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UCL Collections Review Project

Conducted from 2007 to 2009, the UCL Collections Review was a single, all-encompassing review of the care, use and significance of all the objects in the museums and the teaching and research collections at UCL. A Toolkit about the UCL Collections Review is now available to download from the website:

www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/review

6-7 October 2011

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Ukraine

Conference "University museums: European experience and Ukrainian practice"

Call for paper (PDF)

21-24 September 2011

Museum of Science, University of Lisbon

XI UMAC Annual Meeting 2011

http://www.mc.ul.pt/umac2011/home

Paris, 21-24 June 2011

A Symposium of the Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry (CHMC) in Conjunction with the IUPAC-UNESCO International Year of Chemistry "Renewing the Heritage of Chemistry in the 21^st Century: Conversations on the Preservation, Presentation and Utilization of Sources, Sites and Artefacts"

First circular and Call for papers (PDF)

Première circulaire et appel à communications (PDF)

Jena - 1-3 April 2011

Conference "Selbstorganisation und Förderung von wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen. Die Empfehlung des Wissenschaftsrates" ('Self-organisation and support of scientific collections. The recommendations of the German Research Council')

www.conventus.de/sammlungstagung2011/

Catholic University of Louvain, Service des Archives - 24-25 March 2011

11e Journées des Archives on the theme: "Dématérialisation des archives et métiers de l'archiviste. Les chantiers du numérique"
Program : http://www.uclouvain.be/326802.html

Ghent University, 16 - 17 March 2011

Conference on the topic "Academic culture of remembrance. The combination of university history, jubilees and academic heritage".

Call for paper (PDF)

17 December 2010

International Seminar "Visiting an Anatomical Museum: curiosity or training? For a network of Anatomical Museums"

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Program (PDF)

17 December 2010

Workshop on the theme "Les accompagnements convictionnels des étudiants"

Catholic University of Louvain - Service des Archives

Program (PDF)

18 November 2010

European Academic Heritage Day

Theme for 2010: Surprise, Astonishment and Wonder

Announcement (PDF)

Events

Museum of the History of Physics and Department of Physics University of Padua, Italy - Program (PDF)

Museum of Museum of Geology and Palaeontology University of Padua, Italy - Program (PDF)

Museum of Medical University of Gdansk, Poland - Program (PDF)

Collections Universitaires Université de Rennes 1, France - Program (PDF)

University of Hambourg, Germany - Program (PDF)

University of Tartu Art Museum - Web

Transilvania University of Brasov, University Library Virtual exhibitions - Program (PDF)

Medical University, Vienna - Department and Collection of the History of Medicine - Program (PDF)

Kyiv Shevchenko National University - Astronomical Observatory - Web

4 - 5 November 2010

Josephinum Workshop 2010 "Visions for the Future"

Medical University of Vienna

Program: www.meduniwien.ac.at/josephinum/news/veranstaltungen-in-den-museen/

Trondheim, Norway 14 - 17 October 2010

Third conference on the history of science in Norway

"University history, university collections and university practices"

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway,

First Announcement and Call for Papers

In 2010 the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the city of Trondheim will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in 1760 and the 100th anniversary of the Foundation of the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1910. We invite submission of papers and organised sessions related to the theme as well as to the history of science in its broader sense, including the history of social sciences and humanities. Please send proposals of no more than 200 words (word doc or rtf format) to the email address below before 15 April 2010.

Please include a short biography highlighting main research interests no more than 50 words. Proposals will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. Participants will be notified by 31 May. Presentations are limited to 20 minutes, with additional 10 minutes for discussion. The conference language will be English.

For submission of abstracts and requests for more information, please contact: Ragnhild Green Helgas ( ragnhild.g.helgas@ntnu.no )

Copenhagen, 16 - 18 September 2010

Conference on the challenge to museums posed by contemporary developments in biomedical science and medical technology

15th biannual conference of the European Association of Museums for the History of Medical Sciences (EAMHMS)

How do museums today handle the material and visual heritage of contemporary medical and health science and technology? How do curators wield the increasing amount and kinds of more or less intangible and invisible scientific, medical and digital objects? Which intellectual, conceptual, and practical questions does this challenge give rise to? Send proposals for presentations, panels etc. to ths@sund.ku.dk, not later than Monday 29 March. Read the full call here or here

Further information : http://www.mm.ku.dk/sker/eamhms.aspx

Louvain-la-Neuve, 25 et 26 mars 2010

La valorisation à l’honneur des 10^e Journées des Archives

À l’heure de la démocratie culturelle et de l’internet, la valorisation des archives s’enrichit de nouveaux objectifs, de nouveaux champs et de nouveaux outils.Les enjeux et les implications ne sont pas minces. Analysons-les à Louvain-la-Neuve les 25 et 26 mars prochains ; partageons nos cultures et nos expériences, en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, entre archives papier, collections de films et documents numériques. Inscrivez-vous sans tarder (http://www.uclouvain.be/archives) et n’hésitez-pas à nous contacter (annaelle.winand@uclouvain.be).

La valorisation des archives (PDF)

Berlin, 18 - 20 February 2010

Announcement of a symposium on university museums and collections:

Tasks, concepts, and perspectives

Humboldt University

The conference language will be German.Please read the complete announcement in German

universitaetsmuseen.hu-berlin.de

Strasbourg, 26 - 27 février 2009

SYMPOSIUM "Gestion et mise en public des collections universitaires"

Programme

Lisbon, Portugal, 16 - 21 September 2008

SIC2008 - XXVII Symposium of the Scientific Instrument Commission