The Art, Archaeology and Conservation Science Division of the American Ceramic Society is very pleased to announce the symposium "Analysis of Cultural Heritage: Discoveries and Understanding" at the PACRIM13 Conference in Okinawa, Japan from October 27 to November 1 of 2019; this is the global 13th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology [PACRIM13].
Please submit an abstract! Abstracts can be received until June 13, 2019 using this website: www.ceramic.or.jp/pacrim13/callforpapers.html Limited funding assistance, particularly for students, is available. This symposium will highlight the latest studies and discoveries pertaining to the scientific study and analysis of cultural heritage, including ceramics, paintings, sculpture, archaeological finds and immobile works. This symposium will feature the newest findings surrounding the technology, engineering and materials associated with art, archaeology and global cultural heritage, including studies of pigments, ceramics, glass, metals and organic materials; not only materials of the Pacific Rim but from across the world. Also, submissions that explore innovative approaches to training and learning at the intersection of engineering, science, technology and cultural heritage are most welcome. All submissions that pertain to the scientific study of cultural heritage, or advance its understanding and preservation, will be considered. This solicitation is purposefully broad to bring together academics, archaeologists, museum scientists and industry representatives with folks interested in cultural heritage for an exchange of ideas regarding material and educational studies in a variety of research endeavors, all as part of PACRIM13- the 13th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology. Symposium organizers are: Glenn Gates, Walters Art Museum, gga...@thewalters.org [for questions] Blythe McCarthy, Freer|Sackler, and Darryl Butt, University of Utah ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to consdistlist-le...@cool.conservation-us.org Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/