Antwerp Cultural Heritage Sciences at the University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Joined February 2022
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Master student Wendy Van Leuven has been interning at CAG (Centrum Agrarische Geschiedenis) for the past few months as part of her Master's program in Heritage Studies. Want to know more about doing an internship at CAG? Read this interview with Wendy: cagnet.be/item/251644
ARCHES and AXIS members Chiara Vettorazzo, Alina Krotova, Ermanno Avranovich Clerici and Arthur Gestels spent a week at the SOLEIL synchrotron radiation facility analysing both silk mock-ups and historical samples looking into better ways to best preserve such fragile pieces.
Our third-year Conservation-Restoration students learned to manipulate heritage datasets with Python. Here, you can see data on relative humidity and temperature from a given museum environment compared to data obtained from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium.
Shikoh Shiraiwa initiated and led a project to list Hanami (cherry blossom flower viewing) culture from Japan in the national Wiki-Inventory for Living Heritage (WLH), organised by the Finnish Heritage Agency (FHA). Read all about it here: wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperint…
Our second-year master students taking courses in built heritage were welcome to visit the ongoing works at the exterior and interior of Antwerp's St Jacobs church. Many thanks to our guides of Steenmeijer Architecten for this interesting visit.
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Here's my latest article for Diggit Magazine, written in the context of a course I followed as part of my studies at @arches_ua ❤️
#VisualArt #uantwerpen
How would #DaVinci feel about the endless online transformations, commodifications and memefications of 'his' #MonaLisa? This article uses the concept of 'imitatio' to analyze the participatory practices of the Mona Lisa Clan on /r/Place.
diggitmagazine.com/articles/… @MuseeLouvre
🎉Great News! Last weekend, master students Nicola Stevens and Ellen Tielemans from Built Heritage Studies program at University of Antwerp won the idea competition to safeguard and repurpose Station Kortrijk, organised by VVIA and the Red ons Station action group.
Why do collectors desire cultural objects, and how do these objects cross borders, change hands and end up in museums? Heritage Crime students joined with students from the Faculty of Law to view and discuss the pre-Columbian art @MASAntwerpen.
Last week ARCHES-member Lien Acke succesfully defended her PhD on “3D digital conservation and restoration skills for the 21st century.” Congratulations Lien!
On 30 April Professor Anna Wessman from the University of Bergen, Norway, presented the complicated story of the 2017 University Museum of Bergen thefts. Almost 400 Viking-Age objects were stolen! Thank you Anna for a fascinating talk to the Heritage Crime course.
On Thursday 23 May at 19:00 Associate Professor Nika Balomenou of Swansea University (UK) gives a public talk on "Tourist invaders and community impacts in Kavos". Read more details and register at: uantwerpen.be/nl/overuantwer…
On 30 April Professor Anna Wessman from the University of Bergen, Norway, presented the complicated story of the 2017 University Museum of Bergen thefts. Almost 400 Viking-Age objects were stolen! Thank you Anna for a fascinating talk to the Heritage Crime course.
New publication by ARCHES' Suzie Thomas and Prof Anna Wessman, available open access: Archaeological object interviews as a method to study and engage with finder-collectors. Read the article here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
On the 17th of May Sebastiaan Godts will defend his PhD ‘Salts in the Built Environment'. If you would like to attend the public defence in person or online, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
On the occasion of the PhD defence of Lien Acke, two guest lectures are being held by jury members Dr. Carlos Bayod Lucini from the Factum Foundation (ES), and Dr. Tonny P.C. Beentjes. No registration is necessary, more information can be found here: uantwerpen.be/nl/overuantwer…
On the 6th of May ARCHES member Lien Acke will defend her PhD “3D digital conservation and restoration skills for the 21st century.” If you would like to attend the public defence in person or online, fill in the registration form here: tinyurl.com/hyswcsw4
Many thanks to Dr Bruce Davenport of Newcastle University, who gave a fascinating lecture last week on volunteering in museums and heritage to the Heritage and Conservation-Restoration Masters students 😀 #heritage #participation #democratisation #stakeholders
Last semester, MA Heritage Studies students explored gender dynamics in historical book collections at @ehcantwerp. They highlighted overlooked female contributors and examined literature tailored to women. Explore our students' blog posts here: blog.uantwerpen.be/heritage-…
Call for papers- Hobby Archaeology: From Citizen Science to Heritage Practice Communities. Inaugural conference of the European Public Finds Recording Network, 10-11 June 2024 in Brussels. The deadline for abstracts is 20 April. More information: uantwerpen.be/en/conferences…
