ICCROM – ATHAR Award: call for applications
ICCROM – ATHAR Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation in the Arab Region Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, the ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah … Continue reading →...
International Meetings of the Month of October
Barcelona, Spain: The Director of ICCROM-ATHAR attended the opening of the 13th Conference of the ICCM Foundation, “International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics”, held in Barcelona on October 15-20, 2017 and gave opening remarks focusing on the role of … Continue reading →...
UNESCO and ICCROM Join Forces to Protect Cultural Heritage
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) signed a landmark agreement on Friday 13 October in a new effort to address mounting … Continue reading →...
Visits to ICCROM-ATHAR in October
1) Art Jameel Visits ICCROM-ATHAR Thursday, October 5, 2017 Mr.George Richards from Heritage Programmes, Art Jameel, visited ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah (ICCROM-ATHAR) and discussed areas of common interest and potential cooperation with the Director of the centre. Art … Continue reading →...
Summer International Visits to ICCROM-ATHAR
30 September 2017
1) Getty Conservation Institute Visit to ICCROM-ATHAR Thursday, September 28, 2017 Susan Macdonald, Head, Buildings and Sites, Claudia Cancino, Senior Project Specialist, and Benjamin Marcus, Project Specialist, visited ICCROM-ATHAR office in Sharjah and discussed with the Director potential collaboration in … Continue reading →...
Summer International Meetings
MEPPI Symposium at Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon           From 3 to 4 May, 2017, responding to an invitation from the partners of the Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative (MEPPI), a strategic, multi-year effort to build the capacity of individuals and institutions … Continue reading →...
ICCROM-ATHAR concludes course on Conservation of Stone and Mortar in Historic Buildings
14 September 2017
Under the Patronage of His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, with the participation of 20 professionals from ten Arab countries, ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre (ICCROM-ATHAR) and the Sharjah … Continue reading →...
ICCROM-ATHAR at the ICC’s meeting on Policy on the Protection of Cultural Property
Following an invitation from the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mrs Fatou Bensouda, Dr Zaki Aslan, represented ICCROM in a first round of external expert consultations regarding the preparation of the ICC’s new Policy on the Protection of … Continue reading →...
ICCROM-ATHAR Welcomes three New Interns
ICCROM-ATHAR is pleased to welcome three new interns : LAMA SAID Lama is an assistant lecturer at the Architecture Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University. She obtained her Bachelors in Architecture from Alexandria University in 2011 and … Continue reading →...
ICCROM-ATHAR organized an Expert meeting on strengthening cultural heritage protection in the Arab region in Poland
At a time when destruction and looting of cultural heritage has reached an unprecedented scale, the international community at the highest level is joining efforts to address these threats to establish security and peace: this implies starts a better implementation … Continue reading →...
Introduction to preventive conservation for museum collections
06 July 2017
The ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah, UAE (ICCROM-ATHAR), in cooperation with the UNESCO Office for Iraq and the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH) in Iraq, are launching a training course titled “Introduction to Preventive Conservation for Museum … Continue reading →...
Consolidation of the wind tower of the Ibrahim Al Midfa house in the Heart of Sharjah
04 July 2017
Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, the ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre in Sharjah, UAE (ICCROM-ATHAR) and the Sharjah Institute for Heritage recently completed the … Continue reading →...
ICCROM-ATHAR organised a two-day symposium on Post-Oil Gulf Cities
12 May 2017
Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, the participants of a symposium on the “Post-Oil Gulf Historic Cities” and a meeting for the establishment of … Continue reading →...
ICCROM-ATHAR and Sharjah Institute for Heritage inaugurated Course Series for 2017
21 May 2017
Under the Patronage of His Highness, a course on the Principles and Techniques of Architectural Documentation of Cultural Heritage was launched on Sunday 21st May 2017 at the premises of the ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre. Thirteen professionals took part in … Continue reading →...
International Meetings for the Month of April
1 May, 2017
CultureSummit2017 From 9-13 April 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dr. Aslan partook in a panel at the summit on Tuesday 11 April, 2017: “The Why and How of Cultural Preservation in the Coming Decade.” The CultureSummit in Abu Dhabi … Continue reading →...
Consolidating Sharjah’s Historic Al Midfa Windtower
16 April, 2017
As part of ICCROM-ATHAR’s advisory services and dedication to serving its Member States, the Regional Conservation Centre brought in expert Ayman Harzallah from the Italian SPC engineering firm to visit a leaning windtower in the heart of historic Sharjah to … Continue reading →...
International Meetings for the Month of March
9 April, 2017
International Coordination Meeting on the Ancient City of Aleppo, Syria On 2 – 3 March in Beirut, Lebanon, ICCROM-ATHAR took part in the First International Coordination Meeting by UNESCO for the recovery of Aleppo’s heritage. The meeting brought together Syrian … Continue reading →...
ICCROM-ATHAR Welcomes New Intern
2 April, 2017
Hellen Almoustafa, a PhD candidate at La Sapienza University in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, holds a MA Degree in Artifacts Conservation and BA Degree in Archaeology from Aleppo University. During her education, she participated as a volunteer in several archaeological … Continue reading →...
Workshop on Conservation Projects in Conflict Zones
26 March, 2017
In cooperation between the ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre and the Prince Claus Fund, and with the support of the Embassy of the United States in Libya, a workshop on projects’ applications for cultural heritage protection took place in Tunisia from … Continue reading →...
International Meetings For the Month of February
5 March, 2017
Public lecture hosted by the Bahrain National Museum, Meeting with Officials On 22 February 2017 ICCROM-ATHAR Director, Dr. Aslan gave a public lecture entitled Critical Measures to Preserve Cultural Heritage During Times of Conflict in the Arab Region at the … Continue reading →...
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