25.01.2024
Rathgen-Forschungslabor
The Rathgen-Forschungslabor – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, in cooperation with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Stiftung Humboldt Forum, is calling for papers and posters for the 5th International Conference on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Cultural Heritage at the Humboldt Forum Berlin, Germany, from 18 to 20 September 2024: IPM-CH 2024.
With the risk of pests to cultural heritage, it is increasingly important that professionals in the field, such as scientists, conservators, curators, archivists, librarians, collection managers and others, come together to discuss methods for dealing with the challenges posed by. The Rathgen-Forschungslabor, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz are pleased to host the 5th International Conference on Integrated Pest Management for Cultural Heritage (IPM-CH) in collaboration with the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
The event aims to promote international knowledge transfer and further education on IPM in museums, archives and historic buildings. As an interdisciplinary cross-sectional task, IPM for the protection of cultural heritage combines the scientific fields of biology and ecology with the art sciences of conservation and restoration. With advancing globalisation, ever-increasing intercontinental flows of goods and global climate change, new demands on IPM are emerging more frequently and at shorter intervals. Synanthropic and cosmopolitan pest species as well as invasive neobiota are increasingly shaping a more globally uniform picture of IPM. International scientific cooperation in the field of IPM for the protection of cultural heritage is therefore more than essential.
For the conference in Berlin, we invite papers on IPM for cultural heritage in general, in particular global warming and climate change, globalization, communicating IPM, practical case studies IPM in museums, archives, libraries, and historic houses.
Deadline submission of abstracts: 15 February 2024
More information on the Call for Papers can be found on the IPM-CH 2024 website.