World Heritage Sites: Their Value, Nomination and Management

Course/Professional Development 22 March 2010, Oxford Cultural World Heritage Sites are incredibly diverse, ranging from individual monuments and sites, such as Stonehenge and Avebury, to historic areas and cities such as Bath, Liverpool and Edinburgh. The defining characteristic that links all cultural World Heritage Sites is that the asset or property must be recognised as [...]

Conservation Philosophies: Global or Local?

A three day conference jointly organised by the Centre for Conservation Studies, University of York and ICOMOS-UK 3-5 June 2010, King’s Manor, York, UK    Is there such a thing as a global conservation philosophy for cultural heritage? Should there be? Or should cultural heritage conservation reflect cultural diversity? The Conference will consider these thoughts through [...]

ICOMOS-UK Christmas Lecture

MONUMENTS TIED TO THE SKY: ANCIENT ASTRONOMY AND ITS GLOBAL HERITAGE On Thursday 10th December 2009 at 6.30pm in The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EL We would like to invite you to this year’s ICOMOS-UK Christmas Lecture and Wine Reception, in association with The Royal Institution of Great Britain: The lecture will be [...]