Elsevier - Global Heritage Global Heritage is a quarterly peer-reviewed English language journal, publishing research articles, review articles, case reports and perspectives, covering studies on both tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

📢 Elsevier launches new heritage journal 📢

‘Global Heritage’ is a quarterly, peer-reviewed English-language journal covering studies on both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. This includes research on #HeritageScience!

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Any Call-for-Access doubt? Join the webinar! - E-rihs E-RIHS invites scholars and professionals to attend the webinar on February 27th about the Call for Access to its heritage science services.

📢 Reminder: 2nd Call for Access to E-RIHS ERIC Services

Open to academics, researchers, and professionals in the field
Gain access to equipment, expertise, and archives
Apply by 31st March: buff.ly/qfPXYEQ

Free webinar on Friday 27th February, 11am CET: buff.ly/YQTUUXG

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Air Source Heat Pump Case Studies – Large Buildings | Historic England Four case studies reviewing the performance of air source heat pump (ASHP) technology in five large historic buildings across four sites.

New research from Historic England finds that air source heat pumps could be the key to decarbonisation in historic buildings.

Learn more and read the full report here: buff.ly/cJ0DosX

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#HeritageScience news from @londonmuseum.bsky.social: New video from the London Museum shows how conservators used cutting-edge dental imaging technology to unlock the story of a medieval prayer book cover discovered in the Thames.
Read the full story here: buff.ly/GCu78EA
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HAPP One-Day Conference - Heritage Physics: Illuminating the Past This conference will survey the history of how the illumination of the past has developed as new fields of physics have progressed.

Upcoming free hybrid event: Join the HAPP one-day conference on Heritage Physics: Illuminating the Past'.
21st February, 10.30-17.00 GMT. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.

More information and registration at: www.stx.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-o...

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Harwell Heritage Network In the heart of Oxfordshire, Harwell Campus encompasses some of the most important research facilities in the UK and Europe. We are home to Diamond Light Source, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Research...

👀 Have you seen the new section of the @hsds-update.bsky.social website providing information about the Harwell Heritage Network?

Find out about national research facilities relevant to #HeritageScience here: hsds.ac.uk/help-guidanc...

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UCL Launches New European Hub for Sustainable Heritage Science: GreenHer UCL’s Institute for Sustainable Heritage joins GreenHer, a Centre of Excellence creating a major European hub for research, conservation and sustainable heritage.

🗞️ News from @ucl.ac.uk:

1️⃣ ISH joins GreenHer CoE, creating a major European hub for research, conservation and sustainable heritage. buff.ly/rIzl0h4

2️⃣ Dr Miriam Andrews joins ISH as the first Getty Art and Sustainability Fellow. buff.ly/5RIUtzz

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HSDS Small Grants Programme Now Open for Applications Applications are now live for our new Small Grants Programme, offering up to £25,000 to unlock innovation in heritage science and conservation research across the UK. Ready to Transform Your Heritage…

⏰ There is only ONE day left to submit your application for the @hsds-update.bsky.social Small Grants Programme!

1️⃣ Enhance Access to Heritage Resources (up to £25,000)
2️⃣ Build Virtual Research Environments (up to £15,000)

Deadline: 28 November 2025, 5pm GMT

More info: buff.ly/GqI62wJ

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Cybersecurity Framework Supplier | Towards a National Collection Towards a National Collection is supporting research that breaks down the barriers between the UK’s outstanding cultural heritage collections, with the aim of opening them up to new research…

Historic Environment Scotland has put two roles out to tender for the N-RICH Prototype project:

1️⃣ Cybersecurity Framework Supplier: buff.ly/M5UA794
2️⃣ Environmental & Sustainability Framework Supplier: buff.ly/27jdvZl

The deadline for both roles is 2 December 2025 at noon.

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HERIe.pl – Risk Assessment and Cultural Heritage Conservation HERIe.pl tools assist specialists in assessing risks and protecting cultural heritage objects. Check the effects of humidity, temperature, and light on your collections.

