The Emerging Professionals Working Group (EPWG) of the German National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), in collaboration with ICOMOS Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce a dual event: a conference, Global Dissonant Modernities: Designing the Future for 20th-Century Architectural Monuments and Sites, and a summer school, to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, between 17 - 21 August 2026.
The event focuses on the conservation of 20th-century architectural heritage, particularly in post-socialist and rapidly transforming urban contexts. The conference invites paper and presentation proposals across four thematic panels (including significance and legal frameworks, political and ideological dissonance, methodology and capacity building, and conservation in practice). In parallel, the summer school offers Emerging Professionals the opportunity to apply theoretical insights to a concrete case study in Almaty.
You'll find further information for the conference in this document and the following links: https://forms.gle/2uSMTdKcCY2ocYdv8
You'll find further information for the workshop in this document and the following links: https://forms.gle/9sfyh3GhmYrUQsMk8
The event focuses on the conservation of 20th-century architectural heritage, particularly in post-socialist and rapidly transforming urban contexts. The conference invites paper and presentation proposals across four thematic panels (including significance and legal frameworks, political and ideological dissonance, methodology and capacity building, and conservation in practice). In parallel, the summer school offers Emerging Professionals the opportunity to apply theoretical insights to a concrete case study in Almaty.
You'll find further information for the conference in this document and the following links: https://forms.gle/2uSMTdKcCY2ocYdv8
You'll find further information for the workshop in this document and the following links: https://forms.gle/9sfyh3GhmYrUQsMk8
