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Call for papers

Icon and Portrait
St. Mena Church, Cairo (Egypt)
18-20 September, 2006

Call for papers deadline : 1st march 2006

ICOM-CC-Wood, Furniture and Lacquer in cooperation with St. Mena Church =
will organize the "Icon and Portrait International Conference" in the =
period 18-20 September, 2006, to take place at: St. Mena Church, 3 Midan =
Al-Teiby, Alsaad Albarrany St. Fum Al-Khalig, Cairo, Egypt.

The objectives of the conference are:
-To create a common understanding of the profession among those who are =
involved in the practical work of Icons, Portraits and paintings.
- To create a dialogue with other professionals, such as archaeologists, =
curators, art historians, conservators, legislators and architects with =
the exploration and design of different strategies and methods
- To agree proposals for defining standards for Icon, Portrait and =
painting study and research.
- To present an overview and to conclude the current state of =
conservation and restoration research, practice, problems and progress =
in conservation in the field of Icon, Portrait and painting.
-To increase and affluence the amount of cultural general knowledge of =
Icon, Portrait and painting and to increase and activate the concern =
with such important subject and its concepts among the public
- to achieve an active involvement of the public in the integral process =
of Cultural Heritage and its preservation, to achieve the understanding, =
acceptance and thus the support of the public in the activities it =
generates and to encourage the public to support and participate in the =
preservation of their own Heritage.

The main theme of the conference will be "Icons and Portraits in Egypt =
and around the world" with the following General themes:
- Icons, Portraits and Paintings in Egypt and outside Egypt..
- Treatment, Restoration, Preservation, Conservation, Storage and =
Displaying issues.
- Intangible and oral issues & Legal and ethical issues.

Those include - and not limited to - several Sub-Items such as:
- History of Icons, Portraits and Paintings and its classification =
across the historical ages.
- Painting in ancient Egypt.
- Portraits and Icons its Diffusion and Function
- Portraits and Paintings in the Greco-Roman Period in Egypt and around =
the world.
- Paintings and Coptic Icons on the walls and materials date bake to the =
Pharaonic era.
- Structure and composition, techniques, and studies related to =
industrial, technical, artistic art-technical methods and styles for =
Icons (Iconography) Portraits and paintings.
- Iconographers; ancient and modern.
- Coptic Icon and its style specifications and characters and its =
subjects, topics or themes.
- The effects, impacts and influences of Coptic Icon on the Icons and =
Portraits around the world (ancient and contemporary).
- The effects, impacts and influences on the Coptic Icon by the previous =
and contemporaneous arts and by the other styles of icons such as =
Byzantine, Italian and Russian Icons.
- Byzantine Icon and its style specifications and characters and its =
subjects, topics or themes.
- Copt-Byzantine Icon and its style specifications and characters and =
its subjects, topics or themes.
- Portraits and Icons on supports other than wood (e.g. Icons on =
columns).
- Anti-Icons periods and Iconoclasm  movements and their influences on =
the icons in Egypt and around the world.
- Icons and Portraits within the international museums.
- Rare issues (such as rare icon,  rare Iconographers etc.).
- History of restoration and conservation of Icons, Portraits and =
Paintings in Egypt and around the world.
- Causes of decay, damage and deterioration.
- Investigation, testing, analysis and experimental techniques.
- Cleaning, Treatment, Restoration, Preservation and Conservation =
techniques.
- Documentation, Storage and Displaying techniques.
- Case Studies.
- The intangible and oral issues around Icons and Portraits.
- Legal and ethical issues around Icons and Portraits and its =
conservation and Traffic.

All professionals committed to Icons, Portraits and Paintings, and to =
the world's museums collections' monuments, historical sites and culture =
property such as curators, archaeologists, Egyptologists, Copticists, =
art historians, Iconographers, conservators, scientists, technicians, =
architects, engineers, lawyers, legislators and other professionals who =
work or interest in the subject and also the public can participate.

CALL FOR PAPERS
All professionals mentioned above who are work or interested in the =
field, and those who actively promote the preservation of culturally and =
historically significant works through study, analysis, collaboration: =
they all very welcome to send their proposals of papers abstracts in one =
of the mentioned Sub-themes or any other suggested subject related to =
the main theme of the conference.

Again a private session for Students, trainees and others in the field =
of Archaeology, Egyptology, Hellenic Studies, Coptic studies, Demotic =
Studies, Art-history, Restoration and Conservation etc. will be set as =
well, so they are very welcome and we strongly encourage them to submit =
their abstracts
for their works, searches, articles and reports related to the =
conference theme.

If you would like to present or publish a paper or a poster, please =
submit your proposal by 1 March, 2006.

