Dear UMAC community,
This year, our annual conference will happen in August, in Prague, Czech Republic, included in the 26th ICOM General Conference.
This year’s ICOM General Conference will be a hybrid conference, in other words you will be able to register to attend in person or remotely. As always, registrations will be handled centrally by ICOM and should open soon.
As for UMAC 21st Annual Conference, it will be shorter than usual and have two parts:
PART 1 – 22-23 August: we will have a joint meeting with colleagues from three other ICOM committees: NATHIST (natural history museums), ICME (ethnography museums) and ICR (regional museums)
A Call for Papers for this is opening now.
PART 2 – 25 August: UMAC will meet separately at the Faculty of Sciences of Charles University (Hrdlicka Museum)
UMAC will give a limited number of grants to help cover travel and accommodation costs of members traveling to Prague. Please make sure you’re eligible.
You can find all the information about UMAC 2022 here: http://umac.icom.museum/activities/conferences/
We’re excited with our conference this year and we look forward to meeting you in Prague.
Warm regards,
Marta Lourenço, University of Lisbon
UMAC Chair
PS As mentioned earlier, this year’s Annual General Meeting will not happen in Prague. It will be 19th September, online.