BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//International Council of Museums Committee for University Museums and Collections - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:International Council of Museums Committee for University Museums and Collections X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://umac.icom.museum X-WR-CALDESC:Events for International Council of Museums Committee for University Museums and Collections REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20190331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20191027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200207 DTSTAMP:20191227T095508Z CREATED:20190919T121135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191227T095508Z UID:5086-1580774400-1581033599@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:Joint Conference ICOM CIMUSET-CIM-CIM DESCRIPTION:Playing and operating: functionality in museum objects and instruments\n4-6 February\, 2020\nCité de la Musique – Philharmonie de Paris\, France\n  \nSee final program   here. \n\nCALL FOR PAPERS\nDeadline for submissions: 22 October 2019 \nMuseum collections are formed by selections of objects that represent snapshots of the complexity of the world at different times. As such their value resides as much in their physical supports\, as in\nthe representation of the cultural networks of meanings and interactions of which they were part.\nFor some types of objects\, this includes a particularly strong ‘performative’ element\, where the object is a tool to accomplish an action: musical instruments\, vehicles\, clocks and watches\, machinery and objects of science and technology are few of the most obvious examples.\nFor decades\, museum approaches have been divided between emphasizing the preservation of the material support of the object\, and preserving its capability to operate\, for reasons that include\ndissemination as well as research. The use of alternatives\, such as replicas and digital modelling has also been explored\, sometimes controversially\, and few attempts have been made at producing\nguidelines for the care and preservation of few among these types of objects.\nThis conference aims at offering a platform to discuss and compare current approaches the preservation\, and interpretation of functional objects\, comparing practices across collections\, institutions and countries. It is hoped that\, by highlighting overlaps and differences\, it will be possible to develop a greater understanding of the practical and ethical reasons that inform different policies and that the outcomes of the conference will prepare the ground for a common set of guidelines that might build on the cross-disciplinary experience provided by a variety of objects that present common challenges. \nThe conference is particularly open to perspectives from curators\, conservators\, makers\, musicians and all key professional stakeholders dealing with the preservation and interpretation of functional objects across collections. \nThe conference is jointly organized by the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Musical Instruments and Music (CIMCIM)\, the International Committee for Museums of Science\nand Technology (CIMUSET) of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the Cité de la Musique – Philharmonie de Paris. It is generously supported by the International Council of Museums ICOM. The International Council of Museums is an international\norganisation of museums and museum professionals which is committed to the research\, conservation\, continuation and communication to society of the world’s natural and cultural\nheritage\, present and future\, tangible and intangible. \nSub-themes:\n\n1. The ontology of functional objects\nIt has been widely argued that the nature of an object is transformed as soon as it enters a museum collection. Moreover\, most functional objects have undergone changes\, repairs\, maintenance work\nand degradations\, either before or after entering a museum collection\, which might have transformed the way it operates and its outcome.\nHow relevant is the preservation of functionality – or the capacity to operate – in faithfully preserving and representing a museum object\, and how does it combine with the many conflicting priorities that regulate the life and choices of a museum collections? \n\n2. Interpretation of functional objects\nInterpretation and public engagement are traditionally among the main reason to operate functional objects in museums collections\, either within the museum galleries or taking them outside of the\nmuseum environment itself. This is often the case with musical instruments\, vehicles\, trains and several types of objects that would have operated in public spaces before entering a museum.\nHow can the impact of operating an original object be measured and justified\, if at all\, beyond the satisfaction of passing curiosity? How reliable is the message conveyed by operating an original and\nhow satisfactory are possible alternatives such as copies or digital reproductions. Can truly satisfactory alternatives be found\, compared to operating originals\, which could still deliver a fully satisfactory experience for the visitor? \n\n3. Good practice and risk management\nDuring the last decades\, approaches to operating museum objects have greatly changed leading to the production of sometimes contradictory policies and guidelines that reflect the spirit of their time.