A 500-1000 word summary description of the proposed paper in English or =
Arabic (Arabic abstracts should be submitted also in English) include:
- Title
- Name(s) of the main author and any co-authors or collaborators (please =
refer to the Author to whom correspondence should be addressed), =
together with the current position and full contact details for each =
author: full address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address.
- A proposed paper's abstract, this should be a minimized copy of the =
full paper and should include:

1) Introduction: Introduce what you will discuss in your paper.
2) Main Body of Text: Divide main body of text according to section =
headings, for example "Historical introduction", "Description of the =
Icon", "Sampling", "Methods of Study", "analytical Study", "Experimental =
study" "Results", "Discussion", etc. that will be used in the paper. =
(Experimental results of work in progress may be indicated as =
'forthcoming information')
3) Conclusion

And please refer to:
- The presentation facilities that you will need for your presentation =
such as Slides Projector (one ore two), Overhead Projector (one ore two) =
IBM
Beamer for presentation, laptop.
- Which language you will use for the final paper and for your =
presentation.
- The final complete size of your poster (in case of poster).

Please indicate in your proposal massage subject the following reference =
(An abstract for Icon and Portrait International Conference).

Co-Scientific Committees chaired by Prof. Dr. Gawdat Gabra and Dr. Hany =
Hanna will make a selection from the proposals received and determine =
the final content of the programme. Selected speakers will be requested =
to submit the final paper for publication in the conference proceedings. =
The Scientific committees (include Peer Review Committee and Editorial =
Committee) will rank and judge the full papers for publication. The =
papers and posters will be selected based on quality, originality, =
importance and relevance. To a great extent, the scope of the conference =
will be determined by the proposals received in response to the call for =
papers. We are confident that the programme will reflect current =
interests and concerns. We are very interested in all sorts of =
proposals. The language of the conference and the publication will be =
English and Arabic, with simultaneous translation during the =
presentations.

TRADE FAIR AND ARTISTIC EXHIBITION
The conference will be combined with trade fair and artistic exhibitions =
in "Icon and Portrait" for artist, Iconographers, conservation and =
restoration companies, Materials and supplies companies. If you wish to =
contribute please send your proposal by 1 May, 2006:
- For the artistic exhibitions: An abstract for the work/s you wish to =
show with its dimensions accompanied with high quality color photos =
(JPEG format, quality =3D min. 300 dpi resolution),
- For the trade fair: An abstract describing the activities you wish to =
introduce and display and the required equipments, supplies and =
furnishings and the space needed. Please indicate in your massage =
subject the following reference (A proposal for Icon and Portrait =
exhibition).

All the proposals should be sent to:
Dr. Hany Hanna
hhnnc@yahoo.com
Please copy your message to the following e-mail addresses as well:
gawdatgabra@hotmail.com, mgdy_bdwy@yahoo.com, mamdouhtamer@yahoo.com,
rboutros@ifao.egnet.net

The organizers seek to widen participation at this conference, and would =
like to encourage colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. We =
would be grateful if you could print and display copies of this circular =
in your institution and would like to ask you please to publish this =
call and information in your newsletters, website and any other =
available media and to send it across your milling lists and to forward =
it to our colleagues in your institution and to anybody who you think =
might be interested. Please do not hesitate to connect the conference =
chair for further declaration or questions, and please indicate in your =
massage subject the following reference (A question about Icon and =
Portrait International Conference).

We hope that you will be able to join us.

The conference chair:
Dr. Hany Hanna
Elected Chair, ICOM-CC-Wood, Furniture and Lacquer
General Director, Department of conservation, Supreme Council of =
Antiquities (SCA), EGYPT.
Professor, Institute for Coptic Studies in Cairo.
E-Mail: hhnnc@yahoo.com
Fax. Nos.: +2-02-4251411 OR +2-02-4109687
Mobil No.: +2-012-4176742

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<DIV align=3Djustify>Call for =
papers Icon and=20
Portrait St. Mena Church, Cairo (Egypt) 18-20 September,=20
2006 Call for papers deadline : 1st march=20
2006 ICOM-CC-Wood, Furniture and Lacquer in cooperation with St. =
Mena=20
Church will organize the "Icon and Portrait International Conference" in =
the=20
period 18-20 September, 2006, to take place at: St. Mena Church, 3 Midan =

Al-Teiby, Alsaad Albarrany St. Fum Al-Khalig, Cairo, Egypt. The=20
objectives of the conference are: -To create a common understanding =
of the=20
profession among those who are involved in the practical work of Icons,=20
Portraits and paintings. - To create a dialogue with other =
professionals,=20
such as archaeologists, curators, art historians, conservators, =
legislators and=20
architects with the exploration and design of different strategies and=20
methods - To agree proposals for defining standards for Icon, =
Portrait and=20
painting study and research. - To present an overview and to conclude =
the=20
current state of conservation and restoration research, practice, =
problems and=20
progress in conservation in the field of Icon, Portrait and =
painting. -To=20
increase and affluence the amount of cultural general knowledge of Icon, =

