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 Sustainable Development (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.

International partners:

• Prof. Christina Cameron, Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage / Université de Montreal (Montreal, Canada)
• Prof. Dr. Jennifer Harris, Head of Cultural Heritage / Curtin University (Perth, Australia)
• Prof. William Logan, UNESCO Chair in Heritage and Urbanism (Melbourne, Australia)
• Dr. Birgitta Ringbeck, Federal Foreign Office of Germany (Berlin, Germany)
• Dr. Mechtild Rössler, World Heritage Centre (Paris, France)
• Prof. Michael Turner, UNESCO Chair in Urban Design and Conservation Studies (Jerusalem, Israel)
   

Deadline Second Call for Applications: 27th of May (further information)