Call for papers--Conservation of ecclesiastical artifacts

Call for Papers

"Preservation or just an obsession"
2nd International Meeting for Conservation and Documentation of
    Ecclesiastical Artefacts
Halki Theological School (Turkey)
8-9 July 2016

Organised by Technological Educational Institute of Ionian
Islands-Specialisation Conservation of Cultural Heritage (Greece) in
collaboration with Ecumenical Patriarchate - Halki Theological
School (Turkey)

The main scope of this meeting is to promote and discuss recent
developments in the dialogue between the preservation and
documentation of the Eastern and Western ecclesiastical art covering
various areas from the construction and documentation over the
identification of the materials, the preventive and interventive
conservation methods, new methods and ideas for the preservation of
one item or an internal collection.

The main topics, but not exclusive, for this meeting are:

    Theological and philosophical reception of ecclesiastical
    artefacts: "Eastern" and "Western" perspectives

    Dating of artefacts

    Preventive or interventive conservation of organic and inorganic
    ecclesiastical collections

    Ethical issues and alterations

    Education

    Case studies

    Archaeology and history

    Previous treatments

    Physicochemical analysis

    Methodology in conservation and documentation

    Ecclesiastical items and modern art

    Museology and ecclesiastical museums: New developments

The 2nd IMCDEA meeting will be held at the main hall of the Halki
Theological School, in Turkey.

Deadline for paper/posters proposals:  8 December, 2015

Paper/posters proposals should be submitted electronically to
imcdea<-at->teiion<.>gr

Abstract must be submitted as Word doc format according to this
template.

    Abstract template-IMCDEA2016.doc (26112)
    <URL:http://files.imcdea20165.webnode.gr/200000023-db626dd3a2/Abstract%20template-IMCDEA2016.doc>

A paper/poster proposal should contain:

    Full name, institution, affiliation, address, e-mail address

    Title

    Abstract (maximum 300 words)

All presented papers/posters will be published in the thematic issue
of the Odysseus Scientific Journal in October 2016.  Abstracts of
all accepted contributions will be published in the Book of
Abstracts that will be distributed to all participants during
registration.

Poster presentations

Posters will be mounted on the day of the poster session.  Poster
panels are suitable for A0 size (90cm in width and 120cm in height).

For further information please visit:

    <URL:http://imcdea20165.webnode.gr/>

    <URL:https://www.facebook.com/groups/imcdea2016/>

Dr. Christos Karydis
Interventive and Preventive Conservation: History of Textiles
A.TEI of Ionian Islands and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki


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