 2021 "Stories of science", a conference for young scholars organized by the Italian Society of the History of Science,
It will be held online, and is open to all interested parties.
GUHP’s “Dream Conversations” in Urban History an Open Invitation to: Participants, Proposers, Collaborators, Organizers, Co-Leaders, Mentors, and Mentees 2021-22 and Beyond
Applications for the GUHP Mentorship Program are due Friday, September 24
The Global Urban History Project (GUHP) invites applications from graduate students and early careers scholars in urban history to join one of four workshops it will run during the 2020-21 academic year as part of GUHP’s new Four Dream Conversations in Urban History.
Webinar "The resilience of the Italian cultural heritage and the new digital challenges"
The webinar entitled “The resilience of the Italian cultural heritage and the new digital challenges” will take place on Tuesday 21 September 2021 - at 15: 00/17: 00.
UrbanMetaMapping Semester Talks: Winter Term 2021/22
Invitation to the UrbanMetaMapping Research Consortium’s Semester Talks on mapping man-made and natural catastrophes, heritage, urban planning, and digital tools used for researching these.
Convegno “La feudalità in Calabria”
The conference "Feudality in Calabria" will be held on 23-24 / 07, curated by Francesca Martorano and Elena Trunfio.
NEW FORUM: OWHvoices
Today, OurWorldHeritage launches OWHvoices, an open platform for interested and concerned citizens to comment on the 44th Session World Heritage Committee, 16 to 31 July 2021. We welcome your information and viewpoints on the State of Conservation and Sites in Danger reports under review at this meeting. Furthermore, you can open any other World Heritage…
Genius Loci “Okavango, Botswana”
The article by prof. Francesco Bandarin on the Okavango territory in Botswana
Call for Paper - SISS Conference of Early Career Scholars in History of Science 15-16 October 2021
The first “pilot” edition of the conference Storie di scienza sponsored by the network will be held online on 15-16 October 2021. This conference will be devoted to exploring the richness of approaches, methodologies, and themes of the discipline in order to showcase a wide range of studies and provide a picture of the current state of research in the field of history of science in Italy and beyond. Consequently, the focus of this first event, which it is hoped will be held annually, has been purposefully left open in terms of topics as well as methodological and historiographical approaches.
Presentation of the volume “Saluzzo centro storico. Linee guida piano di manutenzione delle superfici di facciata"
On the afternoon of Friday 11.06.2021, starting at 2.30 pm, the presentation of the book "Saluzzo centro storico. Guidelines for the maintenance plan of the façade surfaces", by Silvia Beltramo and Paolo Bovo, will take place, which constitutes a tool, guidelines for intervention for technicians and professionals active in the historic center, collecting part of the overall "Maintenance Plan" which is available in the municipality of Saluzzo.
9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "The City as Palimpsest" - 10-12 june 2021
The IX INTERNATIONAL STUDY CONFERENCE "La Città Palimpsesto" will be held from 10 to 12 June 2021 at the University of Naples Federico II with the patronage of the Campania Region Department of Territorial Government; University of Naples Federico II, DiARC Department of Architecture, DiCEA Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, DSU Department ...
Summer School “Collaborative Cultural Natural Heritage”
This intensive international summer school program will equip participants with skills to build collaborative projects in heritage and regional development research, with a focus on large scale cultural and natural landscapes.
Participants will explore information and data formats for heritage identification, description and representation and discuss the role of local or indigenous communities in determining the value of heritage. The objective of the program is to research and re-create both existing and lost historical contexts of complex and large-scale areas. The program is composed of two weeks with distinct coordinated activities. Participants can apply separately for one week or for the overall comprehensive two-week program.
International conference "The Middle Ages and Fascist Italy Beyond Romanità"
The international conference "The Middle Ages and Fascist Italy: beyond" Romanism "will be held from 7 to 8 June 2021 in remote connection. Until the recent research, the Middle Ages and fascist tyranny were hardly associated, the conference therefore wants to deal with an interdisciplinary perspective on the receptions of the Middle Ages by Italian fascism ...
Call for book for the 20 years of the magazine "Trasporti & Cultura"
The magazine Trasporti & Cultura proposes a Call for book with the aim of collecting and selecting original proposals for the drafting of a text that contains the singular history and activity of the magazine.
VI International Conference on Port’s Heritage
It will be held in Campana – Bs. As. – Argentina – October 20, 21 and 22, 2021 the VI International Conference on Port’s Heritage
Announcement - Lino Gentilini Foundation
The Ing. Lino Gentilini Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Trento, announces 2 prizes.
