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Introducing NEH Tier II Graduate Research Fellow Chedeya Brown
Chedeya is a doctoral student in the Institute of Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. She will be working with Profs. Ellen Pearlstein and Glenn Wharton, and Research Facilitator Justine Wuebold on the National Endowment for the Humanities grant “Embedding Sustainability in Cultural Heritage Conservation Education” Initiative at the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in Conservation of Cultural […]
UCLA/Getty Program’s Next Distinguished Speaker Series feat. Gala Porras-Kim: The Weight of a Patina of Time Friday October 6th @ 11AM
UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series featuring: Gala Porras-Kim Friday, October 6, 2023 11:00 a.m. PST About the program: Gala Porras-Kim will speak about The weight of a patina of time, an exhibition featuring works emerging from conversations with Fowler Museum conservators and curators about Mexican archaeology and conservation. Her in-depth explorations of the uncertain histories of […]
Waystation Initiative Returns Orphaned Cultural Objects to Their Homes
On April 18, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology announced its Waystation Initiative, the first effort by a university in the United States to facilitate the ethical return of international cultural objects to their nations of origin or the communities from which they came. […]
Introducing Visiting Researcher Chiara Biribicchi
Chiara Biribicchi is a Visiting Researcher within the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. She will be working in the UCLA/Getty laboratories and at the Getty Conservation Institute under the supervision of Dr. Michael Doutre (Getty Conservation Institute) and Prof. Glenn Wharton (UCLA), conducting research on low-impact solvents for use in cultural […]
Justine Wuebold hired as Research Facilitator for Embedding Sustainability in Conservation Education Initiative
Justine Wuebold is returning to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Embedding Sustainability in Cultural Heritage Conservation Education Initiative at the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in Conservation of Cultural Heritage as our Research Facilitator. Justine is also currently Program Manager on another of our NEH grant projects, Preservation of Indigenous Collections and Cultural Resources. Read […]