\nIndividual museums\, sometimes individual conservators\, have developed practices and protocols to support informed decision making and risk assessment/management. \nCan these policies and approaches be distilled in an overarching approach to operating objects held\nin museum collections? Where do they overlap and where are they unique to certain types of\ncollections? Which policies and practices are currently in place and how effective have they been in\ntheir implementation? \n\n4. Objects functionality in the 21st Century\nIn the last few years\, the rise of virtual object design and physical modelling has created new opportunities and alternatives to reproduce and demonstrate the functionality of objects. These\ninnovative approaches may question the very reason for making actual objects work.\nHow is the ongoing digital revolution changing the discussion on instruments playability and objects functionality? Can it provide a satisfactory alternative to understand functional objects? What can\nit contribute to the discussion on the usage of functional objects? \n\nAbstracts submission Guidelines:\nThe following types of contributions are invited:\n– Short papers\, 10 min. + 5 min. Q+A\n– Full papers\, 20 min. + 10 min. Q+A\n– Posters\nPlease send an abstract of no more than 300 words and a short CV of no more than 150 words including the following information.\nFamily name: \nGiven Name:\nMuseum/Organization:\nPosition:\nEmail:\nPlease specify if you are a member of: CIMCIM\, CIMUSET\, ICOM\nPlease specify if you are proposing a short paper\, a full paper\, or a poster.\nAbstracts must be sent to Mathilde Thomas by midnight (12:00 AM-GMT) 22 October 2019; late entries will not be considered. \nAccepted formats are MS\, word and .rtf.\nAll submissions will be vetted by the Review Committee.\nPlease note that the conference language is English.\nIt is planned to provide simultaneous French translation.\nN.B.: a limited number of travel grants will be available for invited speakers\, especially young professionals. URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/joint-conference-icom-cimuset-cim-cim/ LOCATION:Cité de la Musique\, Paris\, France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200222 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200226 DTSTAMP:20190919T124455Z CREATED:20190919T124405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190919T124455Z UID:5094-1582329600-1582675199@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:145e congrès annuel du CTHS: Collecter\, collectionner\, conserver DESCRIPTION: \n  URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/145e-congres-annuel-du-cths/ LOCATION:Université de Nantes – – Campus Centre Loire\, Nantes\, France CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200309 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200313 DTSTAMP:20190305T175352Z CREATED:20190305T173302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T175352Z UID:4421-1583712000-1584057599@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:Convención International de Antropología ANTHROPOS 2020 DESCRIPTION:ANTHROPOS 2020 is organised by the Museo Antropológico Montané\, the Cátedra de Antropología “Luis Montané” of the University of La Habana\, the Faculty of Biology of the Faculty of La Habana\, the Sociedad Cubana de Antropología Biológica and the Sociedad de Estudios Primatológicos “Eopithecus”\, Mexico. \nThe following meetings will take place simultaneously: \n– XIII Simposio de Antropología Física ‘Luís Montané’ \n– IX Congreso ‘Primates como Patrimonio Nacional’ \n– VI Coloquio ‘Primates a través del Caribe’ \n– I Simposio Hispanoamericano de Neuroantropologia \n Call for Papers (English) \n Event Facebook \nContact: anthroposmontane2020@gmail.com \n  URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/convencion-international-de-antropologia-anthropos-2020/ LOCATION:Palacio de Convenciones\, La Habana\, Cuba CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200310 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200313 DTSTAMP:20190927T070533Z CREATED:20190927T065648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190927T070533Z UID:5104-1583798400-1584057599@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:I Simposio Patrimonio y Cultura DESCRIPTION:TEMATICAS \n·         Patrimonio cultural\, desafíos para su gestión integral. \n·         Museos y colecciones universitarias. \n·         Socialización y educación patrimonial: experiencias y alternativas. \n·         La universidad: memoria histórica y tradiciones. \n·         Identidad cultural y universidad\, \n·         La universidad como centro de promoción de cultura. \n·         Las manifestaciones del arte y la Literatura en las universidades. \n·         Consumo y recepción cultural desde y hacia la universidad. \n·         Perspectivas en la formación humanista del profesional universitario. \n\n\n\n\nContacto: Armando Santana Montes de Oca \n  URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/i-simposio-patrimonio-y-cultura/ LOCATION:Playa de Varadero\, Cuba CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200325 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200327 DTSTAMP:20200223T175635Z CREATED:20200223T175350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200223T175635Z UID:5481-1585094400-1585267199@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:Diálogos. Redescubrir el patrimonio universitario. Arte\, ciencia\, historia y sociedad DESCRIPTION:La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) tiene una larga y consolidada trayectoria en cuanto a su patrimonio\, sus colecciones y sus museos\, que se inicia en 1910 con la creación de la Universidad\, y se reafirma a partir de 1929\, con el reconocimiento de la autonomía universitaria.