Dear List

'Preserving Historic Environments' is a new, cross disciplinary research 
cluster for the discussion of frameworks of value in relation to the 
preservation of historic environments. The cluster will meet at three 
one day colloquia to take place between January and July 2007 and on 
an online wiki, available from the cluster www from January 2007. 
Detailed notes documenting the discussion at each colloquium will also 
be available from the cluster www. We aim for the activities of this 
cluster to lead to further research connections, collaborations, 
opportunities and outputs, with the potential to influence academic 
debate and policy formulation. 

The first colloquium associated with this cluster takes place on the 
26th January 2007. The main focus of the colloquium is 'Heritage of the 
Recent Past' but it will also serve to kick off the cluster activities more 
generally and especially we want this first colloquium to set the tone of 
the series by being challenging to the ways in which different 
disciplines and the industry understands heritage and the instrumental 
implications of these constructions. 

There are a limited number of places available, there is no cost to 
attend but we are not normally able to pay expenses. Applications to 
attend should include a 100 word statement of how the applicants'
research or work will enable them to make a significant contribution to 
debate in the colloquia. The closing date for applications for Colloquium 
1 is 01/12/06.

Colloquia details are as follows:
26th Jan- Heritage of the Recent Past 

Keynotes: Professor Peter Howard, Visiting Professor of Cultural 
Landscape, Bournemouth University and Professor Patrick Wright, 
Nottingham Trent University

Other Speakers: Blackpool's World Heritage Status Bid- Professor John 
Walton, University of Central Lancashire and Jason Wood; and 
Professor Paul Carter, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, 
University of Melbourne- non-material heritage and landscapes of the 
mind

Location: Leicester University

You can find further details about the research cluster at 
http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/contactus/valhistenvir.html

Yours sincerely

Anna Woodham
Project Assistant - Preserving Historic Environments

PP:
Lisanne Gibson BA (Hons), PhD
Department of Museum Studies
University of Leicester
103-105 Princess Road East
Leicester, LE1 7LG, UK
Tel: +44 (0)116 252 5719
Fax: +44 (0)116 252 3960
Email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/contactus/lisannegibson.html

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