The GoGreen Conservation project is organising a free 2-day workshop from 4-5 Dec on using the preventive conservation tools developed within the project and the HERIe platform. Registration closes TODAY - 20 November! More info: buff.ly/2HRnhP5

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RICHeS Access Fund – RICHeS The RICHeS Access Fund helps researchers, organisations and heritage professionals gain access to cutting-edge equipment, collections and expertise, including mobile units. By covering costs that…

👋 A reminder that the RICHeS Access Fund is still accepting EOIs for another 3 weeks! Whether you are an individual researcher, an academic institution or a museum, the Access Fund can help you bring your heritage science projects to life.

Deadline is 10 Dec 2025: buff.ly/UySluRx

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RICHeS visit to National Museums Scotland: Expanding capacity and leadership for archaeological human skeletal remains   – RICHeS The RICHeS team recently travelled to Edinburgh to meet the Scotland’s Archaeological Human Remains Collection (SAHRC) team, led by Dr Matthew Knight, Senior Curator of Prehistory. This RICHeS’…

🔎 The RICHeS team recently travelled to Edinburgh to meet the Scotland’s Archaeological Human Remains Collection (SAHRC) team at @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social.

Read all about the visit and the project here: buff.ly/o7E0LPi

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RESCHEDULED - Between science & art: what exactly does a museum scientist do? Join Lucia Burgio, Lead Conservation Scientist, as she not only showcases the world of those heritage researchers examining,analysing and preserving museum objects for future generations, but also…

🧪 🖼️ 'Between Science and Art: What exactly does a museum scientist do?'

Tonight, join Lucia Burgio, Lead Conservation Scientist at the V&A, to find out.

📅 : 12 November, 6-8pm
📍 : Institute of Physics, London
✏️: buff.ly/aSsSDIf

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Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages New directions in the study of written artefacts from Antiquity to the late Middle Ages.13-14 November, The Queen's College, Oxford.

📜 🧪 Join @queenscollegeox.bsky.social for 'Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages', examining the latest interdisciplinary approaches to writing culture and material science.

📅 : 13-14 Nov 2025
📍 : Queen's College, Oxford
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RICHeS Access Fund User: Focus Group Invitation - UK Research and Innovation - Citizen Space Find and participate in activities run by UK Research and Innovation

💬 RICHeS is hosting a focus group to help them understand how to improve their application processes and documentation for the RICHeS Access Fund. Heritage professionals are invited to take part! The EOI deadline is 23:59, 13 November 2025.

More info: buff.ly/oCCEOUu

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Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA The next event in the 2025-26 UCL Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, will be given by Sam Leggett (University of Edinburgh) on 27 January.

The next talk in the @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social Medieval Archaeology Seminar Series will be given by @samleggs22.bsky.social on 'Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA.'

🗓️ : 27 Jan 2026, 6:15-7:15pm
📍 : UCL

More info: buff.ly/eQyGGI1

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How to Apply – RICHeS The RICHeS Access Fund supports researchers and organisations to access RICHeS-funded equipment, collections, facilities and expertise. This page guides you through the application process, including…

📢 In case you missed it – you can now watch the recording of the RICHeS: Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science Access Fund Expression of Interest (EOI) Stage webinar. Open for EOIs until 10 December.

View the recording here: buff.ly/tZxG6HD

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RICHeS Access Fund – RICHeS The RICHeS Access Fund helps researchers, organisations and heritage professionals gain access to cutting-edge equipment, collections and expertise, including mobile units. By covering costs that…

📢 The RICHeS Access Fund is still open for EOIs until 10 Dec! Researchers, organisations and heritage professionals can gain access to cutting-edge equipment, collections and expertise, helping to bring heritage science projects to life. More info: buff.ly/UK9JAJJ

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Jobs - The University of York The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) is a world-leading digital repository which provides digital data archiving services for UK archaeology and heritage. We are based in the University of York but we…

⏰ There are 4 days left to apply for the position of Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) Collections Development Manager! Develop HSDS data collections and manage/develop relationships with RICHeS collections projects, facilities, users & stakeholders. buff.ly/PmxuqEo

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Research Routes - Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive Our records allow us to engage with historic animals through written accounts and photographs. Our heritage science team also investigates their presence in the physical materials of our records —…

🦬 🔎 Now available: a webinar from The National Archives on 'Extinction and Hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive'. Hear about how written records, photos & heritage science allow us to research interactions with animals in historic collections. buff.ly/bser9J6