\nDesde entonces ha  desempeñado un  papel protagónico  en la reunión\,  estudio\, conservación\, preservación\,  exhibición  y  divulgación  de  bienes  culturales y  naturales\, cumpliendo con las funciones universitarias de docencia\, investigación y difusión de la cultura.\nMuchos acervos son tradicionales\, mientras otros son de reciente formación. En todos los casos es necesario visitar y revisitar el patrimonio para revalorizarlo y darle un sentido de actualidad\, que sea significativo para las nuevas generaciones.\nRedescubrir el patrimonio universitario significa conocerlo\, interpretarlo y reinterpretarlo\, pero sobre todo preservarlo para las generaciones futuras y para fomentar un sentido de identidad universitaria.\nCon este propósito\, el Seminario Universitario de Museos y Espacios Museográficos\, el Museo de Geofísica de la UNAM\, el Comité Nacional Mexicano del Consejo Internacional de Museos (ICOM-México)\, el Grupo de Colecciones y Museos Universitarios (UMAC) en México convocan a los miembros de la comunidad universitaria relacionados con el patrimonio universitario a participar en el análisis de la situación del patrimonio universitario y presentar propuestas para su mejor utilización en la reunión. URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/dialogos-redescubrir-el-patrimonio-universitario-arte-ciencia-historia-y-sociedad/ LOCATION:Museo de Geofísica\, UNAM\, Mexico City\, Mexico CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200406 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200411 DTSTAMP:20200223T182443Z CREATED:20200223T182327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200223T182443Z UID:5491-1586131200-1586563199@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:Jagiellonian University Staff Training Week DESCRIPTION:Jagiellonian University Staff Training Week\nManagement of Academic Heritage: Challenges and Opportunities\nJagiellonian University Museum\, Krakow.\nThe  Jagiellonian University welcomes you to the Erasmus+ Staff Training Week ‘Management of Academic Heritage – Challenges and Opportunities’\, to be held at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków on 6-10 April 2020.  \nAs the topic for the first time is dedicated to the university special collections and academic heritage\, the event is organized by the JU International Relations Office together with the Jagiellonian University Museum in cooperation with multiple university units working in the field of managing academic special collections\, mainly Centre for Science Education\, the Museum of Pharmacy of the JU Medical College\, the Museum of the JU Medical Faculty.  \nThe working language is English. \nMore info\, contact and registrations here. \nDEADLINES: \n\nStarting date for applications: 7 February 2020 \nClosing date for applications: 28 February 2010\nAll applicants will be notified about the selection results on 9 March 2020. \n\nThe number of participants is limited to 30\, with a maximum of 2 people per institution. Any available additional places will be announced as soon as possible. \nPLEASE NOTE \n\nWelcoming lunch and coffee breaks planned in the programme are provided by the organizers.\nThe costs of travel\, accommodation and other meals should be covered by the Participants themselves.\n\n  URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/jagiellonian-university-staff-training-week/ LOCATION:Jagiellonian University Museum\, Krakow\, Poland CATEGORIES:Course END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200617 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200621 DTSTAMP:20191208T094138Z CREATED:20191208T094054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191208T094138Z UID:5396-1592352000-1592697599@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:AAMG 2020 DESCRIPTION: URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/aamg-2020/ LOCATION:University of Kansas (Lawrence)\, KS\, United States CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200622 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200627 DTSTAMP:20191227T085728Z CREATED:20191227T085617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191227T085728Z UID:5408-1592784000-1593215999@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:Universeum 2020 DESCRIPTION:University museums and collections in the vanguard of contemporary societal debates \nThis main theme echoed the debate on the definition of museum in ICOM community.  During the 2020 Universeum Annual Conference in Belgium\, we would like to continue this debate and focus it specifically in relation to university museums (U-museums) and collections\, questioning their role as actor of social and political change on one hand ; and how they deal with the challenges of their past on a second hand?  \n  URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/universeum-2020/ LOCATION:ULB & KU Leuven\, Belgium CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200810T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200810T180000 DTSTAMP:20200805T084653Z CREATED:20200805T084540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200805T084653Z UID:5768-1597078800-1597082400@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:UMAC ORIGINS: Conversation with Lyndel King DESCRIPTION: URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/umac-origins-conversation-with-lyndel-king/ LOCATION:UMAC YouTube channel CATEGORIES:Conversation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200817T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200817T090000 DTSTAMP:20200806T054250Z CREATED:20200806T053055Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200806T054250Z UID:5780-1597651200-1597654800@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:UMAC Origins: Conversation with Bernice Murphy DESCRIPTION: URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/umac-origins-conversation-with-bernice-murphy/ LOCATION:UMAC YouTube channel CATEGORIES:Conversation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200827T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20200827T160000 DTSTAMP:20200826T134035Z CREATED:20200826T134035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200826T134035Z UID:5803-1598540400-1598544000@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:Beirut Series: Conversation with Suzy Hakimian\, Chair of ICOM-Lebanon DESCRIPTION: URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/beirut-series-conversation-with-suzy-hakimian-chair-of-icom-lebanon/ LOCATION:UMAC YouTube channel CATEGORIES:Conversation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200831T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200831T110000 DTSTAMP:20200806T070237Z CREATED:20200805T085444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200806T070237Z UID:5773-1598868000-1598871600@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:UMAC ORIGINS: Conversation with Hugues Dreyssé DESCRIPTION: URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/umac-origins-conversation-with-hugues-dreysse/ LOCATION:UMAC YouTube channel CATEGORIES:Conversation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20201001T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20201001T090000 DTSTAMP:20200927T060949Z CREATED:20200927T060932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200927T060949Z UID:5845-1601539200-1601542800@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:UMAC Origins: Conversation with Panu Nykänen DESCRIPTION: URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/umac-origins-conversation-with-panu-nykanen/ LOCATION:UMAC YouTube channel CATEGORIES:Conversation END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201107 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201110 DTSTAMP:20200223T195858Z CREATED:20200223T195858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200223T195858Z UID:5503-1604707200-1604966399@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:APRU 2020: University Museums Research Symposium DESCRIPTION: URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/apru-2020-university-museums-research-symposium/ LOCATION:National University of Singapore\, Singapore CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210524 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210525 DTSTAMP:20210517T085756Z CREATED:20210517T085358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210517T085756Z UID:6030-1621814400-1621900799@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:Patrimonio científico: Colecciones universitarias y estrategias digitais DESCRIPTION:  \n  URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/patrimonio-cientifico-colecciones-universitarias-y-estrategias-digitais/ CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210607 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210608 DTSTAMP:20210606T100736Z CREATED:20210606T100426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210606T100736Z UID:6043-1623024000-1623110399@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:Polyphonic Perspectives DESCRIPTION:Polyphonic Perspectives: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural materials in Museums and University Collections and global issues of repatriation and restitution.\nA combined CAUMAC / UMAC / ICOM Australia webinar with the support of the National Museum of Australia.\n \nMuseums and universities are institutions centred on knowledge. As focal points with social\, political and cultural authority\, museums and universities both generate and transmit knowledge. Museums de-contextualise and re-contextualise objects in their collections. This means they can be both a constrainer and liberator of meaning. Museums have historically mediated meaning and access to meaning around collections and objects. Access to meaning can either challenge or embed paradigms of knowledge. Universities and museums were at the centre of political power when European colonisers spread across the globe. This involved massive displacements of cultural objects\, scientific specimens and even human remains. Objects became a part of the trade in Imperial knowledge systems.