Focus on Cultural Heritage: "Exploring Cultural Heritage with X-rays"

13 Nov 2024, 18:00 → 14 Nov 2024, 17:00 Europe/Berlin

Pavillon / Flash seminarroom (CSMC / DESY HH)

Agnieszka Helman-Wazny (CSMC), Katrin Zerbe (ITT (Business Development Office))

EXPLORING CULTURAL HERITAGE WITH X-RAYS 

13 – 14 November 2024, Hamburg

This workshop aims to connect members of the Excellence Cluster “Understanding Written Artefacts” (UWA) by the University of Hamburg and curators, conservators, archaeologists, and art historians with DESY scientists. The focus is to showcase and discuss applications of synchrotron radiation in the domain of cultural heritage. This workshop offers a unique occasion for networking between different scientific communities and facilitates interdisciplinary research. 

The workshop will focus on the following topics: 

• Best practices for working across disciplines 
• Non-destructive analytical methods based on x-rays and synchrotron radiation for cultural heritage
• Requirements towards handling, storage and care of cultural objects for and during analytics
• Exploring the potential for joint studies, research collaborations or third-party funding applications 
• Best ways to apply for beamtime and analytical support at DESY by museums, archives and libraries

 

DESY is currently planning an upgrade of the synchrotron radiation source PETRA III to PETRA IV, which will be a unique 3D X-ray microscope that will offer exceptional research possibilities for the fields of art, archaeometry, and conservation of heritage objects. The workshop will provide an outlook on research possibilities at PETRA IV and a unique opportunity to formulate requirements towards an ideal experimental set-up by users from different fields. 

The workshop elements: 

13 November 2024:          Keynote and Dinner at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures

                                          Universität Hamburg, Warburgstraße 26,  20354 Hamburg

 

14 November 2024:           Workshop and guided tour of the DESY Campus

Seminar Room FLASH, Building 28c, DESY Campus, Notkestraße 85, 22607 Hamburg 

Online participation with Q&A Option via https://desy.zoom.us/j/69500455243

Please register until 6 November 2024.

The detailed agenda and speakers will follow in due course. 

Questions or suggestions regarding the research opportunities at PETRA III and IV before the workshop are very welcome and can be sent to katrin.zerbe@desy.de or agnieszka.helman-wazny@uni-hamburg.de

Best regards on behalf of the Organization Team, we hope to see you soon, 

Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Helman-Wazny and Katrin Zerbe

Invitation_ Focus on Cultural Heritage.pdf

Wednesday 13 November

18:00 → 20:30 Get together

Dinner and Keynote CSMC
AGENDA

13 Nov 2024 Lecture & Dinner CSMC 17:45-21:00

18:00 Welcome by Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, CSMC
Written Artefacts and Material Analyses by Konrad Hirschler
Ceramic Artefacts from Ban Chiang, Thailand by Ulrich Bismayer
Dinner at CSMC (Pavillon)

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14 Nov DESY Campus Flash Seminar room building 28c

Online participation with Q&A Option via https://desy.zoom.us/j/69500455243

We will start with a Coffee and Registration at 08:30.
9:00 - 10:30 Welcome & general introduction by Miriam Hufnagl, DESY
Current and future research possibilities for cultural heritage by Christian Schroer DESY
The progress of synchrotron research for application to heritage paper objects (Case study: Tsakali cards and cross-disciplinary collaboration) by Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, CSMC
Authentication and risk assessment of X-ray investigations in terms of materials Sylvio Haas, DESY
Fishbowl discussion
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Improving access to synchrotrons for heritage materials: a look back at several initiatives at the French SOLEIL source Loic Bertrand, SOLEIL
Reflections on an ethical approach to X-ray analyses of cuneiform clay tablets Cecile Michel, CNRS
Fishbowl discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch and Networking
13:30 – 16:00 Conservation, between Principles, Dilemmas, and Uncomfortable Reality Fenna Yola Tykwer, Staatsarchiv
Possibilities and limitations of non-destructive testing (Presentation of the Mobile Lab, CSMC) Sebastian Bosch, Grzegorz Nehring, CSMC
Fishbowl discussion
Break 10 min
Challenges and Solutions for Unfolding Ancient Documents: Using a Silver Package as an Example Christiane Matz (Varusschlacht Museum) and Nicolas Klenert (ZEB)
Experiences in using a mobile X-ray tomography setup at the museum Samaneh Etheram CSMC, and Andreas Schropp, DESY
Fishbowl discussion
16:00 Coffee + Poster session including the presentation of ongoing projects including the synchrotron research
Wrap Up: Next Steps, networking, Ideas to follow-ups:
Bild up Working Groups which meet afterwards
17:00 Guided tour of PETRA III

Thursday 14 November

09:00 → 17:00 Workshop

AGENDA
Online participation with Q&A Option via https://desy.zoom.us/j/69500455243
13 Nov 2024 Lecture & Dinner CSMC 17:45-21:00
18:00 Welcome by Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, CSMC
Written Artefacts and Material Analyses by Konrad Hirschler
Ceramic Artefacts from Ban Chiang, Thailand by Ulrich Bismayer
Dinner at CSMC (Pavillon)

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Online participation with Q&A Option via https://desy.zoom.us/j/69500455243
14 Nov DESY Campus Flash Seminar room building 28c
We will start with a Coffee and Registration at 08:30.
9:00 - 10:30 Welcome & general introduction by Miriam Hufnagl, DESY
Current and future research possibilities for cultural heritage by Christian Schroer DESY
The progress of synchrotron research for application to heritage paper objects (Case study: Tsakali cards and cross-disciplinary collaboration) by Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, CSMC
Authentication and risk assessment of X-ray investigations in terms of materials Sylvio Haas, DESY
Fishbowl discussion
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Improving access to synchrotrons for heritage materials: a look back at several initiatives at the French SOLEIL source Loic Bertrand, SOLEIL
Reflections on an ethical approach to X-ray analyses of cuneiform clay tablets Cecile Michel, CNRS
Fishbowl discussion
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch and Networking
13:30 – 16:00 Conservation, between Principles, Dilemmas, and Uncomfortable Reality Fenna Yola Tykwer, Staatsarchiv
Possibilities and limitations of non-destructive testing (Presentation of the Mobile Lab, CSMC) Sebastian Bosch, Grzegorz Nehring, CSMC
Fishbowl discussion
Break 10 min
Challenges and Solutions for Unfolding Ancient Documents: Using a Silver Package as an Example Christiane Matz (Varusschlacht Museum) and Nicolas Klenert (ZEB)
Experiences in using a mobile X-ray tomography setup at the museum Samaneh Etheram CSMC, and Andreas Schropp, DESY
Fishbowl discussion
16:00 Coffee + Poster session including the presentation of ongoing projects including the synchrotron research
Wrap Up: Next Steps, networking, Ideas to follow-ups:
Bild up Working Groups which meet afterwards
17:00 Guided tour of PETRA III

Invitation and Agenda_Focus on Cultural Heritage.pdf