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Reflections on One Year of RICHeS Guest author: Professor Meggen Gondek, Head of the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) Infrastructure Headquarters (IHQ). It is hard to believe RICHeS is one year…

🗞️ ✨ News flash! We have a new NHSF blog post for you – Meggen Gondek shares some Reflections on One Year of RICHeS: Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science. Read the full blog post to see all the highlights from the year: buff.ly/fqorPsb

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PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities - Durham University We are delighted to announce the competition for eight PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities, supported by our AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award and the Faculties of Arts & Humanities and Social…

🎓 @durham.ac.uk has announced eight PhDs in Transformative Humanities for innovative interdisciplinary research across digital and environmental humanities, heritage science, and more. Applications open on 3 Nov 2025.

More info: buff.ly/RmMHvHq

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Collections Development Manager (HSDS) The University of York

⏰ The deadline for the Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) Collections Development Manager has been extended to 2 Nov! Develop HSDS data collections and manage/develop relationships with RICHeS collections projects, facilities, users & stakeholders. buff.ly/1FcxpaP

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CFP | ASSOCIATION FOR ART HISTORY 2026 ANNUAL CONFERENCE - For Art History We are delighted to announce Call for Papers for our next year’s conference which will be held in collaboration with the History of Art department at the University of Cambridge.  The Association for…

📢 Call for papers for the Association for Art History Annual Conference! Sessions include 'Technical Art History: Integrating Art History with Scientific Inquiry'.

📅 : 8-10 April 2026
📍 : University of Cambridge

Submit papers by 2 Nov 2025.

More info: buff.ly/J1EJc0d

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Open and Engaged 2025 | Open and Engaged 2025 Who Owns Our Knowledge? Exploring ownership, access, and stewardship of cultural heritage in the new era.

The @britishlibrary.bsky.social Open and Engaged Conference includes a talk from @ads-update.bsky.social and HSDS on 'Repository services for Archaeology, and Conservation and Heritage Science.'

📅 : 20, 22 and 23 Oct 2025
📍 : Online

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Senior Archaeological Conservator (Maritime) SummaryWe are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.Historic England have a fantastic…

⚓ Historic England is hiring a Senior Archaeological Conservator (Maritime), based in Portsmouth, to provide expert archaeological conservation advice, and to undertake innovative heritage science research.

Applications close 26 October 2025.

More info: buff.ly/QEhpJvY

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HSDS Small Grants Programme Now Open for Applications Applications are now live for our new Small Grants Programme, offering up to £25,000 to unlock innovation in heritage science and conservation research across the UK. Ready to Transform Your Heritage…

⏰ Reminder that the second HSDS Small Grants Programme info session will take place tomorrow (14 Oct) from 10-11am. Get guidance on applying for these two exciting opportunities:

1️⃣ Enhance Access to Heritage Resources
2️⃣ Build Virtual Research Environments

Register: buff.ly/04KJoQF

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Jobs - The University of York The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) is a world-leading digital repository which provides digital data archiving services for UK archaeology and heritage. We are based in the University of York but we…

💼 HSDS is hiring a Collections Development Manager to develop HSDS data collections and to manage relationships with RICHeS collections projects, facilities, and users, as well as to develop new relationships with additional stakeholders.

Apply here by 14 Oct 2025: buff.ly/PmxuqEo

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RICHeS Access Fund – RICHeS The RICHeS Access Fund aims to foster and strengthen collaborative, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research between users and the service providers hosting these resources, while also…

RICHeS has launched its new Access Fund, which aims to foster and strengthen collaborative, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary research between service providers and users.

👇 Register to join the EOI Webinar on 21 Oct, 1-2pm: buff.ly/n3SidDQ

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Launch of The Data Catalogue and The Catalogue of Services The Data Catalogue and The Catalogue of Services are here! These two core elements of the RICHeS programme mark a significant step forward in unlocking access to both research facilities and datasets…

The @hsds-update.bsky.social Data Catalogue & Catalogue of Services are here! 🥳 🎉 These mark a significant step forward in unlocking access to UK #HeritageScience research facilities and datasets. buff.ly/QAlbPOh

1️⃣ Catalogue of Services buff.ly/QoAZ24A
2️⃣ Data Catalogue buff.ly/9x0F3kE

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