Davina Kuh Jakobi
Conferences
Below is a list of conferences at which I have spoken and presented my research.
AIC Annual Conference 2018
Treatment 2017: Material Matters
Presenting: New ways of looking at historic ship models: a comparative technical study of a pair of Napier & Sons ship models in the Rijksmuseum collection
Together with Riley Cruttenden
Objects Session on 2 June 2018
Organised by: AIC (The American Institute of Conservation)
Location: Marriott Marquis in Houston, USA
Dates: 29 May-2 June 2017
Information available here
Dag van Methodologie 2017
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Presenting: Examining ‘pristine objects’ and undoing what’s been done: the William Rex
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Organised by: The Rijksmuseum
Location: The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Date: 21 November 2017
Dag van Methodologie 2017
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Presenting: Examining ‘pristine objects’ and undoing what’s been done: the William Rex
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Organised by: The Rijksmuseum
Location: The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Date: 21 November 2017
Dag van Methodologie 2017
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Presenting: Examining ‘pristine objects’ and undoing what’s been done: the William Rex
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Organised by: The Rijksmuseum
Location: The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Date: 21 November 2017
Speddatten met conservatoren en restauratoren 2017
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Presenting: History and mystery of the half model collection
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Organised by: The Rijksmuseum
Location: The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Date: 16 September 2017
International Congress for Maritime Museums Congress 2017
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Presenting: New routes in research and professional educational outreach programmes using ship models
With support from the Rijksmuseum
Panel: (Re)Discovering Ship Models in Four Museum Collections: Addressing the challenges associated with interpretation, collections management, and knowledge retention on 16 October 2017
Role: Panel moderator and organiser, speaker
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Organised by: ICMM (The International Congress for Maritime Museums)
National Maritime Museums in Valparaiso, Chile
Date: 15-20 October 2017
Information available here
Rijksmuseum & the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) Summer School 2017
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Presenting: Maritime cultural heritage from the 17th century
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Organised by: The Rijksmuseum and the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History)
Location: The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Date: 13-22 August 2017
Worlds in Miniature 4: Models, Miniatures and the Maritime World
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Presenting: What is There Left to Say? New Routes in object-based and technical research of ship models
With support from AHRC (Arts&Humanities Research Council) and Royal Museums Greenwich
Panel: Model Ships in the Museum Space
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Organised by: ICMM (The International Congress for Maritime Museums)
National Maritime Museums in Greenwich
Date: 12-13 June 2017
Information available here
AIC Annual Conference 2017
Treatment 2017: Innovation in Conservation and Collection Care
Presenting: How important is knowing the ropes? Thoughs on the ethics and practice of conserving ship model rigging
With support from the Rijksmuseum and the FAIC/Samuel H. Kress Foundation International Travel Grant for Speakers
General Session: Unique Objects/Unique Treatments on 31 May 2017
Organised by: AIC (The American Institute of Conservation)
Location: Hyatt Regency in Chicago, USA
Dates: 28 May-2 June 2017
Information available here
NICAS Match Day 2017
An integrated approach to the scientific study and conservation of art
Pitching: Attributing Dutch half models to naval dockyards using non-intrusive dendrochronology
Organised by: NICAS (Netherlands Institute for Conservation, Art and Science)
Location: Rijksmuseum
Dates: 4 April 2017
Information available here
7th International Conservation Conference in Szreniawa
Problems connected with Keeping and Conservation of Collections in Museums
Presenting: Keeping a weather eye on the William Rex: Understanding and managing the challenges associated with the open display of a large ship model in the Rijksmuseum
With support from the Rijksmuseum and the National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry
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Organised by: The National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry
Location: The National Museum of Agriculture and Food Industry in Szreniawa, Poland
Dates: 12-14 November 2016
ICON Conference 2016
Turn & Face the Change: Conservation in the 21st Century
Presenting: Heroic Shipmates: The importance of developing educational outreach progammes in ship model conservation
Together with the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich
With support from the Rijksmuseum
Scotland Group: We can be Heroes on 16 June
Organised by: ICON (The Institute of Conservation)
Location: Conference Aston in Birmingham, GB
Dates: 16-17 June 2016
Information available here
Conservation and humanities: objects as evidence Summer School 2016
Presenting: Verifying the scuttle butt story: Analysing three models of the Capelle
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Organised by: the Rijksmuseum, Bard Graduate Center, and University of Amsterdam
Location: the Rijksmuseum
Dates: 11-24 July 2016
Memories, Identities, and Communities
Presenting: Whose heritage: involving fans in the preservation of the beautiful game off the pitch
Discussion Panel: Personal and Social Memories on 23 April
Organised by: University of Dundee Centre for Archive and Information Studies
Location: Apex Hotel in Dundee, GB
Dates: 23-25 April 2014
Programme available here
Socio-Legal Studies Association
Presenting: The End of an Era? The Life and Times of 5 Pointz
Art, Culture and Heritage Stream on 10 April
Organised by: Robert Gordon University Law School
Location: Robert Gordon University Law School in Aberdeen, GB
Dates: 9-11 April 2014
Programme available here
Football 150
Presenting: Goals for the Next 150: Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities for Preserving the Beautiful Game off the Pitch
Panel: Preserving Football on 3 September
Organised by: University of Central Lancashire/National Football Museum
Location: National Football Museum in Manchester, GB
Dates: 2-4 September 2013
Programme available here
Unity/Disunity (Thoughtsforward)
Presenting: Choices and decision-making in conservation: The implications of conserving religious icons
Panel: A Unified Heritage? on 28 June
Organised by: SELCS/SSEES
Location: School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UCL in London, GB
Date: 27-28 June 2013
Programme available here
43rd Annual Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference 2013
Presenting: Preserving the Beautiful Game Off the Pitch
Panel: Sports: Soccer on 28 March
Organised by: PCA/ACA
Location: Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington DC, USA
Date: 27-30 March 2013
Programme available here
Archaeology in the 21st century
Presenting: Understanding the Implications of Display for Archaeology in the 21st Century
Panel: Issues in Objects on Display
Organised by: Society of Archaeological Masters Students, UCL
Institute of Archaeology, UCL in London, GB
Date: 9 March 2013
Programme available here