Call for papers--Seminar on consolidation

International Symposium Consolidation and Communication

"Materials and Methods for the Consolidation of Cultural Heritage:
    An Interdisciplinary Dialogue"
International Symposium
University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HAWK)
Hildesheim, Germany
25-27 January 2018

To celebrate its foundation 30 years ago the conservation study
program of the HAWK in Hildesheim is organizing an international
symposium on "Consolidation and Communication" in January 2018.
Consolidation is a central task of conservation, namely to safeguard
the aged, weakened material structures by appropriate means and
methods.  The symposium aims to promote an exchange between the
different disciplines of conservation:  As a way of inspiring new
solutions, current research results based on innovative methods
should be presented and discussed in view of their transferability
to other kinds of cultural heritage objects.

Presentations related to the following range of topics are
requested:

    Criteria for choosing suitable consolidants (e.g. their
    qualities, penetration behavior, and bonding capacity)

    Influences of application methods on the conservation result and
    the further development of these methods

    Determining the necessary degree of consolidation, assessing the
    long-term success of the conservation and its verification

    Special solutions (innovative, technical or material), also
    those derived from other scientific disciplines

The conference languages are German and English.  Team-authored
presentations made up of specialists from different fields are
desirable but not required.

Abstracts for papers or posters (maximum 1 page) may be submitted by
31 October 2016 to: konsolidieren<-at->hawk-hhg<.>de.  In advance of the
symposium, abstracts of the selected papers and posters will be made
available on the website of the Hornemann Institute of the HAWK.  We
plan to publish the papers and posters as preprint.

You find the call on

    <URL:http://www.hornemann-institut.de/english/2353.php>

Dr. Angela Weyer
Director of the Hornemann Institute
HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Hildesheim/Holzminden/Goettingen
Hornemann Institute
Kardinal-Bertram-Strasse 36
31134 Hildesheim
Germany
+49 5121 408179


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