In Prague, August 2022, UMAC met with NATHIST, ICME and ICR.
See the photos here.
Photo album from UMAC in Prague
Update on UMAC 2022 Prague
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.
ICOM 2022 will be in Prague
From ICOM:
Following the Advisory Council’s vote on the host city for the ICOM General Conference 2022 last June, ICOM and its National Committee in Egypt had started to prepare for the 26th ICOM General Conference in Alexandria. Both parties strived to meet the conditions and requirements for hosting the ICOM General Conference, an event which often attracts more than 3,000 participants and includes 150 sessions and workshops. The General Conference in Alexandria in 2022 was to be the first one in an African and Arab country. Alexandria, as home to the ancient and modern “biblioteca” would have been an attractive venue.
However, after ten months of preparation, ICOM received a letter from the Governor of Alexandria and e-mails from the National Committee ICOM Egypt, both stating that they are not able to organise the General Conference 2022 in Alexandria. The ICOM Executive Board had therefore no option – much to its regret – but to accept this decision and to cease the process.
As the city of Prague, Czech Republic, was the second candidate favoured by the Advisory Council, the ICOM Executive Board therefore took the decision to mandate its National Committee in the Czech Republic to organise the 26th ICOM General Conference in Prague. ICOM Czech Republic has now established an Organising Committee that has begun to work with partners on all levels from local to national and international. ICOM looks forward with pleasure and confidence to holding its General Conference in the Czech capital in 2022.