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The International Council of Monuments and Sites, Paris
Travel Support for Thirteenth General Assembly
$75,000 awarded March 2002
The International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) received Getty funding to enable participants from developing countries and Central and Eastern Europe to attend the organization's Thirteenth General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium, held in December 2002. Since its founding in 1965, ICOMOS has brought together professionals and institutions concerned with the conservation of buildings and historic sites worldwide. To date, ICOMOS National Committees have been formed in 110 countries. The Thirteenth Assembly was organized around the theme of Strategies for the World's Cultural Heritage: Preservation in a Globalized World and held in Spain. Recognizing the difficulties faced by many of its members in financing conference travel, ICOMOS used an application process to identify 42 participants from 36 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America in need of financial assistance. Getty funds were used to support their travel and conference expenses.
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Regents of the University of California, Berkeley
Survey of Art History Ph.Ds
$250,000 awarded February 2000
The University of California, Berkeley received Getty funds to survey over 800 scholars who received their doctoral degrees in art history between 1986 and 1991. The study, which was guided and endorsed by the American Council of Learned Societies, the College Art Association, the American Association of Museums, and the Society of Architectural Historians, is a part of a larger national survey of more than 6,000 PhDs in six disciplines that will analyze employment choices and outcomes. The art history survey is the first national study to ask a statistically significant group of art history PhDs questions such as: What is the range of career paths chosen by PhDs in art history? What percentage finds employment in academia or in museums? Do men, women, and people of color follow different career paths? What value do art historians place on their degrees in light of their subsequent careers? The study, which is being overseen by an advisory committee of art historians, will yield much-needed information on employment patterns to universities, students, and other stakeholders in the visual arts and humanities. Getty funds supported costs related to pilot testing, administration, and analysis of the survey results, and will also support publication of the survey's results.
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