Issue of the miscellaneous issue “Storia Urbana” n. 166, May / August 2020.
The magazine "Storia Urbana" reports the release of the miscellaneous issue no. 166, a. XLIII, May / August 2020.
Call for papers “War and reconstruction. Ponte di Legno one hundred years after its rebirth (1921-2021) "
Call for papers for an interdisciplinary conference entitled “War and reconstruction. Ponte di Legno a hundred years after its rebirth (1921-2021) ”dedicated to the reconstruction of Ponte di Legno after the First World War which will take place on July 29th.
“Nineteenth Century Revisited” – Public Lecture
A cycle of lectures on 19th century architecture of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism, ISCTE Lisbon / Portugal
Call for Papers “Compensation in architecture and archaeology – On compensation as a concept, method, and professional practice”
Scholars from Aalto University, Chalmers University of Technology, Kulturlandskapet, National Technical University and Tampere University have proudly joined forces in organizing a session on compensation in architecture and archaelolgy at 27th Annual meeting of EAA within the global objective “Widening Horizons”. This session is focusing on compensation as a concept, method, and professional practice in the conservation and development of cultural environments. Compensation represents a significant challenge reflected in a myriad of environmental laws and in local policies.
Cycle of formative meetings Places | People | Assets. Forms of knowledge and enhancement of the widespread cultural heritage
This cycle of meetings on the forms of knowledge and enhancement of widespread cultural heritage is proposed as an opportunity for training for employees of the public administration and for cultural and social operators, but is also aimed at teachers, researchers, university students and doctoral students interested in studying methodological issues and to discuss "good practices".
Benedict and European identity. The landscape between ethics and economics
At the end of five years of activity of the "Armonie composte" project, in conjunction with the twenty years of the European Landscape Convention, the public meeting Benedict and European identity will be held electronically on 12 December. The landscape between ethics and economics.
“A country is needed”. Studies and perspectives for abandoned and depopulated centers
"A country is needed" is online. Studies and perspectives for abandoned and depopulated centers, supplement to n. 13/2020 of the open access magazine "ArcHistoR" (Extra n. 7/2020)
Presentation of the book "Rome and the legacy of Louis I. Kahn"
For the “Libri al Maxxi” series, the book “Rome and the legacy of Louis I. Kahn” will be presented on Wednesday 4 November at 6:30 pm.
Rialto - The market island in Venice
The book "Rialto - The market island in Venice" by Donatella Calabi will be presented in Venice on Monday 12 October 2020 at 19:00
Call for Papers – The Syndrome of Grand Projects: contamination processes between North-South, West-East, Global-Local
Throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century, the salvific model of Grand Projects affirmed itself as a final attempt to overcome the deterministic and extensive visions of Functional Planning which marked that very same century.
Call for Papers – Dominion of the Sacred
Between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Italian political geography was polarized by a number of cities of different sizes and traditions: Rome and Florence, Milan and Naples, Genoa and Venice, Turin and Modena, either ancient republics or new dynastic capitals, satellites of the great European monarchies or small Signorias.
Market spaces, production sites and sound landscape of european cities. From history to regeneration.
The program offers a broad reflection on the topic of regeneration of market spaces and production sites by analyzing their history and impact as a cultural heritage, also in terms of sound landscapes.
Designing the Chinese port cities. Circulation of building and planning models and the impact of overseas Chinese in early 20th century
The public seminars will take place on July 7th from 9.30 to 12.30 am CET. Cristina Pallini will give a lecture on Treaty Ports as Hybrid Portscapes in China. Framing Research Trajectories.
Call for Paper – “1989, hors-champ de l’architecture officielle. Des petits mondes au Grand”
The Call for Paper for the international conference entitled "1989, hors-champ de l'architecture officielle. Des petits mondes au Grand " is now open and will be held at ENSA Paris Malaquais, from 27 to 28 November 2020
Call for Paper – Rivista “Urbana”
A cidade contemporânea passa por novas configurações ligadas às tecnologias de comunicação e informação, levando a profundas mudanças espaço-temporais.
Urban History – n. 161 oct-dec 2018
The "Urban History" magazine reports the release of monographic issue n. 161, a. XLI, October / December 2018 curated by Elena Maestri and Francesco Mazzucotelli entitled Urban transformations in the Middle East between authenticity and globalization.