Abstract
Deadline: 10/31/2002
Event:
Second
International Conference on the Conservation of Grotto Sites
Event
Date & Location:
8/26
- 8/30/2002; Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, The
People's Republic of China. The conference will be held
in the Dunhuang Academy's conference hall at the Mogao grottoes.
Website:
www.getty.edu/conservation/
Information:
Conference
Themes:
Wall
Painting Conservation--Wall paintings and sculpture,
with particular focus on earth-based materials. Conservation
principles and practices. Education and training in wall
painting conservation.
Site
and Visitor Management--Methodologies and practices.
Carrying capacity studies. Managing tourism at heritage
sites.
Scientific
Research in Conservation--Deterioration processes. Environmental,
microclimatic, and color monitoring. Analytical research
on pigments and binding media. Geotechnical aspects of conservation
of sites.
Other
Research Topics--Historical and art historical research
of relevance to Silk Road sites and their conservation.
Papers
and posters on the conference themes are invited. Abstracts
should clearly state the purpose, results, and conclusions
of the paper. Preference will be given to papers dealing
with methodological approaches that are broadly applicable
to sites and conditions encountered on the Silk Road. English
abstracts--350 words min. to 450 words max.; Chinese
abstracts--420 characters min. to 540 characters max.
Full papers will be required prior to the conference
in order that translators may have time to review the text
before the oral presentation. Posters (in English
or Chinese)--No review process for posters. Details on the
submission and review of abstracts and on the preparation
of posters will be provided in the spring 2002 update announcement.
Conference proceedings--will be published subsequently,
in English only. Final acceptance of selected texts for
publication will depend upon review of the full-length paper.
Authors will have the opportunity to revise their text prior
to publication.
Important
Dates: August
2001--first
announcement; December 2001--deadline for returning
form the the Getty Conservation Institute in order to receive
further mailings; Spring 2002--update announcement
(with further details); October 2002--deadline for
submission of abstracts; January 2003--notification
of acceptance of abstracts and mailing of guidelines to
authors; April 2003--deadline for conference registration
and post-conference tour reservation; June 2003--deadline
for submission of full text of papers for presentation.
Submission
Guidelines / Information:
Text
Registration
Information:
Because
of limited facilities, the number of conference delegates
is restricted to 100 from within China and 100 from the
rest of the world.
Non-China
delegates--US $350. This covers: conference registration
fee; conference program and abstracts; transportation between
airport and hotel in Dunhuang, and daily transportation
between Dunhuang and conference hall at Mogao; Lunches,
coffee breaks, and conference banquet; conference bag and
hat; two guided visits to selected caves at Mogao grottoes.
Cost:
US $1,300. This covers: round-trip flight from Beijing to
Dunhuang; two-night stay at Movenpick Hotel (near Beijing
airport) or Capital Hotel (near Tiananmen Square); five-night
stay at Dunhuang Hotel (breakfast included); seven evening
meals; ground transportation in Beijing. Participants will
need to arrange their own travel to China, for arrival in
Beijing by Saturday, August 23, 2003. Those participating
in the 10-day post conference tour of sites in the Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region may prefer to leave China at the
end of the tour from Urumqi instead of Beijing, for a stop-over
in Tashkent or Istanbul on their way back home.
Contact:
Inquiries
from outside China:
Kathleen Louw
The Getty Conservation Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Ste. 700
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1684
Tel. (310) 440-6216
Fax. (310) 440-7709
Email: klouw@getty.edu
Inquiries from within China:
Su Boming, Zhao Linyi, or Chen Lianghua
The Dunhuang Academy at Dunhuang
Dunhuang, Gansu Province 736200
The People's Republic of China
Tel. 86 (937) 886-9038
Fax. 86 (937) 886-9103
Email: cidha@public.lz.gs.cn
For
information on the Getty's China projects and for the update
conference announcement (to be posted in late spring 2002),
visit: www.getty.edu/conservation/