\n\n \nMany argue that now is the time for museums and universities to come to terms with this historical legacy. Museums and universities have many collections that are colonial legacies. There are demands from source communities for repatriation and restitution. Furthermore\, audiences and students want to know how and why much of that material got there in the first place. There are calls for this reckoning with historical legacies to reshape universities and museums into new types of organisations through decolonization.\n \nThis webinar asks the questions (among others):\n· Are museums and universities changing to incorporate new knowledge systems?\n· Are museums and universities organisations that are capable of polyphony?\n· Can these institutions be Indigenised?\n· Do attempts to bring in new voices\, perspectives and knowledge systems amount to more than tokenism or appropriation\, or is real progress being made?\n\nRead more here\n\n \n\nAccess here:\n\n  URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/polyphonic-perspectives/ CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261012T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261016T000000 DTSTAMP:20260224T131325Z CREATED:20260224T131325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T131325Z UID:7732-1791763200-1792108800@umac.icom.museum SUMMARY:Annual Meeting of ICOM-UMAC 2026 - Greece! DESCRIPTION:«University Museums as actors for Sustainable Development» \nAnnual Meeting of ICOM-UMAC \nScience and Technology Museum of the University of Patras\, Greece October 12th to 16th\, 2026        \nFrom October 12th to 16th\, 2026\, ICOM-UMAC\, the International Council of Museums’ Committee for University Museums and Collections\,will hold its annual meeting hosted by ICOM-Greece and the Science and Technology Museum of the University of Patras\, at the Science and Technology Museum of the University of Patras\, Greece. \nSupported by the National Committees ICOM-France\, ICOM Burkina Fasso\, ICOM South Africa\, the regional Alliances ICOM-Europe and  ICOM-Africa and ICOFOM the Conference\, will be held on-site and online. \nThe Conference languages are: English\, French and Greek. \nUniversities play a crucial role in advancing United Nations’ Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by integrating them into their teaching\, research and operational practices. They act as knowledge generators\, leaders and drivers of cross-sectoral leadership\, contributing to the pursuit of Sustainable Development. \nUniversity museums and collections can align with the Sustainable Development objectives of Universities and also play a crucial role through their collections and museum practice. The integration of the SDGs into U-Museums and collections presents both challenges and opportunities and may affect their everyday life practice. \nUniversity Museums and collections are valuable functions in the University and society. They may facilitate people’s access to and understanding of the University’s cultural\, scientific\, technological and environmental heritage while constituting important resources for education\, lifelong learning and research. They can serve as valuable learning environments for University students\, school students\, teachers (Resolution 4 Empowering Museums in Achieving the SDGs through Youth\, ICOM Dubai 2025) and the public providing hands-on experience fostering a deeper understanding of sustainable development issues. Through exhibitions and outreach programs focusing on museum education\, they can approach\, inform and engage different audiences in climate action\, wellbeing and prosperity\, human rights\, inclusion and peace-related activities\, building partnerships\, promoting sustainable practices and behaviors\, enhancing the effectiveness and implementation of the SDGs\, and contributing to changing lifestyles. \nCan University Museums become actors enhancing the role of universities for Sustainable Development? UMAC 2026 Conference will explore university museums’ & collections’ worldwide efforts to become powerful actors for Sustainable Development by serving as crucial sites for education\, research\, community engagement and showcasing university sustainability efforts\, bridging academic knowledge with public understanding and action on issues like climate change\, social justice\, risk management and cultural heritage preservation\, thereby enhancing the university’s broader societal role. \n  \nSub-topics \n1.The value of University collections in integrating the SDGs \n2.University Museums and collections engaging in the educational community and the public for the SDGs \n3.University Museums and collections at the forefront of the University’s strategy on Sustainable Development \n4.University Museums’ contribution to educating on sustainable development in contexts facing security\, environmental risks and climate challenges \n5.North-South cooperation to strengthen the contribution of University Museums to the implementation of the SDG \n  \nPAPER AND POSTER PROPOSALS \nMORE INFORMATION \nWORKSHOP \nTo be announced \nEXCURSION \nTo be announced \nTRAVEL GRANTS \nTo be announced \nICOM-UMAC offer a limited number of travel grants for conference participants from countries 3-5 categories \nQuestions regarding the event may be addressed to:\numac2026.greece@gmail.com \n  URL:http://umac.icom.museum/calendar/annual-meeting-of-icom-umac-2026-greece/ CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR