Over the centuries, cities across Europe and around the world have been impacted by their Jewish\u00a0communities; as places of both presence and absence. The touristic presentation of Jewish heritage in many cities belies long and difficult histories but nevertheless recognition through the protection,\u00a0conservation and interpretation of this heritage is of increasing importance. However, within their wider\u00a0context of urban heritage, many sites and narratives of former, and existing, Jewish communities face a\u00a0number of issues that require deeper examination and policy\/practical responses.
\nBeing held as part of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, this Conference is dedicated to
\naddressing Urban Jewish Heritage and the multi-layered issues it faces. Its aim is to examine, discuss\u00a0and explore pasts, presents and futures for cities and towns with Jewish heritage. The Conference\u00a0recognises that the threats to Jewish heritage are complex and dynamic and there is a need to identify\u00a0new thinking to preserve and sustainably manage both the tangible and intangible aspects of Jewish\u00a0culture and to communicate this to a wider audience. In doing so, it seeks to address the following\u00a0indicative questions:<\/p>\n
\u2022 What are the pressures upon Jewish heritage in the urban context and what levels of
\nprotection and conservation are in place to deal with such pressures?
\n\u2022 How can new and sensitive uses be found for Jewish heritage in towns and cities?
\n\u2022 What management models can be applied to Jewish heritage to ensure its sustainability?
\n\u2022 What forms of relationships exist between Jewish heritage sites and urban tourism?
\n\u2022 What are the touristic experiences with Jewish heritage?
\n\u2022 To what extent is the interpretation of Jewish heritage effective and geared to an increasingly\u00a0cosmopolitan and younger audience?
\n\u2022 What is the role of the museum in the mediation and representation of Jewish heritage?
\n\u2022 How is the intangible cultural heritage of the Jewish community communicated?<\/p>\n
Held in the World Heritage City of Krakow in Poland, which demonstrates both the potential and the\u00a0challenges involved with its own extensive Jewish heritage, the Conference will bring together\u00a0academics, managers, planners, policy makers and community leaders to address the above questions\u00a0and more. The Conference is designed to encourage provocative, creative and constructive dialogue\u00a0across different sectors and different disciplines and will feature case studies and best practice. Thus\u00a0we welcome papers from those working in heritage conservation, planning, policy, management,\u00a0interpretation, museums and tourism and from academic colleagues in fields such as anthropology,\u00a0archaeology, architecture, business, heritage, history, geography, sociology and urban studies.<\/p>\n
Please provide a 300 word abstract<\/strong> of your intended paper\/presentation no later than 9th April 2018<\/strong>\u00a0via our online submission platform: www.universityofbirmingham.submittable.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the centuries, cities across Europe and around the world have been impacted by their Jewish\u00a0communities; as places of both presence and absence. The touristic presentation of Jewish heritage in many cities belies long and difficult histories but nevertheless recognition through the protection,\u00a0conservation and interpretation of this heritage is of increasing importance. However, within their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":589,"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions\/589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callsforpapers.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEnquiries: heritageconference@contacts.bham.ac.uk\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n