Call for Applications

                                       International Summer Academy: 

                    Constructing Heritage in the Light of Sustainability (ISAC) 

                                    9th – 21st July 2012, BTU Cottbus

On occasion of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention the International Graduate School: Heritage Studies at Cottbus University under direction of the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies is offering its International Summer Academy: Constructing Heritage in the Light of Sustainability (ISAC). The programme is organized in cooperation with the German Commission for UNESCO and is carried out under the auspices of the World Heritage Centre Paris and the German Federal Foreign Office.

The Summer Academy will address challenges facing heritage preservation by organising discussions and elaborating disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to the construction of heritage and in the light of sustainable development. 

The programme focuses on innovations in the ‘construction of heritage‘ stemming from disciplines such as archaeology, art history, historic preservation, ecology, geography, media and communication, anthropology and social sciences. 

The aim of this programme is to give young researchers the opportunity to identify sustainable solutions in the field of heritage preservation.

ISAC offers 15 scholarships provided by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Deadline second call for applications: May 27, 2012

Further information:

www.tu-cottbus.de/interkulturalitaet/summer-academy/ 

 Download the flyer of the Summer Academy. 

Contact:
Mr Robert Rode, 
Coordinator of the International Graduate School: Heritage Studies at Cottbus University

Email:  rode[at]tu-cottbus.de

With the financial support of:

Under the auspices of Ms Cornelia Pieper, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office