PhD Program-Conservation of Material Culture (CMC)
The PhD program in the Conservation of Material Culture (CMC) focuses on original research, global exchange, strong leadership, public engagement and a strong understanding of the main research subject. The program’s framework of knowledge and skills development is structured into one major area of study – the Conservation of Materials Culture – enhanced by cross-disciplinary research.
The program is structured around multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research areas organized along four core training and research categories: “materials”; “technology”, “environment” and “traditional ecological knowledge” (TEK). These categories work synergistically towards advancing the main research subject and offer opportunities for developing in depth knowledge in the Conservation of Materials Culture in a particular cross-disciplinary field.
Students in the CMC PhD program can focus on the following research areas:
- Conservation & Material Culture Science
- Preventive Conservation & Care of Collection
- Cultural Property Forensics
- Advanced Multidimensional Documentation
- Biocultural Heritage Conservation
- Emergency Planning and Managing Disaster Risks of World Cultural Heritage
- Conservation Philosophy & Ethics
Additional ad hoc research topics in emerging areas of research related to conservation that will enrich the innovative and cross-disciplinary curriculum proposed may also be considered.