Portrait and painting and to increase and activate the concern with such =

important subject and its concepts among the public - to achieve an =
active=20
involvement of the public in the integral process of Cultural Heritage =
and its=20
preservation, to achieve the understanding, acceptance and thus the =
support of=20
the public in the activities it generates and to encourage the public to =
support=20
and participate in the preservation of their own Heritage. The =
main theme=20
of the conference will be "Icons and Portraits in Egypt and around the =
world"=20
with the following General themes: - Icons, Portraits and Paintings =
in Egypt=20
and outside Egypt.. - Treatment, Restoration, Preservation, =
Conservation,=20
Storage and Displaying issues. - Intangible and oral issues &amp; =
Legal and=20
ethical issues. Those include - and not limited to - several =
Sub-Items=20
such as: - History of Icons, Portraits and Paintings and its =
classification=20
across the historical ages. - Painting in ancient Egypt. - =
Portraits and=20
Icons its Diffusion and Function - Portraits and Paintings in the =
Greco-Roman=20
Period in Egypt and around the world. - Paintings and Coptic Icons on =
the=20
walls and materials date bake to the Pharaonic era. - Structure and=20
composition, techniques, and studies related to industrial, technical, =
artistic=20
art-technical methods and styles for Icons (Iconography) Portraits and=20
paintings. - Iconographers; ancient and modern. - Coptic Icon and =
its=20
style specifications and characters and its subjects, topics or =
themes. - The=20
effects, impacts and influences of Coptic Icon on the Icons and =
Portraits around=20
the world (ancient and contemporary). - The effects, impacts and =
influences=20
on the Coptic Icon by the previous and contemporaneous arts and by the =
other=20
styles of icons such as Byzantine, Italian and Russian Icons. - =
Byzantine=20
Icon and its style specifications and characters and its subjects, =
topics or=20
themes. - Copt-Byzantine Icon and its style specifications and =
characters and=20
its subjects, topics or themes. - Portraits and Icons on supports =
other than=20
wood (e.g. Icons on columns). - Anti-Icons periods and =
Iconoclasm&nbsp;=20
movements and their influences on the icons in Egypt and around the =
world. -=20
Icons and Portraits within the international museums. - Rare issues =
(such as=20
rare icon,&nbsp; rare Iconographers etc.). - History of restoration =
and=20
conservation of Icons, Portraits and Paintings in Egypt and around the=20
world. - Causes of decay, damage and deterioration. - =
Investigation,=20
testing, analysis and experimental techniques. - Cleaning, Treatment, =

Restoration, Preservation and Conservation techniques. - =
Documentation,=20
Storage and Displaying techniques. - Case Studies. - The =
intangible and=20
oral issues around Icons and Portraits. - Legal and ethical issues =
around=20
Icons and Portraits and its conservation and Traffic. All =
professionals=20
committed to Icons, Portraits and Paintings, and to the world's museums=20
collections' monuments, historical sites and culture property such as =
curators,=20
archaeologists, Egyptologists, Copticists, art historians, =
Iconographers,=20
conservators, scientists, technicians, architects, engineers, lawyers,=20
legislators and other professionals who work or interest in the subject =
and also=20
the public can participate. CALL FOR PAPERS All professionals=20
mentioned above who are work or interested in the field, and those who =
actively=20
promote the preservation of culturally and historically significant =
works=20
through study, analysis, collaboration: they all very welcome to send =
their=20
proposals of papers abstracts in one of the mentioned Sub-themes or any =
other=20
suggested subject related to the main theme of the =
conference. Again a=20
private session for Students, trainees and others in the field of =
Archaeology,=20
Egyptology, Hellenic Studies, Coptic studies, Demotic Studies, =
Art-history,=20
Restoration and Conservation etc. will be set as well, so they are very =
welcome=20
and we strongly encourage them to submit their abstracts for their =
works,=20
searches, articles and reports related to the conference =
theme. If you=20
would like to present or publish a paper or a poster, please submit your =

proposal by 1 March, 2006.<BR><BR>A 500-1000 word summary description of =
the=20
proposed paper in English or Arabic (Arabic abstracts should be =
submitted also=20
in English) include:<BR>- Title<BR>- Name(s) of the main author and any=20
co-authors or collaborators (please refer to the Author to whom =
correspondence=20
should be addressed), together with the current position and full =
contact=20
details for each author: full address, telephone and fax numbers, and =
e-mail=20
address.<BR>- A proposed paper's abstract, this should be a minimized =
copy of=20
the full paper and should include:<BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DSylfaen>1) Introduction: Introduce =
what you will=20
discuss in your paper.<BR>2) Main Body of Text: Divide main body of text =

