Fresh! Hot! World Heritage? The Savannah Symposium February 16, 2009
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The 6th Savannah Symposium, Feb. 19-21, will explore the architectural and spatial elements of cultural properties on the World Heritage and National Register lists and topics related to heritage designations as a factor in furthering the study of the built environment globally and locally. This focus, tailored in response to requests to include issues related to National Registries, is supported by a Georgia Humanities Council grant. The symposium features three keynote speakers: Zahi Hawass, renowned Egyptologist and Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt; Ronald Lewcock, international conservator and professor at the University of Queensland; and Harold Kalman, prominent Canadian architectural historian and member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Symposium directors are Celeste Guichard, Ph.D., and Thomas Gensheimer, Ph.D. For a full description of the symposium, visit the symposium Web site. Do not register through the Web site. SCAD faculty, staff and students interested in attending should e-mail April Martin at ammartin@scad.edu for registration information.