On June 25-28, 2012 the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU of Barcelona will host the 7th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Among the topics for the parallel sessions and round tables are: archaeology and the humanities, natural and environmental sciences, technology and applied sciences, research methodologies and interdisciplinary perspectives.

The 10th edition of the international conference on New Directions in the Humanities will take place in June 14-17, 2012, at the Centre Mont-Royal de Montreal (Canadá). This conference has been held annually since 2003, always in a different location. Submission of presentation, workshop or session proposals is currently open.

The Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG), a forum for the exchange of infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopic information, reference spectra and materials in relation to heritage, has announced its tenth biennial conference, to be held at the Universitat de Barcelona on March 28th-31st, 2012.

The 7th edition of the postgraduate course La aplicación de las Tecnologías de Información Geográfica en Arqueología ("The application of Geographic Information Technologies in Archaeology") will take place in two steps during the winter of 2012. The first phase will be the beginners module, which, as is customary, will take place in the Instituto de Arqueología de Mérida (IAM, CSIC) on February 13-22, 2012.

On June 3-17, 2012, the International MA course called Challenging Eternity. Archaeology Heritage Management and Urban Planning in Rome, organized by the Dutch and Swedish institutes in Rome will take place in the Eternal City. International students can apply using the following form to be submitted before January 15th.

Today begins the High Specialization Course which first module is Cultural Heritage: current challenges, coordinated by Almudena Orejas Saco del Valle y David Barreiro Martínez.

The course will be held on the CSIC - Social and Human Sciences Research Centre and will last five months.

The next meeting of the NDP workgroup testing applied to the evaluation of the Cultural Heritage will be held in Paterna, Valencia. October the 18th, 2011.

All the information is held in the attached pdf.

This conference, that will take place between the 2nd and 4th of November, is part of the National Preventive Conservation.