according to section headings, for example "Historical introduction",=20
"Description of the Icon", "Sampling", "Methods of Study", "analytical =
Study",=20
"Experimental study" "Results", "Discussion", etc. that will be used in =
the=20
paper. (Experimental results of work in progress may be indicated as=20
'forthcoming information') 3) Conclusion And please refer =
to: - The=20
presentation facilities that you will need for your presentation such as =
Slides=20
Projector (one ore two), Overhead Projector (one ore two) IBM Beamer =
for=20
presentation, laptop. - Which language you will use for the final =
paper and=20
for your presentation. - The final complete size of your poster (in =
case of=20
poster). Please indicate in your proposal massage subject the =
following=20
reference (An abstract for Icon and Portrait International=20
Conference). Co-Scientific Committees chaired by Prof. Dr. Gawdat =
Gabra=20
and Dr. Hany Hanna will make a selection from the proposals received and =

determine the final content of the programme. Selected speakers will be=20
requested to submit the final paper for publication in the conference=20
proceedings. The Scientific committees (include Peer Review Committee =
and=20
Editorial Committee) will rank and judge the full papers for =
publication. The=20
papers and posters will be selected based on quality, originality, =
importance=20
and relevance. To a great extent, the scope of the conference will be =
determined=20
by the proposals received in response to the call for papers. We are =
confident=20
that the programme will reflect current interests and concerns. We are =
very=20
interested in all sorts of proposals. The language of the conference and =
the=20
publication will be English and Arabic, with simultaneous translation =
during the=20
presentations. TRADE FAIR AND ARTISTIC EXHIBITION The =
conference will=20
be combined with trade fair and artistic exhibitions in "Icon and =
Portrait" for=20
artist, Iconographers, conservation and restoration companies, Materials =
and=20
supplies companies. If you wish to contribute please send your proposal =
by 1=20
May, 2006: - For the artistic exhibitions: An abstract for the work/s =
you=20
wish to show with its dimensions accompanied with high quality color =
photos=20
(JPEG format, quality =3D min. 300 dpi resolution), - For the trade =
fair: An=20
abstract describing the activities you wish to introduce and display and =
the=20
required equipments, supplies and furnishings and the space needed. =
Please=20
indicate in your massage subject the following reference (A proposal for =
Icon=20
and Portrait exhibition). All the proposals should be sent =
to: Dr.=20
Hany Hanna <A href=3D"mailto:hhnnc@yahoo.com"><FONT=20
face=3DSylfaen>hhnnc@yahoo.com</A> Please =
copy your=20
message to the following e-mail addresses as well: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:gawdatgabra@hotmail.com"><FONT=20
face=3DSylfaen>gawdatgabra@hotmail.com</A>, =
<A=20
href=3D"mailto:mgdy_bdwy@yahoo.com"><FONT=20
face=3DSylfaen>mgdy_bdwy@yahoo.com</A>, =
<A=20
href=3D"mailto:mamdouhtamer@yahoo.com"><FONT=20
face=3DSylfaen>mamdouhtamer@yahoo.com</A>, <A=20
href=3D"mailto:rboutros@ifao.egnet.net"><FONT=20
face=3DSylfaen>rboutros@ifao.egnet.net</A> The=20
organizers seek to widen participation at this conference, and would =
like to=20
encourage colleagues from all parts of the world to attend. We would be =
grateful=20
if you could print and display copies of this circular in your =
institution and=20
would like to ask you please to publish this call and information in =
your=20
newsletters, website and any other available media and to send it across =
your=20
milling lists and to forward it to our colleagues in your institution =
and to=20
anybody who you think might be interested. Please do not hesitate to =
connect the=20
conference chair for further declaration or questions, and please =
indicate in=20
your massage subject the following reference (A question about Icon and =
Portrait=20
International Conference). We hope that you will be able to join=20
us. The conference chair: Dr. Hany Hanna Elected Chair,=20
ICOM-CC-Wood, Furniture and Lacquer General Director, Department of=20
conservation, Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), EGYPT. Professor, =

Institute for Coptic Studies in Cairo.<BR>E-Mail: </FONT><A=20
href=3D"mailto:hhnnc@yahoo.com"><FONT=20
face=3DSylfaen>hhnnc@yahoo.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=3DSylfaen>Fax. =
Nos.:=20
+2-02-4251411 OR +2-02-4109687<BR>Mobil No.:=20
+2-012-4176742<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>

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