Previous Conferences

Since 2000, DEMHIST has been holding conferences.

Previous Conferences by DEMHIST:

 

2013

Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, 12-17 August 2013 (with GLASS, ICDAD and ICFA)

Places for Reflection. Historic House Museums as Connectors of Cultures, Times, People and Social Groups

 

Programme

2012

Los Angeles/USA, 6-9 November 2012 (with ICOM-CC)

The Artifact, its Context and their Narrative. Multidisciplinary Conservation in Historic House Museums

 

Programme

(PDF)

2012

Perugia/Italy, 18-20 April 2012, Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello Foundation

House Museums. The Owners and their Art Collections

 

Preliminary Programme

(PDF)

2011

Antwerp/Belgium, 17-20 October 2011

Catching the Spirit. Managing and communicating thetheatrical assets of Historic Houses

 

Conference Proceedings

(PDF)

2010

Shanghai/China, 9 November 2010 (with ICDAD, ICFA and GLASS)

From Silk Road to Container Ship. Artefacts, environment and cultural transfer

 

Abstracts

(PDF)

2010

Brno, Czech Republic, 21-24 April 2010 (with ICDAD)

National – International. Art and politics in houses and  interiors of the 20th century

 

Program

Review

(PDF)

2009

Stavanger/Norway , 19 – 24 June 2009

Historic Houses as Documents of Social Life and Traditional Skills

Abstracts

(PDF)

2008

Bogota/Colombia , 21 – 24 September 2008

Historic House Museums as a Bridge between Individual and Community

Abstracts

(PDF)

2007

Vienna/Austria, 20-22 August 2007

A Kingdom for a House! Historic House Museums as Local, Regional and Universal Heritage

Abstracts

(PDF)

2006

Valletta, 10-13 October 2006

Managing the Past for the Future. Sustaining Historic House Museums in the 21st Century

 

Abstracts

(PDF)

2005

Lisbon, 12-14 October 2005

Safe Keepers of memory: Conservation of buildings and their collections

 

Abstracts

(PDF)

2004

Berlin, 2-4 September 2004

Rooms with a view. Historic House Museums and their surroundings

 

Abstracts

(PDF)

2003

Lenzburg, 8-10 October 2003

Facing and solving problems of Historic House Museums, examples and models

 

Abstracts

(PDF)

2002

Amsterdam, 14-16 October 2002

Historic House Museums as witness of National and Local Identities

Publications

2001

Barcelona, 2-5July 2001

New forms of Management for Historic House Museums?”

 

Publications

2000

Genoa, 1-4 November 2000

Historic House Museums Speak to the Public: Spectacular Exhibits versus a Philological Interpretation of History

 

Publications