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Call for papers and Posters--ICOM-CC Leather and Related Materials Working Group

From: Celine Bonnot-Diconne <cbonnotdiconne<-at->
Date: Monday, January 16, 2012
Call for papers and posters
10th Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Leather and Related Materials
    Working Group
Offenbach
29-31 August 2012

The 10th Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Leather and Related
Materials Working Group will be held in Offenbach, Germany. The
Deutsches Ledermuseum Schuhmuseum last welcomed our group in 1989.
It is a new opportunity to see the collections and the new
exhibition rooms. There will also be an opening (together with the
reception on Aug 29, 2012 of a small exhibition at the DLM: "Leather
Conservation" (Aug 29, 2012 - Jan 12, 2013)

The 2 day conference (plus 1 day excursion) shall provide a forum
for leather conservators to discuss issues and challenges of
interest to the field of leather conservation in general, ranging
from rawhide and semi-tanned skins to leathers, including wall
hangings, upholstery, bookbindings, ethnographic art, archaeological
artefacts, etc.

This meeting will focus on presenting an overview of the current
state of research, practice and progress in the field of
conservation and restoration of leather and related materials.

Abstracts of no more than 500 words should include the title,
authors' names, profession, institution, e-mail and address of the
corresponding author. They should be submitted to the Working Group
Coordinator, Celine Bonnot-Diconne, by March 16, 2012. Preference
will be given to ICOM members.

Papers may be presented in either English or French. No simultaneous
translation shall be provided. We kindly request all submissions be
proof-read by a native English or French speaker

Coordinator: cbonnotdiconne<-at->aol<.>com

Celine Bonnot-Diconne
Coordinator ICOM-CC Leather and Related Materials Working Group
Pensionnaire a la Villa Medicis
Academie de France a Rome
Villa Medici
Viale Trinita dei Monti 1
00187 Roma, Italia


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